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Valentine's Day Makeup - Get the Perfect Pout, Part 2

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Is the red lip not a classic choice for Valentine’s Day? I mean, the day is themed with pink and red, so it seems only fitting, right? This post is full of some of my favorite MAC red glosses/lipsticks that I thought I’d share with you! Each product is worn alone, when typically I would wear a lipstick and a gloss together (I rarely wear either by itself!). Unfortunately, several of these are limited edition, which means you may be updating your wish list over at MakeUpAlley soon! I love Check, Please lipglass for its really, really deep blood red color and super glossy finish. Perpetuate prolongwear is my choice for a kiss-proof red (and while it may not be make-out proof, it gets through without too much damage), and it is also a very nice deep red that isn’t too over the top or bright.

I hope this post shows how versatile reds can be (and these are just some of the ones that MAC offers), and even if you haven’t found your shade yet, keep looking and you’re bound to find one that suits you well!

Lip swatches include: Check, Please lipglass (pictured above; LE from Nordstrom 1+ year ago); Red Romp lipglass (Antiquitease); Witty lipglass (Stylistics); Classic Dame mattene (Mattenes); Stylistics lipstick (Stylistics), Rockocco lipstick (Rockocco); Russian Red lipstick (permanent!); and Perpetuate prolongwear (not sure of status, check your store). Now…

Red Romp

Witty

Classic Dame

Stylistics

Rockocco

Russian Red

Viva Glam I

Perpetuate

(Perpetuate shown above)

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Athina Avatar
Athina

WOW!!!really good work Christine!! you look AMAZING in the last photo!!(by the way what blush did you use??I’m dying to know!!)The reds are just fabulush!!I also like “new york apple”,have you tried it?kisses!!

Nell Avatar
Nell

Very beautiful! It really suits you to accent the lips and leave the eyes almost bare.
I wish I would have the courage to wear red, I´m so pale, a bold color on me seems so heavy and overdone. Do you have a recommendation for my skintype? (I wear MAC NC15, light blonde hair, blue eyes)

Christine Avatar
Christine
Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Christine Full Profile

Thanks, Nell! I don’t usually have the courage to go red myself. I like Viva Glam I because it’s matte and it’s a darker red. It’s not super bright, but yet it’s still a red. New York Apple is a great raspberryish red, too, which is deep and lovely, but not over the top.

Virginia Avatar
Virginia

I love red lips, and you look gorgeous with them!

I was a pigment addict and since i saw Megapost Part 2 i need to get mac lipsticks and lipglosses.

This website is going to get me into debt hahahha

Thanks again for this amazing site

bec Avatar
bec

You look amazing Christine!!! 🙂
I really want Perpetuate Prolongwear now!
Do you think it’ll suit cool toned skin as it looks like you have warm skin and it suits your perfectly

Liliana Avatar
Liliana

I still can’t get over how nice Viva Glam I looks on you. What liner did you use? By the way, I think you are an amazingly talented artist because you really understand what works. The fact that you show swatches of colors that are old and new is a great idea for those that just want to work with what they already have or those that may want to try something new. Either way its brilliant.

Tonee Avatar
Tonee

Hi Christine,

This is definitely my kind of lipstick 🙂 I don’t have Check, Please because I am not a gloss addict do use Russian Red on top of matte red lipstick to add a sheen. I sure wish you had a chance to try out Rocker (gone but not forgotten!) because it is my favorite MAC red lipstick of all time.

You do look fab in the last photo – Perpetuate is a favorite of mine as well.

beret Avatar
beret

hey! One thing I always have in my mind is about the color of the blush with diffrent red colors..do you have any idea?(with simple smokey eyes)thank you!

Zsofi Avatar
Zsofi

Wow WoW WoW wOw wOW woW WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
the last pic………….
i can’t find words how i like it…
go red more oöften ,it suits You very much!
love the hair,so healthy and beautiful and long!
have You ever thought of having waist-lenght hair? i would definitely let it grow “in Your shoes” 😀
don’t care about the ends,that is why conditioner is on earth 😀
like the style that You only put mascara on the top lashes…
really opens up the eyes…
like it very much!!!!!!

Christine Avatar
Christine
Light Medium, Neutral, slight yellow undertones. Normal-to-Dry skin. View Christine Full Profile

Aww, thank you, Zsofi 🙂 My hair is about as long as it’ll probably ever be (though I promised my mom to grow it out if I was pregnant and chop it off so she could make a wig, LOL), just because it is SO thick (even with thinning it out occasionally) that it’s too heavy. I’m very lucky, I’ve never had split ends!

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strawbaby

you make me want ALL those red lip colours!!! russian red is is my “HG” though. loveeeeeeeee it. “lady bug” is a good lustre version of it.

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