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What's your go-to lipstick for fall?


What’s your go-to lipstick for fall? Share!

That’s a tough one! Lately, it has been Urban Decay Sheer Beso.

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Nancy T Avatar

This is the time of year that I begin to wear matte much more often because the searing heat begins to let up a bit, also richer shades come more solidly back into my rotation. So now MAC Royally Riotous, UD After Dark, MAC VG I & III, ColourPop Nevermind, and the like get shown more love! My new favorite everyday shades are Too Faced Pink Chocolate and UD Liar. MAC Marque for ALL yearlong!

Nancy T Avatar

I bought it with its same named lipliner, and while it takes a few coats for full opacity, I personally love it. It reminds me of MAC Smoked Purple quite a bit. It is very dark, but pretty!

Gillian Avatar

That’s a hard one. I’ll just go with the first thing to enter my head!

For everyday I love the Sonia Rykiel Sublime Rouge in 24. Not sure why but the subtle mauve/plum tones might have something to do with it. And for evening it’s between Buberry Lip Cover in Bright Plum or Givenchy Le Rouge in Framboise Velours. 🙂

Victoria Avatar

I think I have two I have been using back and forth, I use Mac Whirl or Urban Decay Revolution in Rapture. I may be daring and use a deeper colour very soon.

Tammy B Avatar

Haha! It would be more appropriate to ask me my favorite dozen shades for fall. I never wear the same shade in a week and lots of my colors only get worn once or twice per season! My bite frozen berries will be in rotation this fall, as well as Estée Lauder’s Emotional, Mac rocker, bric-o-la, retro, fashion revival, Nars Janet, Jeanne, Silvia, and I will pull out a variety of reds I’ve collected over the years. I also mix my shades, liners and glosses to create the exact shade I am looking for.

Ellen Avatar

Love Smashbox Honey, but its more of a summer color for me, more peachy. I really miss Chai, Honey’s big sister, more peachy brown tone, better for fall. I bought two, just in case, so I have some left, but when that one’s gone, I don’t have a really good dupe for it. MAC Mocha is closer to Honey, but more matte.

Michele @Binxcat4ever Avatar

Agree – tough question! Last year it was UD Rapture. This year, I’m really into the MAC Vamplify in Peer Pressure, the Sephora Deep Plum Luster Matte, and the Trish McEvoy Sheer Lipsticks in Mulberry and Florence. The Trish ones are super sheer so the Mulberry is just a hint of plum and Florence is a hint of brick/rose.

Val Avatar

Kiko Milano’s Velvet Mat Satin Lipstick no.609, MAC dubonnet , urban decay 1993, mac russian red was also a big favorite so far and mac whirl paired with OCC lip pencil in sebastian 😀 love the vampy reds and dark browns this season

xamyx Avatar

I recently did a huge lipstick purge, followed by a serious lipstick binge over the past few months, so I still haven’t found a favorite… However, I have a feeling NYX Licorice & WnW Photobomb and/or Nightcap will be getting a lot of love. Also, L’Oréal Zoe’s Red! When I did a hand swatch, I was a bit disappointed, but it’s sooo pretty when actually applied.

My lipstick purchases have been primarily vampy shades, with some nudes & reds, so I have amassed quite a few “Fall appropriate” shades! All together, over the past 3 months, I bought 40-50 new lipsticks…

Kuávsui Avatar

H&M redid their makeup line and I got one of the lipgloss pencils in When in Rome, a lovely sheer but buildable brownish wine red. It’s a gloss so not particularly long-lasting but goes on pretty smoothly and looks fantastic and a lot more expensive than it is, lol. Anyway it’s a new fave – there seem to be a few of those among the new H&M line.

Marissa Avatar

i don’t really suddenly wear a lot of plum shades since where i live we don’t have fall per se, so i stick with neutrals but due to everyone being “fall fall fall” i get the spirit and i wear more often fall appropiate shades… i’d say rebel, hang up, ysl rose culte to say some

Anne Avatar

Oh that’s tough. I have a few I rotate through. I’ll just have to list them I think.

MLBBs/Pinks: Chanel Rouge Coco in Marie, Marc Jacobs in Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Reds: NARS Cruella, Besamé’s 1946 Red Velvet, MAC Studded Kiss and MAC Diva

Plums/Purples: MAC Plumful and ColourPop Too Sexy (from their Back to Cool collection)

Vamps: MAC Hang Up, MAC Viva Glam III

Browns: MAC Antique Velvet, YSL Rouge Volupe in #3 Beige Ultimé, ColourPop Grunge

Tova J Avatar

Oh I don’t know! There’s always my all year round go-to, Velvet Teddy, of course… I can come back with a better answer in a couple of weeks 😀

Lisa Avatar

I’m not very loyal to my lipsticks; every season I find a new love. Last year it was UD Mrs. Mia Wallace. I might bust her out again, or then again, I might cheat on her with one of the many deeper reds/plums I’ve been coveting lately. So maybe it’s too soon to tell what my favourite will be this year?

Mari Avatar

This year I been rocking the chocolate lip
So Color pops Pitch
Kay Von D Lolita
And NYX Natural lip liner with Wet and Wilds Bare it All
Tom Fords Negligée

Rachel R. Avatar

I don’t have a single “go to” fall lipstick, and I’ll wear any color any season. Lately I’m loving Kat von D Piaf, Nyx Suede Cream in Stone Fox, Jcat Pout-holic Lipstick in Candy Man, and ColourPop Ultra Matte in Dr. M. Other fall favorites are Nyx Wicked Lippies in Trickery and Coldhearted, MAC Viva Glam Rihanna 2 lipstick & lipglass, Wet n Wild Fergie Cream Lipstick in Bebop, Wet n Wild Megalast Lipstick in Sugar Plum Fairy, UD Mrs. Mia Wallace, Performance Colors Black Rose, Too Faced Melted Villain, and Makeup Revolution Atomic Lipstick in Make Me Tonight and Serpent.

Tracy Avatar

I’ve never really had a go-to fall lipstick before as I only started getting into lipstick about a year ago and have spent a lot of time experimenting with various formulas and colors. That being said, this year I’ve been finding myself drawn to several shades from Urban Decay. I really love Bad Blood and Stark Naked from the Matte Revolution line and Gash from the regular formula of Revolution lipsticks.

Vanessa V Avatar

I’m a MAC lipstick girl through and through my faves are Rebel, Dark Side, Del Rio and Offshoot ( which I believe was LE I’m finishing it up and using it as my everyday lip!) just to name a few.

Emilie Avatar

So far I’ve been loving Bite High Pigment pencil in Rhubarb, LA Splash Smitten Lip Tint in Lovegood (name changed recently to Lovestruck), Kat Von D Studded Kiss lipstick in Lovecraft, and Mac’s Diva! Fall is my favorite lipstick season by far (I mean, isn’t it everyone’s?), there are so many I love!

Monica Avatar

I recently bought Mac Captive and I’m loving it. I hate using this term, but it really is one of Mac’s unsung heroes, it doesn’t look like much in the tube, but on, it’s like rebel & girl about town made a baby.

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