If you prefer a warmer tone, Velvet Morning is a bright orange/red that is ‘the ultimate pick me up shade.’ Both £27. It’s velvet finish that offers a slight sheen, yet is creamily hydrating. While Velvet Ribbon is a beautiful classic red by superstar make-up artist Lisa Eldridge. And Dimitri is a lighter, blue-based, pinky-red. £37.Ĭhanel Rouge Coco in Coco is a gorgeously warm, brick red with a buttery texture and sheen. Rouge Dior 999 is an excellent, easy-to-wear neutral red that comes in various textures. Maybelline Color Sensational Made For All Lipstick in Ruby for Me is a satin-textured, classic red created to suit most skin tones and makes teeth look super-white. Revlon’s Really Red, while similar, is warmer and matte. Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Certainly Red is a cool-toned, glossy ‘strawberry red’. Julianne Moore, 62, recently told Vogue that (for evening) she teams brown mascara with a fresh face, dewy mauve cream blush, tapping on Hourglass’ Unlocked Satin Crème Lipstick in vibrant ‘Red 0’ for an undone look with oomph and glamour. Christy Turlington, 54, pairs a bright, glossy red lip with glowing, peachy skin and lightly mascaraed lashes a look that works equally well with jeans or on the red carpet. Dark, light and olive skin tones can opt for a proper pillarbox red. Warm reds (orange and coral shades) suit skin with warm undertones. So, blue reds (pink and mauve tones) flatter cool skin tones. Basically, you need a lipstick that compliments your skin’s undertones. If you find full red scary, blot your lip until the colour is barely there, or opt for a buildable balm or sheer gloss.įind your best shade. I prefer velvet textures, which have a slight sheen. Ultra-matte lipsticks can be unforgiving and drying. This, or a lip liner as an overall undercoat, will help prevent lipstick feathering into tiny wrinkles. Choose waxier products (not greasy balms) which will help the colour adhere, not smear. Exfoliate if flaky use balms or a lip treatment for dryness. The moral of all this? If a 58-year-old-woman going through chemo can wear red lipstick, so can you. Now that I’m (hopefully) better, I still wear red when I want to feel uplifted. Red made my pale, hollow-eyed face come to life and the simple act of putting on a slash of unapologetic scarlet felt like a defiant f***-you to cancer. My bright lips gave me strength and confidence. I wore red lipstick a lot over the following year – for everything from hospital appointments to going to the ballet. It was a devastating shock, and I put on a brave face by picking up the brightest, reddest lip colour I had to hand ( Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso). My own red journey started in September 2021, when I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Red lipstick is chic, sexy, dramatic, empowering and the classic choice for sex bombs, supermodels and CEOs alike.
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