How to Pick The Right Shade of Red Lipstick

Match your lipstick to your skin tone. With a huge selection of lipstick shades these days, it’s hard to pinpoint which shade is right for you. Choose the right shade of lipstick by matching it to your skin tone.

1. Porcelain skin: For porcelain skin avoid high gloss. Choose a pinker matte color if you have darker hair. For lighter hair, stick with a reddish-orange matte, which draws the eye to the lips.

2. Fair skin: For fair skin, choose a bold to darker red. Since blush pops on fair skin, bolder red lipsticks will complement the cheeks. Avoid orange-tinted lipstick and consider the dark pink to true red end of the spectrum.

3. Bronze skin: Bronze skin can pull off almost any shade of lipstick, from bold reds to light pinks. For an intense nighttime look, try a bright red. For the innocent first date night look, aim for dark pink shades.

4. Light brown skin: For light brown skin, the perfect colors are dark reds to dark plum shades, which complement the golden undertones of this skin tone and add a glowing look. Try to stick the matte colors to highlight darker eyes.

Bronze and Dark skin (Image Credit: sheknows.com)

5. Dark skin: For dark skin, go for deep reds and purplish hues. It will brighten your smile and give off a luminous look. Apply a thick gloss to catch the attention of anyone passing by. Also try lining your lips with a shade or two darker than the color to give your lipstick more of a pop.

There are so many requests for picking the right red lipstick that it needed to be tried to help. It’s really easy, all you need to do is really find which skin tone you are closest to (find your row above in the prime photo), then decide, in your opinion, which you like better: the orange-based red (warm red) in the left column or the blue/pink-based red (cool red) in the right column. The truth of the matter in finding the right shade of red lipstick for your skin tone is that everyone can wear both! Just decide your mood that day: do you want everything to be in harmony, or do you want to make a statement? Here are other skin hues to consider and a breakdown of the photo chart above.

Legend:

HEART = HARMONY

STAR = STATEMENT

BISQUE: This pink under-toned skin color looks best with a cool red, but can also pull off the warm red.

BEIGE: This skin color with yellow undertones is most harmonious with a warm red, but can wear a cool red too.

OLIVE: Warm reds look best on this skin color with green undertones, but as you can see, cool reds look pretty too.

TAWNY: Again, warm reds are the way to go for this gorgeous skin tone, but don’t let anyone tell you you can’t wear cool reds too.

CARAMEL: Cool reds are wearable but warm reds are gorgeous on this skin tone.

ALMOND: Warm reds are pretty but cool reds are meant for you.
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