Tips For Red Lips

Tips for Red Lipstick

• Cream or matte lip color is best for a strong red shade.
• A true red is better bought straight from the store instead of trying to mix your own.
• Darker shades are suitable on larger lips as the deep reds have a tendency to make lips look thinner.
• Ultimately red lipstick is optimum for a younger woman, but not too young. The bright red color is too dramatic for teens and tends to make an older women look more aged.
• When mixing your own lip colors, use red as an addition to brighten up your combination. Just add in small amounts.
• If red is your favorite lipstick - but it doesn't work with your skin type, tone it down with a neutral color and create your own personalized lip covering.
• Add a little shimmer to your red lipstick to combat the tendency that red has to make your lips look smaller.
• Even if red lip color is definitely not your shade, keep a small tube around to seal your love notes with a kiss of red.

MAC - Rebel Lipstick

Ok, so when I went out to get this I was looking for a fuschia but a more sophisticated one, not a bombshell/bimbo hot pink one. This is the perfect shade for what I wanted. It's a dark, dramatic, goth berry-fuschia with a satin finish, aka with a slight sheen to it rather than any glossiness whatsoever. When I asked the makeup artist for it, she gave me a doubtful look, saying "Is it for you?" and I said "Yes", and then she went "It's going to look awesome with your coloring!". He he, which is true, it suits pale skinned/black haired girls amazingly. She had the same coloring as me and had something similar on, and it looked fantastic as well. So, highly recommended for fair skin tones - on darker ones it looks a bit wrong, kind of like that cheap neon fuschia I was trying to avoid in the first place. Will repurchase.