“Red lips say something very positive about how you feel about yourself and it takes a bold, confident woman to step out in red lips,” says makeup artist Sue Devitt.
Bright red lips draw attention to your face and making you go from real-life to red-carpet style!
When To Wear Red Lipstick:
- Evenings, Parties, and Special Events
- With Glasses (Not sunglasses)
- With your Little Black Dress
- When wearing dark colors like black, navy blue, forest green, or dark gray.
How To Wear Red Lipstick:
The purpose of lipstick is to make lips look larger and to hide imperfections. Lips need special care so before applying lip color, exfoliate lips occasionally with a soft toothbrush or washcloth to remove dead skin cells & increase circulation. Be gentle and only brush away loose skin that falls away easily.
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Tip: To minimize lipstick bleeding, outline the lips with a broad line using a lip pencil. Powder the pencil line. Fill in the lips with lipstick, but carry the lipstick just up to the lip pencil. This helps set a barrier for the more emollient lipstick. Or you can use an eye primer on lips to help lipstick stay put.
1. Use a nude lipliner like DuWop Reverse Lipliner to outline your actual lipline. Do not modify your lipliner when you are wearing red lipstick!
2. Don’t over-do the rest of your makeup. Red lips should be the main feature on your face.
3. Well groomed eyebrows are important, as is non-clumpy mascara. A simple, pink or nude eyeshadow is best. Less is more when it comes to makeup with red lips.
When NOT To Wear Red Lipstick:
- When you have chapped lips!!
- If you can’t find any lip liner.
- If you know you’re going to have a hot make-out session…
- If you’re having an acne breakout
Recommended Red Lipsticks:
Make Up For Ever Lipstick in Blue Red 205
Blue-reds are flattering on most skin tones. Lipstick with blue tones in it like this one help make teeth looks a couple shades whiter too!
Stila Pomegranate Crush Lip & Cheek Stain
Lip stain will give you the most natural looking red lip. Another lip stain we really like it the new Covergirl Lipstain. (Read our review!)
Sephora Brand Plumping Lip Gloss in Red 5
A nice way to get red lips anytime. Less of a bold impact, but still lots of shine.
Sources: Diane St. Amand-Scott, Makeup Chair at Spirit of The Gulf, Sephora Book
