Makeup without lipstick will never be complete. Even when doing natural makeup, they still use either beige or neutral pink tones. What can we say about evening looks or makeup for special events. In their creation, lipstick can play, although not the key, one of the main roles. But choosing the right shade doesn’t always work out as quickly as we would like. Let's find out what advice there is in this regard.
How to choose lipstick?
What do girls look at when they come to a cosmetics store or leaf through a catalog with products from some well-known company? On the color of the lipstick, its release form, texture and even packaging design. On the one hand, this is correct, but these criteria cannot be called basic.
When choosing lipstick, first of all you need to focus on the features of your appearance. It is necessary to take into account skin tone, eye color, hair color and lip shape. And, of course, don’t forget about the event for which makeup will be applied.
Let's look at each of the key points separately.
Match your skin tone
This criterion is considered the main one, since it is responsible for the general concept of the image. There are three types of shades:
- Cold. Owners of pink or bluish skin, on which veins with a blue tint clearly appear, can safely be included in this category. Jewelry made of white gold, silver and pearls are usually suitable for this type. As for lipstick color, girls with cool skin tones should choose shades of nude, plum, cherry, purple. Cranberry, pink, wine and ruby tones will also look great on their lips.
- Warm. This is the name given to skin that has a golden, yellow or olive color. In this case, the veins on the wrist may have a greenish or blue tint. Lipsticks in the colors “dusty rose” and “peach” are perfect for this skin tone. To create an evening look, you should use copper or bronze shades.
- Neutral. Allows you to wear any lipstick. Here you need to focus on other criteria. Which? Read below!
To match your hair color
Based on the shade of your hair, you can easily decide on the ideal lipstick color:
- Blondes. For those with platinum coloring, lilac and cool pink tones are suitable. Warm blonde will go well with orange, light brown and coral. For individual occasions, you can purchase something from the peach palette. Well, how can blondes do without red? In their case, it should be rich and bright.
- Brunettes. For beauties with raven-colored curls, wine shades, Marsala, and burgundy are perfect. If a girl has black hair and dark skin, she can use brick or brown lipstick.
- Fair-haired. Beige, red and pink options are suitable for cool shades.For warmer curls, wine, plum, or radically different nude tones are intended.
- Redheads. If a girl with this hair color has warm skin, it is better for her to paint her lips with lipsticks in pale pink and orange shades. For everyone else, nude and translucent beige options will be more suitable.
Match your eye color
Focusing on this criterion, it is important to remember that red and brown lipstick is more suitable for brown-eyed girls. In some cases, you can also wear beige makeup.
For blue-eyed beauties, all shades of pink will be a real must-have. Deep terracotta and scarlet colors are suitable for green eyes. And for those whose eyes can be called gray, plum and beige will ideally suit their lips.
In addition to eyes, hair and skin, professional makeup artists, when applying makeup, also take into account the shape of their models’ lips. So, if a girl has asymmetry, they try to use shades that match her skin tone. For thin lips, choose colors that visually add volume (scarlet, fuchsia, rose). On full lips, delicate and not too rich berry colors look better. It is important here to avoid flashy and provocative shades.
Choosing the right lipstick, as it turns out, is not so easy. The main thing is to remember that for daily make-up it is better to use those shades that only emphasize the natural beauty and shape. But for special occasions, you should choose something brighter.
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