Lipsticks: Ideas to choose perfect lipstick shades for your skin tones

It is always an overwhelming experience to go shopping for lipsticks, and it also gets stressful trying to the find the best shade due to the availability of plenty of options available in the market. Choosing the colour that is best suited to your complexion and undertone can make you pick most the satisfying lipstick shade for you. Here is a simple guide on how to choose a lipstick that is most complementary to your skin tone. 

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Perfect lipstick shades for different skin tones

Lipsticks for fair skin

Consider

• Pink, coral, peach, nude, and beige colour lipsticks tend to look best.
• Also, shades of mocha, nude, and raspberry will look lovely on this skin tone.
• Pale pinks and peachy nudes can also be given a try.

Avoid

• Avoid lipsticks with yellow undertone as it will fade out your facial look.

Lipsticks for light skin

Consider

• Pink, pinkish beige, coral, and peach shades can work on this skin tone.
• One can also try pink-red or red-based coral and raspberry coloured lipsticks.

Avoid

• Avoid lipstick shades like yellow and gold tones.

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Lipsticks for medium skin

Consider

• Rose, mauve, and berry shades can make your look amazing.
• Pink and cranberry shades can also be good choices.
• Orange-based reds, tangerines, and even copper and bronze shades should be given a try once.

Avoid

• Brown and purple shades like walnut, caramel, and wine are to be ignored by these skin tones.

Lipsticks for tan skin

Consider

• Coral, deep pink hues, and orange-based shades are the best ones for tan skin tones.
• Orange-based reds and tangerines look great on warm complexions while those with cool skin undertones can opt for cherry red and shades of wine.

Avoid

• Avoid choosing on brown and overly purple lipstick shades as it would not suit your complexion.

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Lipsticks for dark skin

Consider

• Among so many different colours of lipsticks brown and purple shades like walnut, caramel, and wine would be the best ones.
• In warm nude tones choose metallic brown, warm caramel rose gold or rich berry.
• Also, people with warm undertones can try copper and bronze colours cherry reds.

Avoid

• Deep plum, berry, dark purple, and reds should be avoided.

How to Choose Lipstick

• Determine your undertone i.e. warm, cool or neutral.
• If you have a warm undertone stick to warm lipsticks and if you have a cool undertone pick cool lipsticks.
• Recognize whether your skin tone is fair, light, medium, tan or dark.
• Neutral complexions, such as olive skin tones, will look great with any colour.

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