7 Lipstick Tips to Pick The Right Shade for Your Skin Tone

You are a lipstick junkie, but you haven’t found the exact tint that best complements your skin tone. While selecting the right lipstick shade you are often drawn to the colors that look gorgeous on the shelves. Very few cosmetic shops allow their customers to test the lipstick on the lips. This makes it really difficult to eye that perfect lip-mate! Here are few tips to help you pick a perfect lip color according to your skin tone.

1. For fair skinned women with cool undertones like Amy Adams, a red shade with light pink tinge looks great. If you are fair skinned with warm undertones like Julia Roberts a red shade with orange tinge does the trick.

2. For dark skin tones, chocolate, gold browns, cherry reds and grape lipsticks offer a perfect lip service. You can also flaunt your dark skin tone with deep plum, toasty browns and bronzy lipstick hues.

3. The most popular lip shades women reach out for are pink, nude, red, brown, berry or orange. To bring out the best of your lipstick color, exfoliate your lips with sugar and olive oil. A little TLC(tender loving care) will make your lips a shade happier.

4. Every woman wants to wear a dash of red on their lips. But a dark matte can make you look a tad older. Also a heavy pasty red lip shade can make your lips look dry and unloved.

5. A true bloody red color looks gorgeous if you have a tawny complexion like Eva Mendes. Your lipstick application method also pays a key role here. Dab some color in the center of your lip and gently spread it along the lips. Keep tissue paper around your lip corners and soak in the excess color. Make a kiss face then press your lips and blot and wipe out any color that is painted beyond your lip border.

6. If you have golden complexion like Jennifer Lopez’s, pick rogue or pink hue with brown undertones. Think terracotta rouge, coral or chocolate. For olive complexion like Eva Longoria berry pink and rouge hues go a long way in flattering the skin tone.

7. While selecting nude lip shades remember to keep a hint of cheerful hue. Fair-skinned women should go for pink-hued nudes while women with olive or tawny skin shades should go for nudes with tint of a peachy undertone. Caramel nudes complement dark skin tones. Remember nude lip shades are tricky so dab a thin layer of nude lip balm or gloss over it.