Things You'll Need:
- Tester lipsticks
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Step 1
Determine whether you have fair skin, medium skin, olive skin or dark (brown or black) skin.
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Step 2
Use your skin tone to determine which shade of lipstick will look best on you.
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Step 3
If you have fair skin, choose deep plum and wine reds with a blue undertone, light browns or beige with a pink undertone, or light shiny pinks with blue undertones.
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Step 4
If you have medium skin tone, choose deep browns, deep reds with blue undertones, warm reds, medium browns with pink or yellow undertones, deep, rich pinks, and pinks with brown undertones.
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Step 5
Choose deep and rich browns with reddish or mahogany undertones, dark berry shades, and rich and dark pinks with yellow undertones if you have yellowish or olive skin.
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Step 6
Choose dark reds with blue undertones, deep plums, any shade of brown, soft sheer pinks and beige shades, and deep berry shades if you have dark skin tone.
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Step 7
Wear lighter and glossier shades if you have thinner lips, as they generally make thin lips appear fuller. Dark lipsticks will make your thin, small lips even thinner and smaller.
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Step 8
Wear darker, matte lipsticks if you have very full lips.
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Step 9
Wear deeper, darker or bolder lipstick colors and shades with light eye makeup.
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Step 10
Wear a lighter or more neutral lip color to complement heavier eye makeup.
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Step 11
Wear lighter and more neutral colors of lipstick with a matte or cream finish during the day (at work, for example), and save your darker, glossier and more dramatic colors for a night on the town.
