How to Find the Perfect Lipstick Colors for Your Skin Tone

Looking for a little perfect lipstick wisdom? When searching for the perfect lip colors for your skin tone, it is easy to become overwhelmed by all of the color choices. Red lipsticks. Pink lipstick colors. Bronze and Gold lipsticks. How does a girl choose?

The following steps to choose a perfect lipstick for your skin tone require a little patience. However, they will get you closer to choosing the right shade of lipstick at the drugstore and the beauty counter.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• gloss lipsticks
• moisturizing lipsticks
• lip gloss
• matte lipsticks
• sheer lipcolors
• various shades of lip tints

1. Analyze your teeth color first.Choose the perfect lipstick color by examining your pearly whites. Blue undertones brighten teeth. If you teeth have a yellow cast, choose lipstick colors like: warm pinks, plums and cocoa browns. Refrain from using colors that are in the coral and orange families, they will enhance yellow teeth.

2. Cling to your natural lip color. Select a lip tint that is no more than a couple of shades lighter or darker than your skin tone. Lipsticks with blue undertones, which are in the cool tone family, are best for fair and light skin. Warm-toned skin must select perfect lipsticks with red and orange bases.

3. Choose the perfect lipstick color based upon the time of day. During office hours wear nude and pink lipsticks. Evening drama demands perfect lipsticks in the shades of brick and plum. If you have olive skin, wear brick red in the evening. While women with fair skin can wear fuchsia after five o’clock.

4. Include sheer lipsticks, matte lipcolors and high-shine glosses into makeup bag. A sheer lipstick is easier to smear--than its matte counterpart--due to its high water content. Sheer lipsticks and glosses should complement your natural lip color, whether your skin tone is fair, dark, or olive.

Tips & Warnings

• The more water in a lipstick the easier it is to rub off during the day.
• To allow your perfect lipstick color to last longer, apply liquid foundation and a lipstick pencil to your lips first, before applying lipstick.
• To create your own lipstick color—rather than buying the perfect lipstick color for your skin tone—combine lip gloss and lipstick to create a custom lipstick.
• Darker lipstick colors do not belong in the office. Lighter and nude tones should not be worn in the evening unless your blush and eye makeup are heavy.

Resources

• How to Choose the Right Lipstick Color
• The Perfect Lipstick Color
• Choose Lipstick Colors for Skin Tone

[nycgalinpa]

on 10/4/2009 Good tips, 5*

[magnadea]

on 7/23/2009 Some really useful tips for finding the perfect lipstick color. I never seem to pick the right one. This definitely helps. 5*