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With a wide selection of lipsticks, lip glosses, and lipsticks, the makeup booth can be overwhelming. This article will show you how to choose a lipstick color that suits your skin tone, outfit, and event.

Steps

Part 1 of 5: Determining skin tone

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   Under natural light to determine your complexion: white, bright, medium, brunettes, black. Focus on the skin around the jaw.
   • White skin: Your skin is very pale or translucent and prone to sunburn, freckles and redness may appear.
   • Light skin: Your skin is pale in color. When exposed to the sun, your skin is more prone to sunburn and can darken.
   • Moderate skin: you are prone to tanning and generally the skin is not sunburned or sensitive.
   • Dark skin: skin is tanned or light yellow. You rarely get sunburned and have dark skin even in winter.
   • Black: dark skin and never burns. Your hair can be black or dark brown.

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   Observe the color of the veins on your wrist. Here's how to quickly determine warm, neutral, or cold skin tone.
   • Blue or purple veins mean your skin is cold.
   • Green veins correspond to warm skin tones.
   • If you cannot identify blue or green veins, your skin is neutral and you can choose colors from both cold to warm spectrums. People with light yellow skin usually have a neutral tone.

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   Note how the skin reacts to the sun: Is your skin prone to sunburn or sunburn?
   • Skin prone to tanning has a lot of melanin of warm tones. Most African American and Indian women have this skin tone.
   • If you sunburn before darkening (and possibly not at all), your skin is low in melanin and has a bluish tone. If your complexion is as black as ebony, you may be this type.

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   Try gold and silver jewelry. Which one is more suitable?
   • Gold jewelry is suitable for warm skin tones.
   • Silver jewelry is suitable for cold skin tones.
   • Both types are suitable for neutral skin tones.
   • This can be helpful advice if you don't have the exact criteria listed above.
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Part 2 of 5: Choosing a daily lipstick color

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   Choose a shade that is one to two tones deeper than your natural lip color.
   • To test the shade closest to the lip color, just apply lipstick on your lower lip. Compare the color with the upper lip. If the two colors have a lot of contrast, you'll need to find another shade.

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   Determine whether to make lips thinner or fuller. Dark colors make lips thinner, while light colors make lips fuller.
   • Matte lipstick also makes lips look thinner, while lip gloss and lip gloss can make lips look fuller.

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   Recognize your skin tone and complexion.
   • Keep in mind that your tone and skin tone will give you direction, but not the most effective way to choose a lipstick color. It is important that you try a variety of colors and finally choose one friend feel the best fit.

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   Expert-recommended color test for your skin tone and skin tone.
   • If you have fair or fair skin, you can choose bright pink, orange red, peach, nude (skin color), or beige. If you have cold skin tones, you can choose a light brown and nude. For warm skin tones, choose pale pink or light nude pink.
   • If your skin tone is medium, choose pink, light purple, or dark purple. Cool skin tone: choose pink or dark red. Warm skin tones: try copper or light brown.
   • If you have dark skin, avoid brown and purple lipsticks and choose an orange color. Most other colors are suitable. Try a deep orange or pink color.
   • If you have dark skin, choose brown or purple colors such as dark brown, dark yellow, dark purple, or dark red. Cool skin tones should go with magenta and dark red. Warm skin tone: copper or light brown.

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   Do not overdo it. Unless you want to make a strong impression with a bold (completely normal!) Lip color, you should only apply a dark lip color to your lower lip. Stick your lips, then use your fingers to spread the lipstick evenly. advertisement

Part 3 of 5: Choosing the right red color

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   Find colors that match your skin tone. As mentioned above, you can make a choice based on your skin tone and complexion. If you find your favorite lipstick color that doesn't follow the "rule of thumb", you can use it!
   • Skin that is white or light should go with pinkish red or orange red. Cold skin tone: red rose. Warm skin tones: try red with blue or orange red.
   • Dark or medium skin tones should choose bright red, dark red, or magenta with no other color (if the skin tone is neutral). Warm tones: orange red or bright orange. Cold tone: dark red.
   • Black skin with warm tones should choose red and blue. Cool tone: magenta or deep red.

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   Use red lipstick. This is the classic color suitable for any woman, irrespective of age, skin color, hair, eyes or lip color. You should apply lipstick with confidence! advertisement

Part 4 of 5: How to choose to buy lipstick

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   Try on lipstick before you buy. Clean the test tip with alcohol (the store comes in a spray bottle) and use a test brush or cotton swab to apply lipstick on your lips.
   • If you don't want to apply lipstick on your lips, you can use it on your fingertips. The fingertip color is closer to the lip color than the wrist or outer arm.

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   Wipe off the old lipstick color before trying the new one. Otherwise the two colors will be mixed. Ask the shopkeeper for a water or makeup remover.

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   Buy lipsticks in a well-lit place.

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   Apply little or no makeup when trying on lipstick. Choose a lip color that brightens makeup-free faces and makes other make-up unnecessary.

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   Offer to help at the makeup booth. Sometimes it can be difficult to objectively judge which color suits you best. The specialist at the makeup booth can choose the right lipstick color for you. advertisement

Part 5 of 5: Coordinate lipstick color with the rest of the makeup

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   Do not use lipstick colors that match the color of your clothes. For example, if you wear a crimson dress, wearing a lip color similar to the outfit will stand out.

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   Have fun and experiment, but if you're not sure you can check out some of the following tutorials:
   • Nude color lipstick suitable for any outfit. This is a beautiful casual color and can bring out dramatic eye colors.
   • Red can make a strong impression in simple clothing. Do not overdo it by using red lipstick in combination with bright red outfits with sophisticated motifs.
   • Pink is a versatile color because there are many different shades. Pink is a few tones brighter than natural lip color that is suitable for delicate everyday makeup.
   • Dark purple can make dark outfits somber and make a light summer look heavy. You should combine deep purple with mixed neutral tones.

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   Carmine or striking eyes instead of both.
   • Only apply mascara to the eyes, or dark brown eyeliner between the lashes.
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Advice

• These guides may be of help to you, but they are not rule. Remember that everyone is different. The best color for lipstick may be independent of your skin tone, so try different colors.
• When buying lipstick, don't forget to buy lip liner, especially when buying red lipstick.
• Blueish red can make teeth look whiter.
• Do not try lipstick on at the store, as the lipstick can contain many harmful bacteria. Try it on the back of your hand instead.
• Check the chemical composition before buying lipstick. First apply lipstick on your wrists and then use rings, gold chains or any other gold jewelry to rub on the lipstick. If the lipstick turns black, don't buy it because it contains harmful chemicals.
• For a long-lasting lipstick color, apply a lip liner over the entire lip (the same color as the lipstick) before applying lipstick. This way the lips still retain color after the lipstick is gone.
• Impressive eye and lip makeup can look overly outstanding and unattractive. You should only focus on the eyes or lips.
• For those who like eye and lip makeup with bold colors, I recommend dark black and red makeup. This makeup look great, you will stand out from the crowd, although conservatives think it is weird but it actually looks very nice.