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Seeing Red

Some designers reclaimed red for lips this spring. They showed red lipsticks on their runway models when showing their collections.

Red lipstick never went out of style even though the "natural look" has been trendy for a few years. The "new" red is a clear red not too heavy.

Wear pure reds with a little blue for day and night.

Burgunday colors with a hint of blue are great for evening.

As far as your other makeup goes, when wearing red you do not need a lot of other makeup. As always choose the colors that flatter your skin tone and forget about trends.

Tips

Occasionally, you can take a soft brush and rub your lips to remove dead skin cells and then apply a lip balm.

Prevent lipstick from leaking beyond the lip area by using a lipliner.

Use a softened lipliner.

Apply lipliner from the center of your lips to outer edges with short strokes.

Matte textured lipsticks last longer.

Applying lipliner over your lipstick also helps lipstick last longer.


We Associate Red With Excitement, Warmth, Passion and Speed.