How To Pick Right Shade Of Lipstick That Match Your Skin

Do you apply lipstick? If you’re up to date with fashion trends or just like to try different looks, there is a good chance you do. Choosing the right color can be the difference between a great look and an average look which most of the people do wrong but is not that difficult once you realize how to do it. Hence, here are some tips you should definitely try for choosing the right lipstick shade for your skin tone-

1.     Determine your Skin Tone: The first step to choosing the right lipstick shade is to first determine your own skin tone correctly. People are often not able to figure out how to determine their skin tone. For this, there are majorly 5 types of skin tones in which you can categorize your skin tone; fair, light, medium, tan and deep. This is where you start.

2.     If you have fair or light skin, try light pink, coral, peach, nudes, or beige. If you have cool undertones, try a soft mocha and nude. Warm undertones, try pale pinks or a nude with a little peach. If you have medium skin, try rose, mauve, or berry shades. Cool undertones: try shades of pink or cranberry. Warm undertones: experiment with copper or bronze. If you have tan skin, try to avoid browns and purples and go for colors with an orange undertone. Most other colors will look great. Try coral or deep pink. If you have a deep complexion, try browns or purples like walnut, caramel, plum, or wine. Cool undertones should look for ruby and wine-colored reds. Warm undertones: try copper or bronze.

3.     Focus on your lip color: The best shades of lipstick are the ones which are one or two shades darker than your natural lip color. Choose a shade which looks good on you even when you have no make-up on. That’s how you choose a good shade. You can try that out by applying the lipstick on only one lip first and checking if it is, in fact, one or two shades darker than the other lip.

4.     Apply darker shade to lower lip: Most of the times, it is better to apply the darker shade only to the lower lip as long as you’d like to keep it subtle and not make any bold statements. A shade darker on the lower lip will make the color pop out and make a good contrast with your skin tone.

5.     Lip size is important too: Do you have thick or thin lips? The thickness of your lips is very important too in determining the right shade. If you have thick lips, choose a lighter shade than you’d usually think is right for you. Lighter shades make your lips look plump. And if you have thick lips, choose a darker shade as darker shades make your lips look thinner than they actually are.