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How To Find Most Flattering Lipstick To Suit Your Skin Tone

When we think about makeup, lipstick is one of the crucial things. Adding colour to the lips can make a massive difference to the features of your face. Poorly opted lipstick shade can quickly destroy your entire look. So it is essential to choose a perfect shade of lipstick that suits you. If you are wondering how to find most flattering lipstick to suit your skin tone. Then no need to worry as here we have amazing tips for finding the perfect lipstick.

There are absolutely hundreds of unique lipsticks shades out there depending on tones and finishes, so finding one that you like can be overwhelming. In our beauty bag most of us have a chunk of lipsticks, some of them we wear all the time, and some never get touched. There is no doubt that finding the perfect lipstick shade out of numerous lipsticks can make you feel invulnerable. The key to finding the sheer lipstick shade is all about knowing your skin’s undertone. There are categories of your undertone such as warm, cool and neutral.

1) Warm Undertone

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If you have a yellow, golden or olive hue to your skin then you are warm-toned. The warm-toned people tan easily, and the gold jewellery complements their skin. You can tell your undertone is warm if the veins in your wrist appear green (or green). So if you have warm undertone then choose for a lipstick that also has warm undertones. Warmer lipsticks have reddish, orange, peach and yellowish undertones and bear to lean towards orangey hues such as coral, copper, gold, and all the way to browns and siennas.

The orange-toned reds, peachy pink shades and rosy pink shades will complement your skin tone best. For instance, if your skin is deeper go for a richer nude if your skin is light go for a paler nude.

2) Cool Undertone

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If you have a pink, red, or bluish hue to your skin, then you are cool-toned. You can tell your undertone is cool if silver jewellery complements your skin, if the veins in your wrist look blue, or if your skin bears to burn in the sun before acquiring a tan. If your undertone is cool, then look for lipsticks that also have cool undertones.

The perfect lipsticks for cool undertones have purple or blue shaded undertones. Look for blue hues like cherry, plum, mauve, crimson and purples. For nude lips, you can boost the natural flush of your lips with pink nude, rosy, or choose for a taupey beige for a more subtle look.

3) Neutral Undertone

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If you have a mix of pink and yellow in the base of your skin, then you are neutral-toned. Neutral skin tones comprise both warm and cool skin tones, so there is quite nothing that doesn’t suit you. Those with neutral undertone look good in both gold and silver jewellery. For neutral undertone, a broad spectrum of colours are matched. Try berry colours for deep skin and pink hues for fair skin, mauve shades for medium skin.

Neutral undertone is free for all anything from deep wines to light nudes will look good.

The perfect shade of lipstick can instantly transform your look. But with so many choices, finding the perfect one can feel like an endless search. So these key points will surely help you to find the most flattering lipstick to suit your skin tone.

Also see this, How To Make Lips Soft Naturally Before Applying Lipstick

Kajal Sharma

I am a Delhi based Makeup Artist, and travel all over the India to offers superior and convenient services to clients. Well known for giving the natural dewy and flawless makeup looks. I am a certified makeup artist, got degree for styling and designing from the prestigious National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Delhi.

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