Tis the season for a red pout!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Someone asked me if I buy a new red lipstick every season, of course I do! I am also constantly asked about how to choose the right shade of red for your skin tone, so here is a little direction in that area....

If you’re very fair with a porcelain or ivory complexion, you should go for sheer colors. 

If you wear a sheer red it could be warm or cool. You don't want to look gothic so you want something sheer so it’s a lot more wearable. Almost between a lipstick and a gloss.  Also for light skin tones if you’re going to go with the lipstick rather than a gloss, select a red shade with a blue undertone. A good way to test if your lipstick has a blue undertone is by marking on a plain white piece of paper to see if it has more blue, yellow or brown tints in it.

When you are medium-olive toned you can go a little cool and a little warm. A lipstick with a little yellow and blue combined is good. Many red colors have either a yellow undertone or just brown or blue. Medium skin tones can do all of the above! So lucky..:)

For darker skin tones, you need a darker, richer, burgundy red. A little of brown and yellow undertone. The problem with dark skin is a too blue undertone looks too pinky so you need a burgundy or brown base to it.

Far too often women miss out on wearing this wonderful shade for fear of picking the wrong color, I hope this helps, so you can have some very merry lips this season!