How to Choose the Perfect Shade of Red Lipstick This Holiday Season

How to Choose the Perfect Shade of Red Lipstick This Holiday Season

No matter your skin tone, hair colour or style, Revlon Canada has you covered with a huge range of red Super Lustrous Lipsticks. Here’s how to find the one for you.

If there’s ever a time that calls for a red lip, it’s the holidays. Not only is red an appropriately festive colour, but it can also dress up just about any outfit—ideal when you’re heading from work to a party with no time to change.

But how do you find the right red lipstick for you? Not all are created equal, particularly when it comes to your skin tone, your hair colour and the lipstick’s finish. Luckily, Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick is available in 60 different shades with a wide selection of holiday-ready reds, from classic crimson to deep wine. Read on to find the one for you this holiday season.

Know your complexion and your undertones

If you’ve struggled to find a red lipstick you love, it might be because you haven’t yet found the right one for not only your skin tone but your undertones as well. To identify your undertones, look at the veins in your wrist. If they’re more blue or purple, your undertones are cool. If they look more green, your undertones are warm. 

For deep skin with warm undertones, try a deep red hue with undertones that match yours, like Revlon Super Lustrous The Luscious Matte Lipstick in Show Off. If your skin has cool undertones, look for a classic red with a blue base like Super Red. Again, the undertones will match yours, and a bonus for everyone: blue-based red will make your teeth look extra white.

If you have medium-toned skin with warm undertones, most red lipsticks will flatter, from orange reds to true reds and deep wines. If you have medium-toned skin with cool undertones, try a red that veers slightly into pink territory, like Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Cherries in the Snow.

Olive complexions tend to have warmer undertones, so look for red lipstick that doesn’t fight with those undertones. That means yellow or…

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