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In The Red: Pronounced Red Pout Shades for Brown Girls
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Red lips can be alluring, timelessly hot and fashion forward, but the right shade can also add some pep and sex appeal to your work wardrobe. These five shades of red are absolutely riveting for black women, and a few simple makeup tips will help your lipstick stay intact all day.
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MAC’s Russian Red is a bold lipstick that brings out the warm undertones in medium brown skin. The shade even has some tan in it, which makes for a more golden shade and brings attention to a pearly white smile. Russian Red is about $15 at the MAC store or Macy’s. To keep the lipstick in place, dab a little cream concealer on your lips before applying Russian Red to keep it from smearing. Here’s an idea of what the lipstick looks like on:
Black Girls Wear Red: The Best Brands and Shades of Red Lipcolor For You
by Tracey Brown
From Hollywood starlets of yesteryear, to today’s pop culture idols of the runway and red carpet, red lipstick is eponymous with style, fashion and beauty. Red lipstick spells allure, glamour, sophistication and oozes sex appeal. A makeup must-have that is simultaneously a trend and yet a classic, red is on the lips of women of all ages and skin tones.
Hollywood sisters sporting a red pout Taraji Hensen , Kerry Washington, Zoe Saldana, Rosario Dawson and Tracee Ellis Ross instantly up their glam quotient with just a swipe of red lipstick. Catwalk queens Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn and Joan Smalls worked the Gucci runway with glossed-up red lips for Fall 2011.
Songstress Sade’s signature red lips are now on-trend for new millennium vocalists Jill Scott, Keri Hilson, Janelle Monae and Estelle. Each woman rocks the red lips with ease, yet each is wearing a different formula and shade that works for them.
When red lips are done right—meticulous application, seamless blending of lip liner and lip color in a flattering hue for your skin tone and undertone—you’ve got glam gold. Whether you have champagne and caviar cash or beer budget bucks, there is a red lipstick for you.
Red lipstick options span the color wheel—vampy vermillion, classic crimson, sassy scarlet, banging burgundy—so let your lips speak volumes with the perfect red. Many black women are left in a quandary about which red is best, and some still think their lips are a little on the “voluptuous” side to wear red lipstick. Don’t believe the “less-is-more hype”!
First, before we get into product recommendations, let’s start off with the steps to a perfect red pout:
