How to choose lipstick
Lipstick is not without reason is one of the "favorites" among the contents of the women's cosmetic bag... It emphasizes the natural beauty of the lips and is even able to visually make them plump and seductive. However, it is very important to choose your own shade, so as not to get the opposite effect. After all, she can easily ruin the complexion, or make the girl older than her years. To avoid such mistakes, we suggest using the tips from our article.
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How to choose lipstick: basic rules
Today, manufacturers of decorative cosmetics offer us a huge selection of lipsticks of the most varied palette of shades. How not to get lost among this diversity? First, when making a choice, you need to be guided by the "color type" of your appearance. We will describe in detail about their types in the next section of the article.
In addition, there are several basic rules, guided by which you can easily and successfully decide on the desired lipstick color:
- Every girl must know three main shade groups: "cold", "warm", "neutral". The first includes pink and plum colors, the second - orange, peach, coral, terracotta, and the third - beige and brown.
- A win-win option would be shades matched one or two tones lighter or darker than your natural color. lips.
- Size and shape are important lips... If you have them plump and expressive by nature, then we recommend opting for light lipstick in natural shades so as not to seem too vulgar. Moderately bright colors can be used, but it must certainly be evening make-up. Girls with thin lips should remember that dark lipstick visually makes them even smaller, so choose light pink, peach or beige colors.
- Pay attention to your teeth. Owners snow-white smile you can safely choose almost any tone. The yellow surface of the enamel will appear lighter if you use pink or plum shades, and in this case it is better to refuse from the peach and coral colors. Light lipstick will also help to mask irregularities in the teeth rows, while dark lipstick, on the contrary, will accentuate them.
- Lipstick color should be appropriate for the time of day and be chosen for the occasion. During the day, it is customary to use natural shades, and making an evening "make-up" you can safely highlight the lips in a rich, bright tone.
- A light range is recommended for young women of fashion, bright, juicy tones for women under 40 years old, moderately dark shades are suitable for mature ladies.
- Try to blend lipstick with your attire... So, for clothes of warm colors, it is preferable to select orange, peach, caramel lip shades, and for cold ones - pink and plum. Neutrals (beige and brown) will look great with any outfit.
How to match lipstick to your face
So, now let's talk about the main "color types" of the face. This term means the distinctive features of the appearance, taking into account which you can choose the right color of lipstick and other decorative cosmetics... They are named after four seasons:
- "Girl-Winter". The main features of her appearance are based on contrast - it is pale, as if "porcelain" skin, or vice versa, dark and dark hair. Her eye color is usually pronounced and can be completely different from sky blue and blue to dark brown and black. Lipsticks of cold pink tones, raspberry, lilac, plum, fuchsia, cherry red are perfect for such a girl. But she should not choose warm and scarlet shades.
- "Girl spring". A typical representative of this "color type" is a light-skinned blue-eyed blonde. Her whole image is delicate and airy, which means that bright lipstick is inappropriate here. Warm tones will suit her: golden, caramel, light brown, peach, coral - from light to rich shades. It is recommended to avoid lilac and cold pink flowers.
- "Summer Girl". She has blond hair, light skin and gray eyes (gray-blue, gray, gray-green). She can safely experiment with a wide palette of lipstick colors. It can be all pink - from pale to rich, purple, lilac, scarlet, cherry, wine. And also use pearlescent and matte textures. However, the representatives of "summer" should not use lipstick in autumn colors.
- "Girl-Autumn". The name of this type of girls speaks for itself. Their hair color is red, copper, chestnut with a beautiful golden tint. The eyes are blue-gray, green, light brown, and the skin has a beige tint. Their lipstick tones: gold, brown, sand, crème brulee, orange, coral. Lilac and pink colors are not suitable for them.
