How many of you guys have worn a full-powered red lipstick? Its a classic look but its also a color thats very hard to pull off unless you have your “just perfect” shade of red. I would think on desi skin tones a more warmer red like a brick red would be more flattering. What shades or brands do you guys use?
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Most chinese wear red lipstick. watch them in chinese movies, as I find that they mostly were that colour (as one of my chinese friend says Asia (brown people) hardly wear deep red lipstick.
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MAC and Make up Forever have great red shades for desi skin. Xtreme is a nice red by MAC, but it's a strong colour and you have to have the right complexion and even hair colour to pull it off.
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i never have been able to wear it correctly i have tried many a times tho and have wanted to have that sexy galmourous look..
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mehnaz: thats the thing....i think u need to have perfectly even skin to be able to pull it off....have u tried the red viva glam by mac? it says on the website it goes with every skin tone...
hin33: same here. but i want a red lippie so bad now.
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mehnaz: thats the thing....i think u need to have perfectly even skin to be able to pull it off....have u tried the red viva glam by mac? it says on the website it goes with every skin tone...
hin33: same here. but i want a red lippie so bad now.
yea kinda me too yaar ....
i have and oldd blood red loreal but whenever i put it on full strength i look like a pure bhangan on christmas so i blot it and blot it and then it starts to look purple ..
mayb i should hit the mac counter and try what mehnaz mentioned..
but in ur pic u r weraing a nice red lipstick nahee... i swear i noticed and admired it ..
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^^ which picture? 
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i wear red nail color every now and then.. havnt tried the lipstick! im not married yet so my parents would prolly throw me out if i were to prance around w/ the broadway red lips!
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allll the reds i’ve tried just end up looking fuschia-y to me 
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I have this maroonish red kind of a shade which suites me a lot...but i still dont wear such shades unless i wear a red dress and go to some wedding, because i look elder then my age ... the other day i tried this really shiney red lipstick..which i didnt like on myself but my mother and sister liked it.
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I use Mac Viva la glam.I gthink I have the 1, or is it the 2...I have the one that has the blue undertone...meaning..also a pink/blue under base ..its not the one that has brown undertone..It is perfect though when one wants a Classic look....:)...But I hardly wear red anyway...I am more of the light pinks/natural looks..even in the dressy formals at times....:)
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infront of some pyramid.. wearing head thingy
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^^ thats actually a plum color. i guess it showed up as reddish in the picture.
i've never really had a lipstick look true red on me either. it either looks maroonish or brownish or fushcia pink. i want true blood red :(
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^^ thats actually a plum color. i guess it showed up as reddish in the picture.
i've never really had a lipstick look true red on me either. it either looks maroonish or brownish or fushcia pink. i want true blood red :(
ohh mayb .. but it lookd nice or brown.. my lips are so pigmented i put matt neutral before any color
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I did when I was in 10th grade and I was told to take it off not because it looked bad on me but I wasn't allowed to wear dark colors especially red... :(
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I look like aunty when i wear red lipstick ..…
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well i love red lipstick it is evergreen ...iska fashion kabhi purana nai hota but when u apply redlipstick dnt make heavy eyes ,use lighter shade s on ur eyes it gives a very soft touch to ur face ...do u no red colour lipstick ki pehchan hai in older days women only used to apply red lipstick as there wasnt anyother colour instead of red.
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Gosh...I could never pull off a dark colour, especially maroons/reds. I look hideous!
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I usually wear only neutrals or then go all out and wear red...NARS has some great red shades- Red Lizard, Heat Wave, and Jungle Red are the best semi-matte colors...for their red lipgloss I'd say bloodwork is perfect!
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marroon and mauves with brick shade is good.
cliniques and elizbeth arden's are good soft reds - not shocking at all.
and if u need to dull a red, take an ice cube. chew it. then take a chapt stik and go over the lips.
pinks are however always better.
dushwari