Color Choice & Style
30 articles
Most foundation mismatches have nothing to do with the shade being too light or too dark. The real issue is…
Some colors make your skin look clear and your eyes sharp. Others make you look tired before the day even…
The wrong contour shade doesn't just look bad. It looks like a mistake. Knowing how to pick a contour shade…
Answering what color lipstick goes with a purple dress starts with the exact shade of purple, not a single fixed…
The right concealer can make your skin look flawless. The wrong one makes dark circles, blemishes, and hyperpigmentation look worse…
Purple eyeshadow comes in more variations than almost any other shade family, and that's exactly why picking a lipstick to…
Killian, Mitra, and Peissig tested greyscale faces in Frontiers in Psychology (2018). Upper-lid makeup raised attractiveness ratings significantly, while added…
A colored dress gives you something to match or avoid. A white one gives you nothing, so the lipstick ends…
Mauve, berry, and a softer rose end up being the safe picks for almost any lavender dress. That's the short…
Light pink looks easy and still manages to go wrong at the lips. Most of the trouble comes from picking…
Blue eyeshadow already does most of the talking, so the lipstick has an easier job than people make it. Nude,…
Navy blue is about as close to black as a dress color gets without actually being black, and that's really…
Get the exact blue right and picking the right lipstick color for a blue dress mostly sorts itself out from…
What color lip liner goes with red lipstick mostly comes down to undertone. Pick a red liner that matches the…
Green eyeshadow is one of those looks where the pros don't agree on the lip. Red Apple Lipstick keeps the…
Most lipstick problems with a red dress come down to undertone. Blue-red fabric wants a blue-based lip, orange-red fabric wants…
Coral, peach or soft pink is where I'd start, so reach for coral, peach or soft pink first. Orange sits…
A nude, pink, mauve or berry lip is the best lipstick for purple eyeshadow in most cases, and the exact…
Gray hair has its own undertone, and that's the thing that actually decides which lipstick looks right, not skin tone…
A lot of people find one lipstick that looks fine with brown eyeshadow and wear it for years without testing…
Red or deep berry. That's the short answer, and it holds up no matter which exact shade of green you're…
Most people who say pink lipstick doesn't suit them have just tried the wrong pink. The shade didn't fit their…
Start with undertone. Warm skin goes with orange-based shades and cool skin with blue-based ones, while neutral skin can wear…
Orange lipstick mostly comes down to whether the shade fits your undertone. Warm undertones suit yellow-leaning tangerine and burnt orange.…
Two lipsticks can both say coral on the label and look nothing alike on the same mouth. One leans nearly…
Most people pick a lipstick for an outfit by holding the tube up to the dress and seeing whether the…
Nobody agrees on what a nude lipstick actually looks like. Pink, peach, beige, brown, mauve and rose all get sold…
Bright lipstick doesn't forgive much. The color pulls the eye straight to your mouth, so a shade that's slightly off…
The forearm swatch is the usual way to test a red, and it doesn't tell you much. In a 2023…
Matte browns and taupes are the safest eyeshadow for red lipstick. Bronze is the warmer option, and gold works when…