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Great Beauty: Red Lips

Great Beauty: Red Lips
By · March 2, 2011October 29, 2020
01
Hot Stuff

Red lips are having a moment! Here, celebs rock both last season’s pale pastel lip and the new, super-sexy scarlet pucker. Let us know which you like best in the comments section.

02
Red Hot

Black Opal True Color Lipstick in Rich Red ($7.25, blackopalbeauty.com) is a creamy, retro chic shade that lasts up to eight hours without smearing or bleeding.

03
Bold Beauty

Sanaa Lathan goes for the bold in creamy crimson lips, and works the natural look in pale pink.

04
Welcome Matte

Selita Ebanks goes from nude lips to a matte, red-orange pucker.

05
Classic Crimson

A cult classic among beauty junkies, MAC Lipstick in Ruby Woo ($14.50, maccosmetics.com) is a matte scarlet shade that looks gorgeous on virtually every skin tone under the sun.

06
Cherry Kerry

Which do you think looks better with Keri Hilson’s platinum hair—toffee pink or cherry red gloss?

07
Cool Crimson

Jennifer Hudson hits the red carpet in both crimson lips and glossy nude lips—which is more flattering?

08
Cranberry Beret

Smashbox DoubleTake Lip Color in Cranberry ($22, sephora.com) is a double-sided wand that comes with a lip pencil and a creamy lip crayon…each in a universally flattering crimson hue.

09
Va-Va-Vixen

Kelly Rowland amps up her red lips with heavy black liquid liner, but pairs her nude lips with just mascara and a little blush. Either way, she looks flawless!

10
Seasons Change

Rashida Jones goes for bold red lips in the winter and a paler pink in the summer, when her skin is a bit more tan.

11
Bite Me

Lush, bold, and sexy, Nars Lipstick in First Bite ($24, narscosmetics.com) is the perfect red lipstick for brown skin.

12
Lip Service

Whether she’s sporting cranberry red lipstick or pale peach gloss, Tracee Ellis Ross is always a beauty icon.

13
Red Carpet Cool

Zoe Saldana switches up her red carpet style from glossy neutral lips to a show-stopping scarlet pucker.

14
Red Alert

Revlon Matte Lipstick in Really Red ($5.94, walmart.com) leaves lips feeling velvet-soft and moisturized.

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