Home • News How to: Wear Summer Lipstick Dewey skin is pretty inevitable in the summer heat. Counteract shine by subbing high sheen gloss for creamy matte lipstick. Check out these celebs rocking the look. By Essence · Updated October 27, 2020 01 Chanel Iman Chanel Iman attends the welcome party for Puerto Azul Experience Night in Cannes, France wearing nude matte lipstick. David M. Benett/Getty Images 02 Janelle Monae Janelle Monae’s signature face is a great go-to for summer. Try it out on your next girls’ night. Francois Nel/Getty Images 03 Tracee Ellis Ross Tracee Ellis Ross attends the Entertainment Weekly & ABC Upfronts Party with matte orange-y red lipstick. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images 04 Viola Davis Viola Davis looks radiant but not overdone in classic red lipstick. Getty Images 05 Halle Berry Actress Halle Berry shows off the perfect brown-girl nude cream lipstick while out in New York City. Celebrity Monitor/Splash News and Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images 06 Uzo Aduba Uzo Aduba makes bright pink look sophisticated in a creamy finish at the Orange Is the New Black screening in New York. Marion Curtis for Netflix 07 Liya Kebede Ethiopian model and actress Liya Kebede shows off the dewey skin-matte lip combination perfectly at the screening of the film Mr. Turner in Cannes. Danny Martindale/FilmMagic and VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images 08 Zoe Saldana Zoe Saldana’s bright matte red lipstick is perfect for summer chic outings. MCvitanovic / Splash News 09 Niecy Nash Niecy Nash is chic in pink matte lipstick at the premiere of The Normal Heart. Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic 10 Leona Lewis Leona Lewis was seen arriving at the Los Angeles airport with creamy bubblegum pink lipstick. Chinchilla/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images 11 Aisha Tyler Aisha Tyler’s creamy nude lipstick looks great paired with her subtly smoky eyes. Angela Weiss/Getty Images 12 Toni Braxton Toni Braxton signs copies of her memoir ‘Unbreak My Heart’ at The Grove in Los Angeles wearing bright matte red lipstick. Vincent Sandoval/WireImage 13 Kenya Moore TV Personality Kenya Moore arrives at WE tv’s L.A. Hair Season 3 Premiere Event at Kimble Hair Studio and Extension Bar in Los Angeles, California. Joshua Blanchard/FilmMagic 14 Thandie Newton Thandie Newton looked stunning in creamy nude lipstick appearing on The Tonight Show. Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images 15 Jourdan Dunn Jourdan Dunn attends Naomi Campbell’s birthday party in Monaco wearing matte berry lipstick. The shade look sophisticated with her sleek hair. Dave Benett/Getty Images