5 Amazing Shades of Red Lipstick for Blue Undertones

November 28, 2012

If you’re one of those girls with a blue undertone, consider yourself lucky when you have to pick a red lipstick! You have to search for a lipstick with a cool (blue) undertone and it’s well-known that those lippies make your teeth extra white. It’s a journey to find the right one, but it’s worth the journey!

Lipsticks I’m wearing:

Shiseido Perfect Rouge – RD 415
Catrice Stay On! – 090 Lasting Burgundy
Catrice Rouge Satin – 060 Spanish Red
Sephora Rouge Cream Lipstick – Courtisane 02
Maybelline Superstay – 550 Radiant Ruby

Here are a few types of lipsticks a beauty with blue undertones can wear!

A bright lipstick with an obvious blue undertone. This is also the best lipstick to make your teeth look whiter! This color looks beautifully on every skin colour, from pale to dark skinned!
A red with a brownish touch, but still with a blue undertone. If you have an olive skin, this color will suit you perfectly! If not, a little bronzer goes a long way, especially with this color! How do you recognize this blue undertone? Sometimes it easy, like with a bright lipstick. If it’s a lipstick that tends to brown, look closely if it’s an orange-brown or a purple-brown. The second one is the one you need, when you have blue undertones!
A bright red lipstick is certainly a must have. You don’t always have to pick an obvious cool toned lipstick; you can also go for a bright lipstick with a pink undertone. Perfect for the fair skinned girl!
Not only a autumn trend, also a beautiful color for every skin tone! A beautiful, almost dramatic dark red. The color on the picture has an obvious cool purple undertone. Be careful with small lips; dark colors tend to make them smaller.
Last but not least, a ruby red lipstick with a purple undertone. This will look amazing with a soft smokey eye!

When you’re going shopping for a red lipstick, it’s important to know if you need a cool-based or a warm-based red. These tips are for cool-based skins. The most important tip I can give is: avoid anything warm-toned! Orange-toned: avoid! Yellow-toned: avoid! Go for blue and purple-tones and you’ll rock that red lipstick!

- Petite Sal