How many times have you lusted after the poster girls with red hot lips? Yeah a gazillion times right.
Don't worry I have done that too.
If you want juicy lips like Marylyn Monroe's then grab a Diabolique by Guerlain (which sadly isn't available) or something similar.
Do you want to know a quirky fact? Your lipstick may contain carmine which apparently makes the color pop out more.
And as per my Google research the carmine is sometimes made of the insects like beetles.
Eeeewwww right! Yeah we all know by now (thanks to the n number of beauty blogs) that there are three types of red: warm, cool and neutral.
And they are reds with pink, orange and brown undertones.
You must choose something that is creamy, glides on well and lasts forever.
If you want a dramatic make-over, then grab a red lipstick and work it girl! Find out your skin tone, it will be either cool or warm toned.
If you are fair as Dita Von Tesse, choose a lippie that has more blue undertones like the NARS Lipstick in Red Lizard which is a cult beauty product.
And if you are someone with light skin but yellow undertones, take your pick from lipsticks with a hint of orange.
Revlon Colorburst in Coral or Clinique High Impact Lip Color SPF 15 in Sassy Spice would be the best for you.
On medium golden skin tone...
you need to choose a true red color may be Ruby woo by MAC.
You must have seen beauties like Selma Hayek own the whole look with their smoldering hot lips.
For medium-olive skin tone you gotta pick the ones with pink undercurrents such as the Chantecaille Lipstick in Cayenne.
Orange-red tends to be the brightest lip color (Sephora Ultra Vinyl Lip Pencil in Coral Glow) in the reds family.
And it seems to suit girls with olive skin tones such as Greeks and Italians according to me.
If you are a dark skinned babe with warm skin tone like Beyonce's then choose Lipstick Queen Rust Sinner which is a golden red.
On cooler dark skin tone, a deep cherry red like La Prairie Cellular Luxe Lip Color would look the best.
For all you lucky lasses who fall under the neutral category, you can get away it with almost any shade of red.
And no what matter what shade of red you choose to wear, you need to have clean skin and oodles of confidence to wear it.
As makeup artist Julie Hewett had said and I quote, "You go, girl.
Get your red on!"