Do you get confused while picking the right lip shade to match your skin tone? It is not just you. Many of us often get confused to pick the right lip colour. From mattes to liquid to gloss, getting a right lip shade is always a task. You may have liked a particular colour on someone, but when you try the same pick, it not always turns out to be right.

Lipstick is the first thing that comes to mind when we think about makeup. Adding color to the lips can make a huge difference to the features of your face. A poorly chosen shade of lipstick can easily destroy your whole look. That’s why it’s important to choose a lipstick color that suits you.

Here are the tips to choose the best lipstick for you

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Determine your skin tone first

The very first step in choosing the right lipstick color is determining what skin tone you have. There are 5 main types of skin complexion: fair, light, medium, tan, and deep.

Examine your skin in natural lighting to determine your complexion. Concentrate on the skin around your jaw line.

Fair skin: your skin is very pale or translucent and you burn very easily. You may have freckles and some redness.

Light skin: your skin is pale. When you are in the sun, you burn and then may possibly tan.

Medium: you tan easily and generally don’t burn or have sensitive skin.

Tan: your skin is tan or olive. You rarely burn and look tanned even in the winter.

Deep: your skin is dark and you never get sunburned. Your hair is possibly black or dark brown.

Another factor to determine before choosing a lipstick is the skin undertone – to do it just look at the color of the veins on the inside of your wrist. This is a quick way to figure out if you have a warm, neutral, or cool skin undertone. Blue or purple veins indicate you have a cool skin undertone. Green veins mean you have a warm skin undertone.

If you have difficulty deciding if your veins are blue or green, you likely have a neutral skin tone and can choose colors from both the cool and warm spectrum. People with olive skin usually have neutral undertones.

Now that you know what tone and undertone your skin is, you can proceed with choosing the right lipstick for you.

The best lipstick for fair and light skin

If you have porcelain skin with cool undertone a more powerful color can overpower fair, cool complexions, like those of Michelle Williams and January Jones. A soft, rosy pink or light mauve lipstick with blue undertones are great options for those who prefer a more natural look.

If you have fair skin with warm undertones try a warmer peachy-pink or salmon hue lipstick. Or, for a more dramatic look, try complementing warm fair skin with a bold, orange-red lipstick that’s a bit on the warm side. It helps liven up the skin tone and makes eyes pop. When you have fair or light skin with neutral undertones, like Adele, Scarlett Johansson, or Kate Hudson, blush-toned pinks and mauves look best.

The best lipstick for medium skin

For people with medium skin and cool undertones a nude lip looks stunning and blue-hued reds wow for evening and special occasions. If you have a medium skin with warm undertones, it will look amazing in deep, rich nudes and coppers. You may wanto to go bold with a glossy finish, which will bring attention to golden undertones. If your skin is warm but with neutral undertones, light pinkish-brown and peach tones do just the trick—they give this skin tone a beautiful glow.

The best lipstick for tan skin

Warm, tan beauties can really pull off a deep red, berry, or warm, orangey-nude. These shades enhance the golden honey tones of this skin color, making it look its most radiant. If you have a neutral undertone, you can definitely a wide range of lipstick colors, but reds are especially striking. This skin undertone looks great in either blue-based or orange-reds. Women who have deep skin tones with cool undertones can pull off many shades, for instance a plum color with blue undertone. The intensely pigmented color contrasts and pops against the skin.

The best lipstick for deep skin

Women with deep skin and warm undertones look stunning in cabernet and warm merlot lipstick shades. The colors bring out the gold in the skin while giving cheeks a healthy flush.

So, have you chosen the perfect lipstick for your kisses yet?