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The Best Berry Lipstick for Your Skin Tone

Make this festive holiday look yours!

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The holidays are the perfect time to rock a bright, bold, berry lip color — just like Viola Davis, Jessica Chastain, and Jessica Alba. The secret to making this trend work for you? Choosing the right shade for your skin tone. Whether your complexion is fair, olive, or dark, one of these hues will work for you!

lip color in cheeky
Best for fair skin: raspberry

FLOWER Beauty Powder Play Lip Color in Cheeky

$10
  • Description

Raspberry’s rosy hue brings out the lighter skin tone’s youthful flush, while its cool blue undertones keep the complexion from looking sallow. Bonus? The blue in this lip color also helps make teeth appear instantly brighter!

bright red lip color
best for olive skin: Cranberry

Revolution PRO New Neutrals Satin Matte Lipstick in Stiletto

$9
  • Description

Rich red pigments in this cranberry lip color counteract the green undertones in olive skin to enhance its gilded glow.

physicians formula lip color
best for dark skin: boysenberry

Physicians Formula Nourishing Lipstick in Sugar Plum

$7
  • Description

A bold plum-based berry pops against a dark complexion while pulling out the deeper skin tone’s natural warmth for added radiance in this vibrant lip color.

This article originally appeared in our print magazine, First For Women.

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