18 deep shades of lipstick
Text: Moore Sobolev
Dark lipstick never go out of fashion, but this fall they meet practically everywhere - on shows, on the streets and in cosmetic stores. Together with the chief editor of the blog Fierce and Cute Moore Soboleva, we collected the best products of the season.
Tom Ford Lip Color Matte
shade of black dahlia
Tom Ford's king of kitschy sexuality makes shamelessly luxurious lipsticks for wild money. The most fatal among them is Black Dahlia (whose name directly refers to the history of "Black Dahlia" Elizabeth Short), matte shade of red wine. The color of incredible beauty and goes all over the world, but does not forgive even the slightest irregularities on the lips.
Chanel Rouge Allure Ink
Experimente shade
Still the main brand on earth created, after indie and some luxury brethren, its own version of matte liquid lipstick - Rouge Allure Ink. The haze, however, is relative: the novelty lays down with a thin, smooth, weightless film (including oils, waxes and polymers) and does not freeze to the end. The darkest shade is the noble cherry Experimente with brownish undertone.
MAC Lipstick
shade instigator
The MAC has a huge number of beautiful dark lipsticks in a constant range (not to mention limited editions): it is difficult to choose between Smoked Purple, Cyber, Media, Antique Velvet, especially if you love them all. But one of the most interesting colors in the lineup is the dark wine Instigator. It has a grayish-purple undertone and semi-matte, not too dry texture.
By Terry Rouge-Expert Click Stick
shade of dark purple
New By Terry came in an interesting packaging. Stick in the form of a droplet is pushed by pressing a button, which in one click produces a sufficient amount of lipstick for one application. The texture is very light and as if gel. When applying lipstick becomes pigmented and matte - and, alas, merciless to peeling.
Urban Decay Vice
shame shade
The daring American brand brought Revolution to its lipstick, replacing it with the giant Vice series, the face of which was Ruby Rose. The series includes both completely new shades and the best from the previous line - for example, the color called Shame, which the brand describes as “perfect wine”. To disagree with the accuracy of this formulation is difficult.
Bobbi Brown Nourishing Lip Color
Black Plum shade
Drama performed by the queen of natural makeup. Black Plum will be an excellent candidate for the role of the first dark lipstick in life - not too bright and dense. After application, it looks as if its owner drank red wine and seized blueberries. Bonus - excellent moisturizing and gracious attitude even to flaky lips.
L'Etoile Selection Comme Il Faut
shade "princess"
This year the brand has held the autumn collection in the Russian style and dedicated Vasnetsov to the Princess Nesmeyane in all its gloomy beauty. There are few cosmetics in the collection, but all are successful - in particular, two lipsticks of complex, dark, slightly powdered colors. This one - warm wine-brown "Korolevna" - looks like the color of some strange berries, which is better not to eat - you will become a kid.
WYCON Cosmetics Pure Color
shade 410
Among the liquid lipsticks of the brand WYCON Cosmetics recently arrived in Russia is black, purple and blue, which we have already written about. In the classic line, more conventional, but no less beautiful colors prevail - for example, this glossy and rich cherry.
Estée lauder pure color envy
shade insolent plum
With the launch of the Envy lineup a couple of years ago, lipstick became the brand's strong point. All versions - and the main, and brilliant, and liquid - come out very good. Insolent Plum - the ideal of classic lipstick: an elegant case, rich color of ripe plums and a nourishing texture that improves the condition of the lips.
Clinique Pop Liquid Matte
tint boom rop
The excellent line of lipsticks Clinique Pop continues to expand, and matte liquid lipstick has now been added to last year’s lip gloss. However, gouache dullness, like indie brands, should not be expected from them - the novelty is more like a satin finish. Color Boom Pop - one of the most interesting in the line: a rich shade of rosewood.
Armani Rouge Ecstasy
shade night viper
The slogan "the world's first SS-lipstick" does not inspire confidence in the Rouge Ecstasy series, and pity the line is very worthy, no matter what marketing cliches are trying to sell. Rouge Ecstasy are pigmented nourishing lipsticks and look good even on dry lips. Another advantage is the ability to choose the tone: this particular shade can be applied with a translucent layer, and it can be colored up more densely, to full brightness.
Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid
shade possessed plum
A means that plays out its consumer twice - first with the name of the series, then with a touch. The new line of Vivid Matte liquid lipsticks is certainly "vivid" - all colors are very bright and instantly overlap the hue of the lips - but not particularly "matt", which, however, does not make them worse at all. A surprise is waiting for the one who buys lipstick because of the thick purple color in the tube - a lively rather berry shade.
Catrice Ultimate Color
Legend Berry shade
Worthy German brand makes great products at great prices, and how can you not love for it? Legend Berry pink and cherry glossy lipstick is not the most dramatic in the selection, but it will appeal even to modest color lovers and it will be appropriate to look in any situation.
LA Splash Lip Couture Liquid Lipstick
shade vampire
A classic sample of liquid matte lipstick, as they like in beauty instagrama - gouache, dense, resistant to impossibility. The American brand LA Splash Cosmetics became famous for just such products, and the Pudra store brought them to Russia. The brand has both black and dark brown colors, but the velvety and luxurious bloody Vampire is not only beautiful, but adds +100 to the femme fatale index.
Nyx macaron
shade chambord
Nyx has a lot of dark, bright and unusual shades, but a review of dark lipstick would be incomplete without black - and Nyx has something to offer. In the Macaron series, all shades are very beautiful, but not that resistant, so Chambord will look perfect if applied to the base of an eyeliner.
Shiseido Rouge Rouge
hue Rouge Rum Punch RD504
This year Shiseido has updated its line of lipsticks - all shades in the Rouge Rouge series are mixed based on red, the formula has become more saturated, and the pigment is more vivid. One of the darkest shades in the line is an interesting burgundy-purple Rouge Rum Punch with a soft satin finish.
Nars audacious
shade liv
Audacious 40 lipstick lineup came out more than two years ago, but it still excites bloggers' minds. The shades turned out so beautiful that even those who are not seen in rampant collecting want to collect them all. Elegant eggplant color Liv is rumored to be dedicated to actress Liv Ullman.
Inglot Lip Tint Matt
shade N19
The Polish brand did not make tints, but full-fledged matte lipsticks - if you need super-durability and dullness without a single flash of light, then this is here. The most unusual shade is the luxurious dark purple N19. It is not easy - it is not the color that can be applied in the elevator, it is necessary to paint for a long time and carefully to get a smooth coating. But the result is real fiction.
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