Trend Alert: Red lips

Maybe its just me? but recently I've been seeing the infamous red lip sweep across all of fashion and beauty with celebs being the first to start the re-trend, its like some kind of beauty virus that people have picked up, even I myself have dabbed in a bit of Red lip wearing over the holiday so far, but why red?

I think I can answer that question for you, Red lips are not only a classic staple in your makeup bag but they suite ANY skin tone and hair colour, whether your dark skinned or light skinned, blonde or brunette you can sport your very own shade of red from a dark ruby to a popping poppy colour.

However what I have also noticed is that there are some kind of unwritten rule for wearing this amazing colour on your lips, even though like I said before its a colour which suits everyone, bear in mind there are also very many shades of red to choose from and you have to find the right one for you. for example women with pinker tones to their skin will fair better with reds which are almost plum in tone, whilst women with a lighter/yellow skin tone fair better with far warmer coloured reds instead of a very bright colour which would wash them out. Also if you pick a colour red you love but feel your not comfortable enough to actually wear it blend it out on your lips, and maybe add a nude lipgloss to make it less overpowering.

I think anyone can wear a red lip its just having the confidence to do so, another good tip is to not go heavy on the eyes as well, this would look too much and make the makeup look too full on (unless that is what you want) but on a day to day basis this is a good tip. Don't forget to apply a similar coloured lip-liner beforehand as the colour tends to bleed because its so intense.

Rita Ora wearing her staple red lip colour

Jesy Nelson from pop-group Little Mix sporting
her own shade of Red

Hunger games star Jennifer Lawrence owning the Red-lip trend