Claire’s Life: The Search for the Perfect Red Lipstick

Hey Guys!

So I was itching to add a dash of vamp to my makeup arsenal, and nothing seemed more fun than a bright red lip. I’m usually a very classic girl when it comes to makeup–I keep my Oh Baby! and Explicit brown sparkly lipglosses on tap and don’t tend to diverge much from light champagnes or the occasional dark plum. I asked a few of my twitter peeps what bright reds typically work for brown skinned babes, and they recommended everything from Lancome’s Berry Noir to MAC’s Ruby Woo, Russian Red, or Spice It Up.

With so many options, I thought it best to drop by my local MAC store…

MAC Makeup Store The Fashion Bomb

…to try out a few colors for myself. Of course I had to bring along my friends Rachel and Helene for honest second (and third) opinions.

When I walked in, I was a bit overwhelmed by the choices:

MAC Lipstick the Fashion Bomb

…so had my friend Helene go first!

Our wonderful makeup artist started her off with Russian Red:

Helene Russian Red MAC Lipstick

…it was perfect! She didn’t need a pencil at all, and it worked well with her skin tone.

Feeling more sure of myself, I decided to put Ruby Woo on my friend Rachel:

The Fashion Bomb MAC Makeup

Rachel isn’t much of a makeup girl, and rarely wears anything on her lips, so the color was a bit much for her:

Rachel-Ruby-Woo

She wasn’t in love.

She took back the wheel and tested the Russian Red that worked for Helene…

Rachel Russian Red Lipstick

…and voila! The color looked great on her!

I was up next, but left the lipstick application to the professionals. Since Russian Red was working for my friends, I tried it first…

The Fashion Bomb Russian Red

Honestly, not bad…but it didn’t quite set it off for me as it did for my friends! I wasn’t convinced, so my makeup artist applied a bit of Lady Danger:

The Fashion Bomb Lady Danger MAC Lipstick

Not bad! A little bright, but I think I can work it!

The budget fashionista that I am, of course I remembered MAC’s Back2Mac program, where you can bring in 6 empty containers in exchange for a free lipstick! I brought in all those old empty tubes of Oh Baby!, and traded them in for my new hot Lady Danger!

Rachel ended up passing on purchasing, but Helene was all about her Russian Red:

Helene Claire Red Lipstick Smootches

What’s your go-to bright lipstick?

Smootches!
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