11 rules for choosing lipstick for blondes

Everyone knows that bright red lipstick suits blondes. It is versatile and looks good on lips regardless of eye color, hair or skin tone. But a juicy red color in makeup is not always appropriate. Especially if you need to make a daily make-up. At the same time, the lips of the owners of light curls, as a rule, are rather pale, so the constant use of lipstick is not just a whim, but a necessity. The journalists decided to find out how to choose the right lipstick for a blonde in order to highlight all the features and benefits of her appearance.

The choice of cosmetics for blondes – starting from eye color

The color of the iris is of great importance when choosing lipstick for a blonde. An incorrectly selected element of decorative cosmetics can make the look dull and expressionless, tired and sad, or even visually add a few years to a woman. Therefore, experts give general recommendations as to which colors of cosmetics are suitable for blue-eyed, brown-eyed, gray-eyed and green-eyed blondes.

Choosing lipstick for brown eyes

Puppet pink, crimson are ideal colors for blondes with brown eyes. Especially if you combine lipstick of this color with purple shades and a small amount of pink blush.

Choosing lipstick for green eyes

Green-eyed blondes usually focus on the eyes. That is why lipstick is chosen in muted tones. These can be options such as brick, terracotta, beige or nude, peach, golden, coral.

Delicate peach will emphasize natural beauty and make the blonde's green eyes even more expressive. Light pink lipstick will add brightness and originality to the image. Brick or terracotta will create a mysterious and delicate image.

Choosing lipstick for blue eyes

Cherry and all gradients close to it are the choice for blue-eyed blondes. The cherry version perfectly sets off the almost transparent blue eyes and makes the blue more expressive and deep. Also blondes with blue eyes go with hot pink, garnet and classic red tones.

To obtain the effect of no makeup, you can use nude cosmetics half a tone darker than the natural color of the lips. Natural beige and skin tones go well with both daily and evening makeup. They give the lips expressiveness, and at the same time allow to emphasize the eyes.

Choosing a lipstick for gray eyes

For blondes with gray eyes, a cherry, wine-colored pigment is also suitable, as it perfectly emphasizes all the advantages of this type of appearance. In general, the gray color itself is neutral. Therefore, it goes well with lipstick of almost any gradient – from pastel beige to bright pink.

Skin color matters

Blondes with light skin tones can opt for translucent, delicate pink, raspberry shades. You can also choose from options such as nude, dusty rose, coral, beige, golden, caramel tone. During the day, you can use a translucent version of the cosmetic product, and in the evening or at a gala event, you can add brightness using cosmetics of a more saturated shade.

Tanned and naturally dark-skinned blondes can use a peach, coral, chocolate, pink tone of a cosmetic product. Translucent textures allow you to achieve maximum naturalness, while thick, pigmented products will make the lips luscious and seductive.

To determine if a lipstick suits your skin tone, do a little experiment. This method of choosing cosmetics is suitable only for those girls who are going to shop at a stationary store where there are samples. After picking up several promising options, apply them in turn on the skin on the pads of your fingers. The skin tone there is close to the natural skin tone of the lips. Therefore, you can evaluate how the color of the product is revealed and whether a particular option is suitable for your color type. Thus, you can test the texture of the product, find out if the lipstick is too greasy, whether it spreads, or tightens the skin. That is, to understand whether it is convenient to 'wear' it on the lips.

We take into account the shade of the hair

The type of blonde also plays a role when choosing a make-up product. If the girl has very bleached, almost bleached curls, it is recommended to use copper-pink, peach, coral, pale red lipstick.

If the blonde has ash or platinum hair, she can choose from options such as apricot, peach, coral, and other muted gradients. But the light natural colors of nude do not go well with the cold hair tone. Different berry colors of cosmetics are also suitable for platinum blondes.

Blondes with golden hair can choose from all the pink options. Experts advise them to use the baby pink tone with caution, as it adds excessive doll-like to the image of the girl.

Blondes with purple or strawberry blonde hair can choose from nude, coral, light reds.

Basic principles of choosing cosmetics for lip makeup

If a girl does not have much experience in choosing lipstick, it will be useful for her to read the advice of experts:

1. If you have thin lips, choose from the light color options. Glitter and a glossy finish will help visually increase the volume.

2. If you have plump lips, you can use both glossy and matte products, including dark colors.

3. Blondes usually go with warm colors, and the lighter the shade of the curls, the more natural and natural the color of the cosmetic should be. This applies to daytime makeup. If an evening make-up is done, you can use brighter, more saturated, deep colors of a warm range.

4. Consider overlapping properties when choosing a lipstick. If after applying 1-2 layers of cosmetics on the skin on the wrist, the veins are no longer visible, this shade suits you.

5. When choosing a lipstick, pay attention to the time of the year when you plan to use it. If it is spring and summer, the ideal solution would be to buy cosmetics of a juicy, bright color, or you can give preference to the universal nude option. If it's autumn-winter, then it's time to switch to a darker and deeper range. This does not mean that only burgundy can now be used. But a bright baby pink will also be inappropriate in the cold season.

6. Pay attention to the release form of the cosmetic product – it can be a classic version with a retractable rod or a pencil, stick, marker, cream, liquid lipstick. Choose the option that is most convenient for you to use outside the home, as you will have to adjust your makeup during the day (if you use fragile cosmetics).

7. Choose your lipstick based on expert advice, but do not forget about your own inner preferences. No matter how perfect the makeup looks on your face, if you just don't like the color, or it seems too bright, it's better to refuse to buy.

The choice of decorative cosmetics in accordance with the overall image

Lipstick must be combined with the image, style and clothing that the girl is wearing at a particular moment. For example, a combination of bright red lips and a tracksuit will look strange. The same bewilderment among those around will be caused by a girl who wears a strict evening dress and uses a lipstick of a bright pink shade like baby pink.

Experts advise using pastel, muted shades of red and natural nude options for office wear. For a casual look, a wide range of gradients are suitable – from pale pink to bright berry. For evening makeup, you can choose juicy reds and chocolate tones. If a girl goes in for sports, then when preparing for training, decorative cosmetics do not need to be applied at all.

Consider several recommendations of makeup artists regarding the compatibility of the shade of the cosmetic for the lips and the color of the outfit:

1. If the color of the dress or suit is red, experts advise using lipstick to match.

2. Turquoise clothing goes well with nude, beige or pale pink cosmetics.

3. A suit or dress of yellow or gold color harmonizes with translucent pink or golden lipstick.

4. If you are going to wear a blue outfit, opt for a nude, beige version or cherry, wine-colored cosmetics.

5. If the clothes are black, there are no restrictions on tone. It can be a neutral pastel version, or a bright red, burgundy. Black color suggests austerity in style, so it is important not to overload the image. Either lips or eyes should be bright.

6. If the clothes are pink, the make-up preparation should also be selected from this range. But even here it is important not to overdo it, the image of a Barbie doll, which, by the way, is also blonde, can look unnatural.

7. If you plan on wearing orange-colored clothes, peach, coral, or gold lipstick is ideal.

8. If a blonde girl is going to wear different colors of clothes, you need to start from the situation. You can try several options that best suit a particular type of appearance and see which one works best with the suit. If nothing works, it is better to use a transparent gloss or pigment that is as close as possible to the skin of the lips.

What colors do not suit blondes

Makeup artists and stylists agree that most blondes do not go with purple, eggplant, lilac, lilac, plum, red-brown lipsticks. These gradients are completely unsuitable for daytime makeup, as they can negatively shade the complexion of the face and hair, make a woman look tired and sick, and her face will look grayish. And an evening and festive make-up with this type of lipstick will look very extravagant. You also need to be careful with carrot-colored cosmetics, it does not suit all blondes and can make the image vulgar.

Marsala is a relatively capricious shade for blondes. It can be characterized as transitional between red and brown. Closer to cherry, wine color. Such lipstick is difficult to use in everyday life; only ash blondes can experiment with Marsala color.

The only dark gradient that blondes can safely apply is merlot. However, its use is possible only if the girl has a perfectly even skin tone on her face and plump lips. A dark red cosmetic product of a merlot shade is used in combination with a contour pencil.

Experts advise using the colors of merlot and marsala exclusively for publication, as lipstick of this color does not go well with everyday looks. It should also be borne in mind that red and chocolate tones add several years to a woman.

Errors and shortcomings when choosing a lipstick for a blonde

Make-up specialists have pointed out to us some of the most common mistakes that girls make when choosing a product for makeup:

1. Bright lipstick combined with bright eye makeup. The accent can be done either on the eyes or on the lips. Especially when applying everyday makeup.

2. Bright or dark lipstick that attracts attention, combined with problem skin. Any imperfections, unevenness and redness become even more noticeable. The same applies to the shade of the teeth, lipstick of this tone will emphasize the slightest yellowness, so it looks good only with a perfectly white smile.

3. Burgundy red options in combination with light skin tone or brown-pink nude in combination with light skin tone. In this case, you need to build on the rule 'the darker the skin, the darker the color of the lip product can be'.

4. Choice of bright cosmetics for blonde after 40-45 years old. It is better to give preference to calmer shades like nude or dusty rose, classic scarlet or terracotta. The same applies to mother-of-pearl, shimmery tones, which are only for teenagers and young girls.

5. A familiar color. In a girl's and a woman's cosmetic bag, there should be several options, and not just one product purchased earlier and successfully tested. First, the appearance – the shade of hair and skin – changes with the seasons and over time. Secondly, the same remedy at work, and at a romantic evening, and at a gala event is boring and monotonous. Update the contents of your cosmetic bag periodically. In this case, you will have a so-called duty set, and there will definitely be an option for any occasion.

6. Buying cosmetics without a test, choosing an option that you liked visually or that theoretically matches your type of appearance. All girls, including blondes, are different, there is no universal 100% accurate advice on choosing a lipstick. Therefore, you need to select cosmetics on an individual basis, having tested it as described above (on the fingertips).

7. Buying lipstick on the principle of 'like Charlize Theron, she looks like me' is also not the best option. Of course, professional makeup artists select cosmetics for the stars, and their opinion can be taken into account. But then again, what looks good on an actress on the red carpet may not be appropriate for a morning office meeting at all. Consider not only the features of appearance, color type, but also the outfit, mood, and internal preferences, and the reason for which you will do makeup.

How to do day and evening makeup with red lipstick for a blonde

Red is the perfect lipstick color for blondes. We choose more saturated colors of this range for evening make-up, translucent and muted – for daytime. In order for a cosmetic product to reveal its color 100% and serve as the basis for a spectacular make-up, it is necessary not only to choose the right tone, but also to apply the cosmetics correctly. Consider three makeup techniques using red lipstick – evening make-up, daytime and the trend of the season – ombre technique.

Daytime makeup – in the morning, many girls do not have enough time to apply cosmetics, therefore this procedure is as short as possible and at the same time effective. Experts recommend using a light carmine pink or carmine pink lipstick with a matte or creamy texture, as such a product looks rather restrained, therefore it is suitable for 'wearing' at work. By the way, one reputable foreign magazine said that lipstick of this shade helps women get a long-awaited boost. So, the application technique:

1. Preparing the face and lips for makeup. It is necessary to cleanse the dermis, apply a moisturizer on the face, and on the lips with a balm or other means of care cosmetics.

2. After 5 minutes, remove the remnants of the unabsorbed cream and balm with a paper napkin.

3. Apply base, highlighter and other products (if necessary) to the face, then foundation.

4. Apply eyeliner to the upper eyelids – a light line that paints the space between the eyelashes. You can use pastel shades. Ink is applied in 1 layer. It is not necessary to emphasize the eyes too much, as red lipstick is used to highlight the lips.

5. If blush is used, they should be the same scale as the lipstick.

6. Apply a primer and one coat of carmine lipstick to the lips. After a few minutes, you need to blot your lips with a paper towel and apply a second layer of lipstick.

The process of applying daytime makeup using red lipstick took 10-15 minutes, but evening makeup would take longer. But the result is worth it – the image is chic, because red lips and black arrows from blondes, following the example of Marilyn Monroe, never go out of fashion.

For evening make-up, blondes can use a suitable lipstick of scarlet, red, ruby ​​color or a deep carmine pink, carmine red, medium and deep carmine color.

First you need to carry out preparatory work – to cleanse the skin of the face, scrub the skin, including the lips. Thus, you can make the dermis smooth and silky, the pigment will fall on it as evenly as possible. After that, you need to apply a moisturizer and balm on the lips, give the skin 5-10 minutes to absorb the cosmetics. Then you can proceed directly to the make-up:

1. Apply a primer, highlighter, bronzer, concealer, foundation and powder to the skin to consolidate the result. All cosmetics are applied in an extremely thin layer so that there is no mask effect. The highlighter is applied to the areas that need to be highlighted, the bronzer to those areas from which you need to divert attention, the corrector is used where you need to mask aesthetic defects.

2. On the upper eyelids, draw graceful arrows with bold eyeliner or kayal. If you want to make a smokey ice make-up, move the lower eyelids along the line of the mucous membrane, carefully blend the pigment. On the upper eyelids, you need to apply a small amount of black or smoky shadows, you can with sparkles, blend thoroughly.

3. On the cheekbones, with light brush movements, blush is applied to match the lipstick. Some makeup artists recommend using a small amount of lipstick for this purpose – it should be applied to the pads of the fingers and blend over the skin in the cheek area.

4. Treat the lips with a primer, outline the contour with a special pencil that matches the range of lipstick.

5. Apply lipstick without going beyond the contour. As in daytime makeup, you need to make 2 layers of pigment. If glossy lipstick is used, the makeup process is over. If you are using a matte long-lasting lipstick and you need to achieve a glossy effect, apply a transparent gloss over the lipstick.

And the last technique, with the secrets of which makeup artists shared with the journalists of our online publication – ombre. Previously, it was used only in hairdressing, but recently it has confidently won the love of makeup artists and all blondes in the world who love experiments with makeup. For this technique, you can use different paired shades of lipstick, the main thing is that one of them is lighter and the second darker. But the most popular combinations are:

1. Crimson and pink (for blondes with brown eyes).

2. Burgundy and cherry or merlot and red (for blondes with blue eyes).

3. Brown and peach (for blondes with green eyes).

4. Nude and chocolate (for blondes with gray eyes).

The saturation of colors can vary, so the ombre technique can be used to create a daytime and holiday make-up.

The sequence of applying cosmetics:

1. First, the skin of the face and sponges is scrubbed. For this, you can use ordinary crushed sugar with honey. It is imperative to scrub the lips, since a double layer of paint will be applied to the skin, it will better lie on a smooth surface.

2. A cream is applied to the face, and vegetable oil or balm is applied to the sponges. After 5-7 minutes, excess cosmetics are removed with a paper towel.

3. Make-up of the face and eyelids is consistently performed – from applying a primer to using powder and blush.

4. To even out the surface of the lips and smooth the relief, you can use a special primer, foundation or powder.

5. On the outer contour of the sponges, you need to go through the same foundation or concealer to make the borders more expressive.

6. With a colored lip liner of the corresponding shade, a contour is drawn with shading inward.

7. A lighter shade of lipstick is applied to the area of ​​the lips inside the outlined contour.

8. A darker lipstick is applied over a light layer in the corners of the lips. To better imagine this process, mentally draw a rectangle 1.5-2 cm wide in the middle of the lips – this area will remain painted over only with light lipstick. Everything that is left on the sides is tinted with dark lipstick.

9. With your finger, or better with a cosmetic brush, you need to shade the colors, remove the boundaries of the transition from one gradient to another. If you wish, you can dip the brush in dark lipstick and draw the entire contour additionally. This will make the effect more dramatic.

It's important to keep in mind that ombre is a technique that will draw maximum attention to your face. Therefore, the skin tone should be perfect, and the smile should be snow-white.

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