fire engine red lips - 11 swatches.

i love a deliberate lip. today i'm featuring fire engine red lips - the most intentional and iconic of lip colors.

i reserve my bold red lips color for the cooler weather, as a smudging and makeup melt are a defined red lip's mortal enemy. additionally, i also usually apply color this intense with a lip brush, rather than using the tube, because precision is necessary.

from elbow to wrist:

• bobbi brown rich lip color - old hollywood
• dior addict lipstick - new look
• rouge dior lipcolor - blazing red
• MAC lipstick - ruby woo
• maybelline color sensational lipcolor - very cherry
• covergirl lip perfection lipcolor - flame
• maybelline color sensational lipcolor - red revival
• clinique long last lipstick - red red red
• maybelline color sensational lipcolor - are you red-dy
• urban decay lipstick - revolution
• hard candy visibly wet glossy lip pencil - candy apple
  

i chose these shades from over 60 possible contenders - any one of this lipsticks will provide the perfect vibrant red lip.

however, i have two standouts:

if you want the lip to have an almost neon red quality - a red that is truly magnetic - choose bobbi brown old hollywood.

if you are looking for a vibrant poppy red that goes on easily and stays in place (i've applied it without a mirror - that's how confident i've become in this shade), go with covergirl lip perfection lipcolor flame.


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