Are you predisposed to dry or chapped lips? Do you have sensitive, highly reactive skin? Is long-wear important to you? How about comfort? Your performance preferences will impact coverage, finish, and wear-time. What does your everyday life include? Be realistic. What colors do you usually wear? How would you describe your aesthetic? How much are you willing or able to spend? When weighing your options, consider the following: Though this means delayed gratification, calculated purchases help you find your perfect lipstick match and prevent you from hemorrhaging money before you find it. Just as you’d try on different clothes before making a purchase, you should sample and experiment with many lip shades before arriving at a decision. And despite being oppositional, complementary colors pop when paired together, through a natural illusion called simultaneous contrast. To simplify, complementary colors are opposite from each other on the color wheel.
They’re also the secret to effectively pairing lip color with clothing. And chances are you already understand how primary colors mix to form secondary colors – green, orange, and purple.Ĭomplementary colors, however, are where things get tricky.
Chances are you’re already familiar with primary colors – red, blue, and yellow – which are the source of all other shades in the color wheel. To understand why, you must examine color theory (or colour theory, if you use real English), or the collection of rules and guidelines makeup artists use to formulate eye-catching color schemes. Like strokes in a master’s composition, the right hue can make or break your look. The first step to building a lipstick wardrobe begins in your head instead of approaching lipstick like just another makeup product, approach it like you would an oil paint color.
MAKEUP COLOR WHEEL HOW TO
Read on for my top tips on how to successfully apply color theory to your makeup and a bit of inspiration. If you’re someone who longs for a cost-effective way to add instant chic to your personal aesthetic, all you need to do is follow in my footsteps, by building a lipstick wardrobe. There’s a reason why lipstick is the last item I apply before stepping out the door.īecause as the most joy-filled item in my minimalist makeup collection, a swipe of bold, beautiful lipstick is all I need to take my look from 0 to 100, without breaking the bank.
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