Lipstick Tips: Perfect Shade of Lipstick for Your Skin Tone

Find out whether you have fair skin, medium skin, olive skin or dark (brown or black) skin.
Make use of your skin tone to determine which shade of lipstick will look best on you.
If you have fair skin, opt for deep plum and wine red with a blue undertone, light brown or beige with a pink undertone, or light shiny pink with blue undertones.
If you have medium skin tone, select deep brown, deep red with blue undertones, warm red, medium brown with pink or yellow undertones, deep, rich pink, and pink with brown undertones.
If you have yellowish or olive skin, go for deep and rich brown with reddish or mahogany undertones, dark berry shades, and rich and dark pink with yellow undertones.
Choose dark red with blue undertones, deep plums, any shade of brown, soft sheer pink and beige shades, and deep berry shades for dark skin tone.
Put on lighter and glossier shades if you have thinner lips, as they generally make thin lips appear fuller. Dark lipsticks will make your thin, small lips even thinner and smaller.
Put on darker, matte lipsticks if you have very full lips.
Deeper, darker or bolder lipstick colors and shades will suit well with light eye makeup.
Go for a lighter or more neutral lip color to complement heavier eye makeup.
You can choose lighter and more neutral colors of lipstick with a matte or cream finish during the day (at work, for example), and save your darker, glossier and more dramatic colors for a night on the town.