HOW TO FIND YOUR SIGNATURE MATTE LIQUID LIPSTICK SHADE

Let's Decode it!The secret weapon that pulls your makeup together, the right lipstick can change your look in a positive way. But where to start? Since matte liquid lipsticks are on everyone’s lips right now, we thought we’d lend a helping hand, offering our useful tricks and top picks so you can find your best matte liquid lipstick shade.

  1. Why is undertone so important?

    In order to find the most flattering matte liquid lipstick shade, you must first understand your skin's undertone. While skin tone is the color of the surface of your skin, ranging from very deep to very fair, undertone is the more subtle shade beneath the skin's surface. Undertones can be cool, neutral or warm. Determining your undertone can be tricky, luckily, we have a few tricks up our sleeve to help you.

  2. Hack 1: Look at your veins

    Deciphering the color of your veins is a super easy trick to figuring out your undertones. As a general rule, if you have purple or bluish veins then you have cool undertones and will suit cherry reds or rosy nudes. Greenish veins signify warm undertones, meaning you should opt for peachy oranges, fiery reds, or coral matte liquid lipstick. See both blue and green veins? Then most likely you have neutral undertones and will suit most matte liquid lipsticks.

  3. Hack 2: The White or Cream Test

    Choose two pieces of clothing: one white and the other off-white or cream. Without putting on makeup, determine which color best complements your skin tone. If the pure-white shade complements your skin tone the best, your undertones are warm. If the cream color suits you better, you have cool undertones. If both flatter you the same amount, you have neutral undertones.

  4. Hack 3: Gold or silver jewelry

    Do you tend to opt for one color of jewelry over the other? It’s a well-known fact that silver jewelry accentuates cool undertones while the warmth of gold enhances warm undertones.

  5. Finding your perfect shade

    Now that you've uncovered your undertone, it's time for lipstick! Warm undertones are complemented best by lip colors in warm shades, like oranges, lighter browns, and classic reds. Cool undertones, on the other hand, should opt for the cooler, deeper side of the spectrum, like darker-hued reds and purples. If you're a neutral tone, it's your lucky day: any color from a lighter nude shade to vibrant red would be a match.

    Offering a flawless matte finish and up to 16 hours of highly-pigmented, transfer-proof wear, SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick is available in 36 gorgeous shades, from coral and copper for warmer complexions, to mauve and purple for cooler complexions - making it perfect for any and all of your liquid lipstick looks.
     
    Nude liquid lipsticks: Our top picks
      
    Cool undertones: Loyalist, Mover
    Warm undertones: Poet, Seductress, Amazonian
     
    Pink liquid lipsticks: Our top picks
      
    Cool undertones: Dreamer, Lover, Inspirer
    Warm undertones: Savant, Ringleader

    Red liquid lipsticks: Our top picks
      
    Cool undertones: Pioneer, Voyager
    Warm undertones: Dancer, Ground-Breaker