Discover your color palette and your style type.

Dark Winter Lippies

11/23/2011

All of the lippies in this series are recs from the ladies of the 12 Blueprints Facebook page, Christine Scaman, or my own swatches.

If you're a Dark Winter, most of these colors will work on your lips - and your cheeks too, if you use them as blush.

Some may be a touch too warm, too cool, too light or dark. This is normal, because the variation of human coloring within a season means that not all women in a season wear the same colors on the face equally well.

Some of these are discontinued. Check eBay.

Try before you buy, if possible.

Please do share feedback on the recs, or additional recs, in the Comments section.

:-)

Benefit Breathless
Benefit Good To Go
Benefit No Competition
Body Shop 05
Burt's Bees Fig
Burt's Bees Raisin (can be bright though)
Clinique Black Honey lip gloss
Clinique Heartfelt
Covergirl Lipslicks in Hipster
Covergirl's Natureluxe gloss balm in Cabernet
Elizabeth Arden Sugar Plum Shimmer (or TW? or SSu?)
Estee Lauder Berry Truffle
Estee Lauder Double Wear in CranberryEstee Lauder Double Wear in Ruby
Lancôme Aubergine Velvet
Laura Mercier Dry Rose (Ssu also?)
Laura Mercier Shimmer lipstick in Plum Wine
Loreal Color Juice gloss in Candy Apple
MAC Slimshine in Scant (discontinued)
Maybelline's Summer Sunset
Merle Norman Amber Rose (may be light)
Merle Norman Claret Crème
Merle Norman Stolen Kisses
NARS Dolce Vita Sheer lipstick and lipgloss
Revlon Black Cherry (may be too sat for daytime though)
Revlon Blackberry (may appear too bright red)
Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick Plum
Revlon Rose Velvet
Revlon Superlustrous Plumalicious
Rimmel Stay Glossy in All Night Long
Stila's Longwear in Paramour
L'oreal Pure Burgundy
MAC lipliner in Half-Red
Revlon's Colorburst in Crimson
Estee Lauder Maple Sugar
MAC Can't Resist?
Dior Addict Stiletto
Dior Addict Fourreau

6 Comments

Sílvia

11/24/2011 12:05:46 pm

Hi, thanks for the list! Did you swatch Revlon Rose Velvet yourself? I'm only asking because I cannot try it buying... thanks

Ashley

11/27/2011 03:38:58 pm

I'd like to buy a higher-end lipstick for a DW woman as part of a Christmas gift. She will NOT wear dark lipsticks...she shies away from anything she thinks will look 'dramatic' and also thinks they make her thin lips look even thinner. Any suggestions for a subtle look that works with DW colouring?

I'd be particuarly interested to hear from DWs themselves...what do you wear for a 'natural' look? I was thinking NARS Dolce Vita.

Sarah

1/24/2012 12:48:33 pm

Thanks so much for putting all the recs in one place! *bookmarks* One note about the L'Oreal Candy Apple - it's a little too bright and warm for this Asian DW. If I recall correctly, it was originally recced on the 12Blueprints page by someone who later found out she was bright spring - maybe it could go on that list as well?

Michele

7/7/2013 05:11:26 am

I used this post to do some scouring on-line for DW lippys before heading out to the store. My general issue is that blushes and lipsticks have a tendency to react orange or yellow on me. So getting samples and finding places that have a good return policy are important. I have 2 that may work: Lancome Exotic Orchid - it may look a bit rosy/warm in incandescent light, but in natural light it is really nice, good for daytime wear. The next is YSL Rouge Voupte Shine Brun Insecure (1). I

7/7/2013 05:35:01 am

I used the DW list to scope out colors on-line before shopping. I find my biggest issue is with blushes and lipsticks to react orangey on my skin. So it's important to me to find samples or places with good return policies. I found 2 lippies that might work for other DWs. First is Lancome Exotic Orchid. In incandescent light this appears a bit warm/rosy, but in natural light it really loses that and would work for daytime. I use the gloss. The second is YSL Rouge Volupte Shine - Brun In Secure (1). This one is the bomb. Just enough shine, no sparkles, comfortable and long wearing. Strangers were stopping dead in their tracks in the store as the artist was applying mascara to me. I had already had the lipstick on they were saying how pretty I looked. (Not how nice the lipstick was!) That has never,ever happened before. My personal observation is that it made my dark brown eyes pop.

Ana Marte

5/26/2020 01:40:34 am

What would DW makeup look on someone that’s ingenue with a diamond face shape? I find this very hard to accomplish as I’m trying to somehow makeup a “sexy” eyeliner/sorta subtly Smokey thing happen with saucer like/roundish almond eyes (probably the only thing I can wing with this), with big cheeks and then full lips and dark brown eyes. I feel like trying to pull off “sexy” is so difficult because my standby of a strong lip will have to be dislodged if I do eye focused looks because then my chipmunk cheeks throw off the whole proportion. It’s hard since if the makeup is too dark, I look like a little girl playing grownup. But too light and then my full mouth and lips look awkward. I’d appreciate any input on this because I’ve no point of reference. Most looks are either lip centered, eye centered, and I’m not sure if maybe a cheek focused look would work?

Truth is Beauty

Dark Winter Lippies

Leave a Reply.

About Me...

Categories