For Lips, Hot Pink Is New Red

It is, after all, the new red
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 18, 2009 2:22 PM CDT
For Lips, Hot Pink Is New Red
Kim Kardashian arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. 'Orphan' with hot pink lips at the ready.   (Getty Images)

Hot pink lipstick is “younger, hipper, and definitely a little more edgy” than red, says a makeup artist to the stars. How best to copy the look of Kim Kardashian, Leighton Meester, and other pink-pouted celebs? Makeup artist Mally Roncal offers USA Today some tips:

  • A matte look might be too intense—tone it down with a more flattering sheer lipstick or gloss.

  • Forget lip-liner—it’ll give you that “ring-around-mouth” effect, she says.
  • Keep your other makeup soft, sheer, and neutral—or risk looking “like a crazy lady.”
  • It’s OK to wear a little bit of pink with your lipstick, “but choose one thing, either a great shoe or a top or a scarf”—don’t go head-to-toe pink.
(More pink stories.)

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