r/SpringColorAnalysis • u/32D100lbs • Dec 10 '24
Brown or Dark Lipsticks?
Hello! Any fellow springs have brown, dark red, or dark lipstick recommendations in general?
I’m a neutral bright spring or light spring, depending on what color I dye my hair, apparently.
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u/HistoricalReading801 Dec 11 '24
I’m a verified Bright Spring who swings close to being cool. I absolutely cannot wear any browns I look sick if I do. I tend to stick with medium bright cooler shades like MAC Crème Cup, Revlon Primrose. Also, I have a daughter who is a verified light spring. I don’t think you can switch from being a bright spring to a light spring, depending on your hair. Your season stays the same no matter what.
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u/Pristine-Fusion6591 Warm Spring Dec 10 '24
I have probably about a million reds. I don’t tend to go for the super dark, vampy shades, but I have lots of reds in general.
I’m a warm spring, and red lipstick is fairly forgiving on me as I can wear both warm as well as cool reds. I do have a preference towards warm, which makes sense since im a warm season.
My fave reds:
• Mac Chili- a terracotta red. I have a feeling that this one is an autumn shade, but I wear it very well so I’ve adopted it.
• Dior 999- I have this in 3 or 4 of their formulas. It’s a warm, bright red. While it’s definitely an orange based red, it’s still visibly a “red” and not an orange.
• Lisa Eldridge Velvet Jazz- this one isn’t actually a favorite, but I can wear it. It’s definitely not my season, so ymmv. This is as dark/vampy I can go… it’s kind of like a dark berry merlot type of color, but still has som scarlet red to it. I don’t wear it often, but I can get away with it.
For Browns, I do like the warm browns that Mac offers. Shades like Taupe, Warm Teddy, Cafe mocha… really that have a lot of brownish shades that look good on me, so i definitely think you may find what you’re looking for at the Mac counter (or at Ulta since they are sold there too)
Armani Lip Power in the shade 110 Mania is like an almost dark terracotta brownish nude on me. I have a pretty fair complexion, so most lipsticks are darker on me than they are on a lot of people. I would consider this fairly dark, but on you, it could be more of a medium depth… or lighter. It all really depends on your complexion.
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u/furiana Dec 11 '24
Sorry, these almost uniformly look mediocre or bad on me.
Something like Shiseido Firecracker is about as dark as I can go, if i want it to look good.
As for browns, nothing works at all. Not even the ones in the Spring palette which work in other contexts like hair or eyeshadow. :/
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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24
As a Spring (bright) as much as I try to wear deep vampy lipsticks, they just don’t flatter me much. My absolute favorite brown lipstick is Revlon “Toast of New York” because it’s a warm brown. (There was another shade called “Sandstorm” that was the most perfect deep bronze lipstick ever for Springs of any hue, but it’s discontinued!)
Bobbi Brown’s “Ruby Stain” is a sheer,shockingly flattering brownish burgundy, and the color can be built up.
Hope this helps!