The Best Lipsticks for Every Color Season

Looking to find the best lipstick shades that perfectly match your season from your personal color analysis session?

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True Winter Dark Winter Dark Autumn True Autumn Soft Autumn Soft Summer True Summer Light Summer Light Spring True Spring Bright Spring

Best Lipsticks for Bright Winter

Bright Winter is neutral cool, bright and dark. Bright Winters lipsticks colors are magenta-red, and pinkish-red tones of hibiscus, cool magenta red, pinkish red maroon, bright maroon, pale magenta, amaranth and bright blue-red.

MAC
Mac Red

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CHANEL
Rouge Allure
Luminous Intense Lip Colour
104 Passion

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NARS
Schiap

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Shiseido
Poppy

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Best Lipsticks for True Winter

True Winters look best when clothing, hair and makeup are cool toned, bright and dark. True Winters lipsticks colors are magenta-red tones of deep blush, purplish pink, dark raspberry, boysenberry, mulberry, and royal fascia.

MAC
Satin Lipstick
Rebel

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MAC
Retro Matte Lipstick
Flat Out Fabulous

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NARS
Impulse

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Estee Lauder
Pure Color Creme Lipstick
Insolent Plum

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Best Lipsticks for Dark Winter

Dark Winter is neutral cool, bright and dark. Dark Winters lipsticks colors are pinkish-red, magenta-red, red of cool-toned brick red, cool-toned red brown, grape, brownish-purple, wine, and velvet maroon.

MAC
Satin Lipstick
Captive

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Chantecaille
Dahlia

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MAC
D for Danger

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MAC
Lustreglass Sheer-shine Lipstick
Spice It Up

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Best Lipsticks for Dark Autumn

Dark Autumns look best when clothing, hair and makeup are neutral warm, muted and dark. Dark Winters lipsticks colors are brownish-red and pinkish-red tones of cumin, cognac, brownish red, mule fawn, vivid auburn, and cherrywood.

MAC
Amplified Lipstick
Dubonnet

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MAC
Frost Lipstick
Fresh Moroccan

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NARS
Pigalle

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NARS
Fire Down Below

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NARS
Rita

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NARS
Dolce Vita

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Clinique
A Different Grape

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MAC
Dare You

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Best Lipsticks for True Autumn

True Autumn is warm, muted and dark. True Autumn lipsticks colors are reddish orange and pinkish brown tones of tiger orange, terracotta, orange salmon, dull red, copper rust, sanguine brown.

MAC Matte Lipstick
Chili

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MAC
Cream in your Coffee

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MAC
Mocha

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Estee Lauder
Pure Color Hi-Lustre Lipstick
130 Slow Burn

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Estee Lauder
Pure Color Creme Lipstick
360 Fierce

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Clinique
Dramatically Different™ Lipstick Shaping Lip Colour
Berry Freeze

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MAC
Brick-o-la

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Best Lipsticks for Soft Autumn

Soft Autumns look best when clothing, hair and makeup is neutral warm, muted and dark. Soft Autumn lipsticks colors are reddish brown, orange brown, orangey red tones of french beige, pinkish brown, clay, dusky rose, and ironstone.

MAC
Twig

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MAC
Modesty

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NARS
Gipsy

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Estee Lauder
Rebellious rose

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Bobbi Brown
Brownie

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Chantecallis
Anais

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Best Lipsticks for Soft Summer

Soft Summers look best when clothing, hair and makeup is neutral cool, muted and light. Soft Summer lipsticks colors are magenta red, and pinkish red of twilight lavender, dark mauve, dull purple, boysenberry, dirty purple, dusty raspberry, tulip pink, dusky rose, and bashful pink.

MAC
Syrup

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NARS
Damage

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NARS
Catfight

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Estee Lauder
410 Dynamic

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Bobbi Brown
Rose

Clarins
731 Rose Berry

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MAC
Cosmo

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Best Lipsticks for True Summer

True Summers look best when clothing, hair and makeup is cool, muted and light. True Summer lipsticks colors are pinkish red, magenta red, and reddish magenta tones of dusty cranberry, tulip pink, indian red, bashful pink, dusky rose, boysenberry, light eggplant, dusky purple, dark mauve, rouge, opera mauve, bouquet, sky magenta, dusty lavender, and hopbush.

NARS
Damage

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NARS
Roman Holiday

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Estee Lauder
220 Powerful

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Clinique
Love Pop

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Best Lipsticks for Light Summer

Light Summers look best when clothing, hair and makeup is neutral-cool, muted and light. Light Summer lipsticks colors are pastel magenta red, and pinkish red tones of dull pink, dusty pink, light mauve, grey pink, light plum, antique fuchsia, raspberry rose, deep blush, muted pink, lipstick pink, and dark pink.

Lancome
223 Candy

Clinique
Punch Pop

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MAC
Brave Red

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Best Lipsticks for Light Spring

Light Springs look best when clothing, hair and makeup is neutral-warm, bright and light. Light Spring lipsticks colors are orangey red, and red tones of dark salmon, pinkish tan, tumbleweed, dark peach, light carmine pink, mandy and pastel red.

MAC
See Sheer

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NARS
Orgasm

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NARS
License to Love

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Clinique
Melon Pop

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Best Lipsticks for True Spring

True Springs look best when clothing, hair and makeup is warm, bright and light. True Spring lipsticks colors are orangey red, and red tones of burning sand, light coral, coral pink, bean red, light carmine pink, valentine red, shocking orange, dark terra cotta, dark coral, and terra cotta.

NARS
Niagara

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NARS
Juliette

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Shiseido
Firecracker

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Estee Lauder
Insolent Plum

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Estee Lauder
330 Impassioned

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Clinique
Poppy Pop

Shiseido
Shock Wave

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NARS
Grace

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Arbonne
Guava

Best Lipsticks for Bright Spring

Bright Springs look best when clothing, hair and makeup is neutral-warm, bright and light. Bright Spring lipsticks colors are reddish pink, magenta-red, orangey red and pinkish red tones of dark pink, terra cotta, deep pink, and raspberry red.

MAC
Lady Danger