The Best Red Red Lip Colours

With SO many red lip colours to choose from, it can be daunting even thinking about where to start if you haven’t yet found your go-to colour.

Starting here, we will give a guide to the best red-red lipsticks (following on in future posts we’ll do blue-red, orange-red etc.)

Red-reds – true reds – are classic (think Marilyn Monroe and Old-Hollywood glam); they work amazingly on pale-light tan skin tones as seen on Taylor Swift and Lucy Boynton.

To show how different shades look when worn, here’s how they’ve looked on the red carpet –

Would it be possible to do a list of the reddest lipsticks without mentioning MACs iconic Ruby Woo Lipstick! Seen here on Sarah Hyland, Maya Jama, and Emily Atack –

Burberry Military Red is a true red worthy of Marilyn herself and looks great on both blondes and brunettes as proved by Anya Taylor Joy and Lily James.

Not a lipstick but Charlotte Tilbury’s Lip Pencil in Kiss ‘n’ Tell has helped created some stunning red carpet looks including Nicola Coughlan’s incredible pout –

Another lip pencil – MAC’s Cherry shade – looking gorgeous on two different Olivia’s – Atwood and Culpo!