(Where to Buy: MAC Lipstick in Diva, $16 at )Īny true goth remembers the Manic Panic days of multi-colored hair and paled-out complexions. MAC's classic matte formula looks good with a deeper red anyhow. MAC has many a cult lipstick shade, Diva, being on the cusp (close runner-up to Russian Red or Ruby Woo) of cult but perhaps a bit too deep for mass appeal.
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(Where to Buy: Black Radiance Lipstick in Eldorado Red, $1.49 at ) MORE: How to Rock Plum Lipstick Anywhere It initially applies like a deep stain and you can build from there. One underrated drugstore brand, Black Radiance, has a great offering of highly pigmented lip colors, including Eldorado Red, which is the perfect creamy deep burgundy shade. Here's a handful of our favorite burgundy shades. We like to wear our burgundy lipstick on those days when our shades are on, hair is looking perfectly undone, and we'd rather our lips do the talking. It's just as bold as a red lip but sends a rather different message - one that suggests a bit of mystery and the type of confidence that doesn't beg for approval. A burgundy lipstick is like the evil twin to the red lipstick.
While we're not trying to throw shade at the classic red lip, some days you just feel a bit darker, more mysterious, a bit more adventurous than what your good ol' red lip can do. If you've whipped out your darkest red lip color and it still isn't scratching that vampy itch, it's time to move on to a rich burgundy matte lipstick. It is quite sheer on the lips and leaves a nice red stain. If you are not into reds, or not a fan of bright shades, then this one is for you. It moisturizes your lips while making them appear glossy.
The Lady Bug by MAC is a lustre finish tomato red lipstick. It's slightly sheer in the end, so to get an extreme color, you have to swatch more times on your lips. The Mac Brave has its own cremesheen texture, brings soft lips and easy to wear for every application. MAC Brave Red is one of the best MAC dark red lipstick shades that fit most of the skin tones all over the world.