How to Match Lip Color & Skin Tone

Part of the Video Series How to Apply Makeup to Lips & Cheeks

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Matching lip color and skin tone is an important step to natural makeup application. Get tips about how to determine your skin tone in this free video clip from a professional cosmetologist.

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How to Match Lip Color & Skin Tone
Hi! My name is Davina, this is my model Kirsten and we’re here on behalf of expertvillage.com. In this clip I’ll help you choose the best soft lip color for your skin type. For fair skin, you want to use a pale pink or berry. For medium and olive skin, apricot, beiges and bronzy nudes works best. For dark skin, it’s complimented by mauves, sheer reds and berries. With Kirsten here, she’s the more medium olive skin tone, so I’m using a bronzy apricot color, I’m choosing to use a gloss and I’m just going to use this without the lip liner and without the lipstick. Starting in the center, working around her natural arch, I’m going to apply the gloss out to the corners of her mouth. Repeat on the opposite side, starting in the center, working her way out to the corner. Repeat at the bottom. And that’s how you chose the best color for your skin tone.

About the Expert

Expert: Davina Burket has been a full-time cosmetologist in the professional beauty industry for two years. She has a degree in beauty from the Lancaster School of Cosmetology. Read More