Red lipstick is a classic look that can be worn by all for everyday makeup looks and glam looks alike. Finding a shade of red that complements your deep complexion doesn't have to be difficult! Here are our top picks for the best red lipstick for dark skin available at Sephora.
Size: 0.12 oz·ITEM: 2309391
Color: Pillow Talk Deep - berry rose
$47.50
perfect shade for brown skin!...I love the color I finally found a cute nude pink for my dark skin and its super hydrating too! You can wear it alone but it looks really good topped with a gloss too...Perfect Vamp Lipstick...No small feat considering so many dark reds pull brown on me. LOVE IT
What it is: A moisturizing soft-satin shine lipstick with a long-lasting, buildable, formula.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Antioxidant Lipstick Tree: Soothes and conditions while protecting lips from UV damage.
- Light-Diffusing Pigments: Capture and reflect light, imparting a lit-from-within, fuller look.
- Vitamin E and Wax Blend: Hydrates, nourishes, and smooths lips.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS &
Size: 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2309631
Color: 25* Goldie Red - the gucci red satin
$66.00
Luxe lipstick...Gucci’s website uses women with the ugliest teeth to model the lipstick. ...GO GUCCI RED !!...I LOVE LOVE LOVE !! this lipstick! The red is vibrant and it lasts even though it’s not a long lasting lipstick.
What it is: A creamy, intense-color lipstick with a formula that delivers a long-lasting satin finish, leaving lips smooth and soft with a lightweight, comfortable feel.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also vegan and silicone-free.
What Else You Need to Know: The 36 shades sweep from nudes to reds to pinks with nuances of orange and purple and one moody black hue.
Size: 0.1oz/2.3g·ITEM: 2882173
Color: R13 Red Muse - copper red with warm undertones
$60.00
[I received this product in exchange for my honest review] So lush. If you are a dark skin girly like myself you may want to pair this color with a dark liner like brown, but it’s very smooth. ...Beautiful red...The shade range is beautiful, especially the nudes and reds. It has great pigmentation and a pleasant scent, although the lipstick does transfer.
What it is: A breakthrough lightweight matte lipstick that delivers long-lasting color and intense color payoff with a blurring, comfortable finish.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing, and Moisturizing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates for smoother appearance.
- Shea Butter: Nourishes and provides lasting comfort.
What Else You Need to Know: Infused with hyaluronic acid to hydrate and shea butter to nourish, this long-wearing, slim-bullet matte lipstick—encased in couture packaging—allows for smooth and precise application while resisting a feathering effect. This collection offers the perfect range of shades featuring nudes, pinks, and reds.
Size: .24 oz / 7 mL·ITEM: 2648202
Color: O/S Red - pearlescent & matte true red
$40.00
As a medium-dark woman, it’s sometimes hard to find nude lip shades that look good on me, so I love this one. ...My god this color is amazing on my dark skin! Killed it with the formula. I’m obsessed.
What it is: A dual-ended lipstick that provides versatility in the look and feel of your lips and addresses texture to help smooth, soften, and hydrate.
Formulation Type: Lip Gloss / Liquid Lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid and White Lupin Extract: Help to hydrate and firm.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know:
Size: 0.10 oz.·ITEM: 2730042
Color: 08 Ray of Red
$22.00
This is a great product. It’s a lipgloss/lipstick hybrid which is (IMO) what most women prefer. ...Not too dark and was perfect with my skin tone. The lipstick comes in a cute white tube.
What it is:
A lightweight lipstick with eye-catching prismatic shine that provides lips with a sheer flush of color and a 12-hour moisturizing, balm-like texture.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
What Else You Need to Know: This lipstick contains pigments with unrivaled power to reflect light, for maximum prismatic shine.Their special structure reflects the light more intensely than traditional pearls while the sheer coverage balm formula coats the lips with a long-lasting feeling of hydration. Available in a wide range of shades that compliment all skin tones with a sheer flush of eye-catching color.
Size: 0.12 oz·ITEM: 2736130
Color: Cinematic Red - a cool, deep cherry red for cinematic lips
$47.50
Perfect color for skin tones that can't wear reds...Even though I'm blonde and have a light/medium skin tone, most dark or lipsticks make me look like a clown! ...it's a very pretty color for my Asian Indian dark skin tone. it's not drying at all and stays long. my only complain is for such a price packaging could be better. package looks a bit cheap. like givenchy or ysl.
What it is:
A matte lipstick that features a long-lasting, buildable, and hydrating formula.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Antioxidant Lipstick Tree: Soothes, conditions, and protects your lips from UV damage
- 3D Glowing Pigments: Creates the illusion of lit-from-within lips that appear wider and fuller
- Vitamin E & Blend Of Waxes: Hydrates, nourishes and smoothes your lips
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar,
Size: 0.03 oz / 1 g·ITEM: 2590164
Color: Freck Rust - a rust orange red
$32.50
This is such a beautiful nude brown for dark skin women. This is definitely my new go to on days where I want the no makeup-makeup look. ...That being said this is perfect for my dark skin glirlies cause it will complement them the best.
What it is: A soft-blur lipstick delivering depth and color with a buildable matte finish.
ITEM: 2565455
Color: 25* Goldie Red - soft matte red lipstick color
$66.00
Perfect rosewood for medium dark skin tone...The lipstick was definitely transfer proof. Most transfer proof lipsticks are very difficult to get off, but this one was not.
What it is: A transformative liquid lip color that dries down to a transfer-proof matte finish once applied.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan.
What Else You Need to Know: Get lips that hypnotize. The array of highly pigmented, vibrant, sunset shades provides optimal coverage and striking color, without the worry of the product settling into lip lines, smudging, or feathering, even on fabric. Created with comfort in mind, the color feels entirely weightless on the lips.
Size: 0.12 oz / 3.5 g·ITEM: 2826162
Color: Left On Red - deep brick red
$34.00
I like how creamy it feels , very hydrating for my lips. I am dark skin and this colour works well with my skin tone . ...I don't need to use lip gloss. I am dark skin and the those colour work for me . I received this product for free from Topbox Marketing for testing and review purposes.
What it is: A sleek-satin lipstick with rich, full-coverage color and a comfortable formula that hydrates your lips for up to eight hours.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing, Plumping
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan.
What Else You Need to Know: MAC Cosmetics accomplished the un-dupable with this signature lipstick—now maxed out with a pigment-rich, sleek-satin finish and a comfortable, lip-loving f
Size: 0.20 oz / 6 ml·ITEM: 2662740
Color: Carnal Red - rosy red with orange undertones
$80.00
This is probably a non-issue for younger women. Lark is also not my shade. That said, this lipstick has a silky texture and does NOT dry my lips or make them feel like they've been coated in paint that has dried, like many matte lipsticks I have tried in the past. ...Absolutely loved it I did get it free from Influester, I have bought so many high end lipsticks, glosses, kits, etc... this lil baby stole my heart...I LOVE the color, not too dark, not too red.. perfect... and the staying power was blew me away.. at work for, 8 hrs reapplied one time!!!
What it is: A long-wearing liquid lipstick that melts onto lips, delivering vivid, high-impact color with a cloudlike, creamy feel.
Formulation Type: Liquid Lipstick
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Black Rose Oil
- Seaweed Extract
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, mineral oil, triclocarban, and triclosan.
What Else You Need to Know: Long-lasting, buildable, and transfer-resistant, this lipstick melts luxuriously onto lips with a cloudlike consistency, visibly smoothing and blurring fine lines.
