Red lipstick is a classic look that can be worn by all for everyday makeup looks and glam looks alike. If you have olive skin, however, you may find that reds tend to be too bright, too dark, or generally wash you out. Here are our top picks for the best red lipstick for olive skin available on the market.
Size: 0.12 oz·ITEM: 2116820
Color: Red Carpet Red - ruby red
$50.00
It works with my light olive skin, black hair and brown eyes. I also really love the texture. ...My fave lipstick, I love the colour Kim K.W. it's just the right nude for my olive, yellow undertone complexion.
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/ 0.9g·ITEM: 2390284
Color: Red 0 - true red
$54.00
Vegan carmine red...I have a neutral light olive skin tone and this shows up as a medium retro red on me. ...This is THE most perfect red lipstick I’ve ever used. I bought it initially just to help support the vegan mission but ended up shoving aside all my other red lipsticks.
What it is: Hourglass introduces Red 0, a 100% vegan special edition shade featuring its namesake ingredient.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Long-wearing
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Red 0: A patent-pending vegan replacement for carmine.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, sulfates SLS & SLES, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Hourglass is proud to introduce Red 0, a patent-pending vegan replacement for carmine (the beauty industry’s go-to red pigment produced from crushed female insects). Red 0 gives this lipstick its brilliant red hue.
$66.00
Beautiful vibrant red lipstick...I absolutely love the vibrant red color of this lipstick. It has a slight fragrance. ...It’ll be my new go to lipstick.
What it is: A long-lasting lipstick with intense color, a velvety matte finish, and a silky lightweight formula enriched with nourishing ingredients.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Gelling waxes and oils: Provide a lightweight finish and enhance the pigmentation of the lipstick.
- Rich pigments: Deliver vibrant, intense color with a soft finish.
What Else You Need to Know: Gucci presents a collection of intensely-hued lipsticks with a long-lasting matte finish. Specially formulated with oils, rich pigments, and gelling waxes, the comfortable formula applies easily, doesn’t smudge or run, and delivers rich color with a soft velvety feel.
Size: 0.12 oz/ 3.5 g·ITEM: 2309664
Color: 506 Louisa Red - cherry red satin
$66.00
Perfect red...This lipstick is amazing! The rouge red beautifully compliments my skin tone. ...I’m picky with reds with my skin tone but this is just gorgeous!
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: 0.16 oz. / 5 mL·ITEM: 2761112
Color: 129 Risky Red - matte cool tone red
$22.00
This Sephora cream lip stain liquid lipstick is so affordable and performs just as a high end product! ...I don't like the smell or how fast it dries. I received 2 colors (red and another) I don't typically wear red lipstick so I can't see myself using it to much.
What it is: A bestselling, creamy, weightless, liquid lipstick that coats your lips in flawless color to become a transfer-proof, full-coverage, last-all-day stain.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating, Long wearing
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 gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
Size: 0.03 oz / 1 g·ITEM: 2590164
Color: Freck Rust - a rust orange red
$32.50
I’ve been looking for the perfect fall red orange lipstick and finally found it. It’s a comfortable, soft matte lipstick that doesn’t dry out your lips. ...Everything you'd want from a lipstick...Freck Rust was the exact rust-red shade I have been searching for. For comparison, I had been using Kosasport Lip Fuel in Flow (creamy and hydrating but sheer color) and Gucci's Satin Lipstick in 505 Janet Rust (not hydrating enough - settles into any cracks or lines in your lips).
What it is: A soft-blur lipstick delivering depth and color with a buildable matte finish.
$52.00
The red is so pretty!...I'm glad I got to try the Hourglass Unlocked Soft Matte Lipstick in the Red shade. I have medium to dark skin tone and this red had blue undertones which made it look really nice. ...beautiful shade of red, looks gorgeous on my medium olive skin (neutral undertone), it does not bleed and doesn’t feel heavy on the lips either.
What it is: An innovative, primer-infused lipstick that envelops lips in rich color for a soft-matte finish that lasts all day.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Long-wearing
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, and sulfates SLS & SLES. It is also gluten-free and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: This collection features Red 0, a true red formulated with an exclusive vegan replacement for carmine, the industry's standard red pigment.
Hourglass donates five percent of net profits from each Unlocked purchase to the NHRP, an organization working to secure fundamental rights for animals.
Clinical Results: In a US consumer study of 30 participants:
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Size: 0.10 oz.·ITEM: 2730042
Color: 08 Ray of Red
$22.00
I have an olive, medium/light complexion and love this for a natural look....Perfect Ray of Red...I am a Red girl, so I pick the shade 8, Ray of Red. It matches my skin so lovely.
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 / 3.5 g·ITEM: 2826162
Color: Left On Red - deep brick red
$34.00
Loved this lip shade on me.. perfect for warm, brown olive skin. Mac has always up their lipstick game introducing great formula. ...It flatters my olive skin and it makes them look moisturized. Exactly what the doctor prescribed .
What it is: A sleek satin lipstick with full-coverage, pigment-rich color in a comfortable formula that hydrates lips for eight hours.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing, Plumping
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.
What Else You Need to Know: This satin lipstick delivers bold, pigment-rich color with a creamy glide and polished finish. It hydrates for 8 hours with comfortable wear that visibly smooths fine lines and creates fuller-looking lips. It can also be applied to cheeks for a monochromatic pop of color.
Size: 0.20 oz / 6 ml·ITEM: 2662740
Color: Carnal Red - rosy red with orange undertones
$80.00
Best liquid lipstick to elevate your evening look...I personally think that the color Lark 121 goes soo well with my dark hair and olive skin tone. Got some compliments yesterday when wearing it for a night out, and btw it stays for a long time! ...The shade "Lark" is beautiful on my light/medium olive skin. Not quite as cool toned as it would be in cool toned skin but a simply lovely color none-the-less.
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.
