If you have a medium skin tone, you're not alone. Many women have a difficult time finding the right lipstick shade. Fortunately, there are a few tips and tricks for finding the perfect lipstick for your complexion. Here are a few ideas to help you find the ideal lipstick for your medium skin tone.

Size: 0.03 oz/ 0.9g·ITEM: 2390284
Color: Red 0 - true red
$54.00
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.

Size: 0.34 oz/ 10 mL·ITEM: 2228781
Color: Nude 04 - light nude- glossy finish
$38.00
I LOVE this lip glacé. I have light medium skin and shade 04 is very flattering. I HATE gloss that has any form of glitter in it, and this one looks super glossy without the glitter. ...I love this lip gloss. I have medium skin with yellow and golden undertone. 6 is a perfect nude but better color on my lips.
What it is: A nude tinted lip gloss infused with volumizing peptides. Silky lip-conditioning ingredients provide shine, hydration and volume
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Vitamins E: A multitasking balm with super hydrating lip protection
- Shea, Avocado and Murumuru Seed butters: Balm base to naturally hydrate and condition lips.
- Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 & Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Complex: Collagen and hyaluronic acid stimulating peptides
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

$37.00
as someone with a neutral/cool undertone with light-medium skin, this shade is really pretty! I’m not a big fan of lipsticks, but I like this product. ...This is so lightweight and creamy, and I can reapply throughout the day without any dry flakes :) I’m wearing Mulberry in the pic, and I think it’s a beautiful every day shade on my light-medium skin tone. I also have this in Cranberry which is a brighter bolder shade.
What it is: A hybrid balm and hydrating treatment with medium coverage and satin finish.
Formulation Type: Lipstick/Lip Balm & Treatment
Benefits: Hydrating
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Maracuja: Smooths.
- Hyaluronic Acid: Hydrates.
- Vitamin E: Emollient and antioxidant.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, mineral oil, oxybenzone, coal tar, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan, gluten-free, and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Tarte™'s maracuja juicy lip crème is super buttery and lightweight with a satin gloss finish.

ITEM: 2447746
Color: Pillow Talk Deep - berry rose
$34.00
Yes, for deep to fair skin tones...Beautiful shade on deep to fair skin tones. Love the mini sizes because I use them up and don't have them for a long time (shelf life). ...This color is the most beautiful on medium skin tones. Also has a wonderful formula it’s not to drying and doesn’t crack and flake off.
What it is: A mini lip set featuring Charlotte's iconic, bestselling Matte Revolution or K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick with a Lip Cheat Lip Liner Pencil for a dreamy, nude-pink, kissable look.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Lipstick Tree and Orchid Extract: Visibly softens, protects, and hydrates lips.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens.
What Else You Need to Know: Charlotte Tilbury’s globally loved Pillow Talk duo is your ultimate secret weapon to re-shape and re-size the look of lips for a "your lips but better" finish.

Size: 0.12 oz·ITEM: 2309383
Color: Pillow Talk Medium - warm berry pink
$47.50
It’s not a nude for me, but it’s probably a great nude for medium skin tones. On my skin, this still works as a great everyday shade, because it’s not a super bold color. ...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!
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: 0.22 oz / 6.8 mL·ITEM: 2670123
Color: Pillow Talk Medium Blur - berry pink
$47.50
I received this complimentary to review, and feel this shade would look best on olive or darker skin tones. Great formula and does not dry my lips out....Great Matte Lipsticks...It's a beautiful everyday colour and I really recommend this because I think it looks great for all skin tones:)
What it is: A matte-meets-moisture liquid lipstick that smooths, blurs, and hydrates to create airbrushed-looking lips.
Formulation type: Liquid lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Hyaluronic Acid: Offers up to 24 hours of hydration.
- Powder Blur Technology: Creates a weightless matte finish.
- Film Forming Resin: Provides a smooth, airbrushed look.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan.

Size: 0.12 oz/3.3 g·ITEM: 2892370
Color: En Feu - fiery red
$49.00
Gorgeous colors for olive skin tones...Both look very nice on olive, neutral/warm skin tones! * Product was received as part of an educational promotion- this is my honest review....The shade range is super limited and very “classic” no real berries pr mauvy nudes that would work across different skin tones. It’s a shame. Will have to return. The color looks like a burnt red.
What it is: A mistake-proof, feather-matte, hydrating liquid lipstick with a whip-like texture for weightless comfort and an ultra-blurred, medium coverage finish.
Formulation Type: Liquid Lipstick
Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing
Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan and cruelty-free.
What Else You Need to Know: Forget everything you know about liquid lipstick. This feather-matte lip whip infuses Violette’s artistry to deliver mistake-proof, statement color for a blurred lip that’s strong but soft, bold yet effortless. The moisturizing, long-wearing formula provides weightless comfort and lasting color.

Size: 1 oz/ 3 g·ITEM: 2485373
Color: Beam There, Done That - rosy plum pink
$37.00
Favourite everyday lipstick!...Definitely one of my favourite lipsticks and recommend it...Just wasn’t for me and my warm tones.
What it is: A lightweight raspberry seed- and extra-virgin olive oil-infused lipstick that delivers sheer and shiny color with a long-wear finish.
Formulation Type: Lipstick
What Else You Need to Know: This lipstick provides immediate and long-term moisture to condition lips quickly and over time, so lips are left looking fuller and healthier while feeling softer, smoother, and more supple. It also provides up to eight hours of long-wearing color for the best lasting lipstick.

Size: 0.14 oz / 4 g·ITEM: 2699338
Color: Seductive - warm mauve
$45.00
I LOVE colors like these, for so many different reasons but mainly because I think it works for so many different skin tones. For example, I am very warm tone, medium, yellow and gold under tone but like my mom is definitely lighter but she will love this...this is my new go-to everyday lipstick. the color is perfect on my skin tone, the lipstick smells good, and the application is flawless. it really completes all my looks!
What it is: A matte lipstick fully loaded with pigment, that provides long-lasting wear.
Highlighted Ingredients:
- Spherical Ultra-Fine Pigments: Enhance the creamy texture, glide, and even coverage upon application.
- Optical Diffusers: Create a matte, blurred finish without feeling dry.
Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, triclosan, and triclocarban, and contains less than one percent of synthetic fragrances. This product is also cruelty-free and gluten-free.

Size: 0.16 oz. / 5 mL·ITEM: 2761328
Color: 66 Skin Deep - matte deep nude
$22.00
I fluctuate between light medium to medium tan skin tone, and this will work great for all seasons. ...It’s very pigmented glides on smooth and it lasted all day. I have medium skin tone and this shade is absolutely stunning can’t wait to pick up more.
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 vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.
What Else You Need to Know: This creamy formula is formulated with avocado oil and transforms into a veil of soft, comfortable, velvet pigment, with









