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Lipstick lessons from Aishwarya, Rihanna

Last updated on: July 29, 2018 09:39 IST

Should you wear red or pink? Take notes from your favourite stars.

The right shade of lipstick can amp up your style. A bad one can wreck your look.

Uma Talreja, chief marketing and customer officer, Shopper's Stop tells you how to get it right.

Lipstick lessons from the stars

Celebs like Aishwarya Rai Bachchan have claimed their loyalty to the Ruby Red shade and ever since, we've fallen head over heels for this shade of lipstick.
"Red lips exude power" the beauty queen had said.
The best part -- almost every Indian skin tone! Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com

Lipstick lessons from the stars

Tomato red shade of lip colour works well on both fair and wheatish skin tones.  Photograph: Michael Kovac/Getty Images

Lipstick lessons from the stars

If you want fuller lips, try on the Wild Berry shade.
Deep tones like Wild Berry give your lips a flawless, sculpted look. It works like magic on wheatish to dusky complexions.
See how Archana Akhil Kumar flaunts it like a pro. Photograph: Rajesh Karkera/Rediff.com

Lipstick lessons from the stars

A coral shade of lips can bail you out from Monday and/or weekend blues. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com

Lipstick lessons from the stars

For dusky beauties, brown is the new nude. Wear it from AM to PM without having to worry about screaming for attention. Photograph: Rediff Archives

Lipstick lessons from the stars

If you like adventure in your make-up like Nicki Minaj, go fierce with fuschia.Photograph: Jason Merritt/Getty Images