lipstick shades for fair indian skin tone

How to Find the Perfect Lipstick for Your Skin Tone

India is a country of diverse cultures, each very different from that of the others and equally diverse are the skin tones of the people of our country ranging the entire skin tone spectrum of fair to dusky. With skin tones this diverse comes an obvious observation — there’s no such thing as perfect lipstick for Indian skin tones because we all differ from each other, our undertones vary too.

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However, there’s one thing that remains constant and i.e Indian complexions are warmer as opposed to cooler with gold undertones. Always remember this, as this piece of information will always be of help whenever your shop for lipsticks online. Therefore, lipsticks with yellow undertones are what you’ll want to look for since makeup shades that counteract that will leave your skin looking tan instead of sallow.

Understanding undertones

Before you go ahead and shop for makeup online, you need to figure out your undertone. Here’s a quick trick — think about your choice of jewellery.

If silver looks more flattering on you, your skin is likely to have a cooler undertone, similarly, if gold suits you better, it’s a sign that your skin has more of a warmer undertone to it. However, if you feel both silver and gold work equally well, you may have a neutral undertone.

Misinterpretations about lipsticks

A major misconception about lipsticks is that we feel nude shades are meant for only fair skin and that deeper shades make fair-skinned women look much older. The truth is no matter what your skin tone is fair or dusky you will find yourself a perfect nude or deep shade that perfectly complements your skin tone without making you look all washed out or older.

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Recommendations

If you fall under the ‘light skin tone’ bracket that covers everything from white to pale beige lipsticks with blue or cooler undertones are perfect for you.

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As per my recommendations, the best lipstick shades for fair Indian skin tones would be Muted Coral from the POSE HD Lipstick collection and Lychee Twirl from the K.Play Flavoured Lipstick collection by MyGlamm. Similarly, the best shades for south Indian skin tone would be Carmine Red from the POSE HD Lipstick collection and Cherry Burst from the K.Play range of flavoured lipsticks