If you’ve whipped out your darkest red lip color and it still isn’t scratching that vampy itch, it’s time to move on to a rich burgundy matte lipstick.
While we’re not trying to throw shade at the classic red lip, some days you just feel a bit darker, more mysterious, a bit more adventurous than what your good ol’ red lip can do. A burgundy lipstick is like the evil twin to the red lipstick. It’s just as bold as a red lip but sends a rather different message ? one that suggests a bit of mystery and the type of confidence that doesn’t beg for approval. We like to wear our burgundy lipstick on those days when our shades are on, hair is looking perfectly undone, and we’d rather our lips do the talking. Here’s a handful of our favorite burgundy shades.
One underrated drugstore brand, Black Radiance, has a great offering of highly pigmented lip colors, including Eldorado Red, which is the perfect creamy deep burgundy shade. It initially applies like a deep stain and you can build from there.
(Where to Buy: Black Radiance Lipstick in Eldorado Red, $1.49 at Riteaid.com)
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MAC has many a cult lipstick shade, Diva, being on the cusp (close runner-up to Russian Red or Ruby Woo) of cult but perhaps a bit too deep for mass appeal. MAC’s classic matte formula looks good with a deeper red anyhow.
(Where to Buy: MAC Lipstick in Diva, $16 at MACcosmetics.com)

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