Toned-down/tempered lips with the MAC Colour Rocker Collection Lipsticks in Carmine Rouge (my upper lip) and Breathing Fire (bottom lip)

So I was flipping through a magazine last weekend (I think it might?ve been Allure?) and saw a picture of two models wearing two-toned lips.
NEAT!
What are two-toned lips"
It?s where you wear different colors on your top and bottom lip, and if you pick colors that are closely related, it?s an easy way to do subdued, toned-down, but still edgy look.
Here are some examples with shades from the new MAC Colour Rocker Collection of limited edition MAC matte lipsticks that launched last week ($17 each), and there are also some swatches down below.
Two-Toned Lip Tip #1: Choose two shades that are slightly different in intensity and/or color Here?s the thing: If you want easy, it helps to use two shades that are similar but aren?t exactly the same. If they?re too dissimilar, they go from low-key and edgy to full-on edgy, and then you have to work that into your entire look.
In the pic above I?m wearing MAC Colour Rocker Carmine Rouge (the red shade) with Breathing Fire (the pink), and I think they?re both similarly intense. I mean, if you saw me from across a room, you might not even be able to tell I was wearing two different colors on my lips, but bam! ? up close" Whoomp, there it is.

MAC Colour Rocker Lipstick in Darling Clementine (upper lip) and Forbidden Sunrise (bottom lip)

Same thing with Darling Clementine (the darker ...