This is How to Make Black Lipstick Work in Real Life
The catwalk make-up artist Terry Barber reveals the secret to pulling off the bold lip look
15 September 2019
All Credits: PA
Are you scared of black lipstick? Do you think that if you painted your pout with a jet black hue you’d look like a Halloween reject or Addams Family wannabe? Well, we’ve got news for you.
According to MAC make-up artist Terry Barber, black lipstick can work for everyone, you just need to know how to wear it.
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We caught up with Barber backstage at the Marques’ Almeida show at London Fashion Week SS20, where he was putting the finishing touches on what he described as a “slightly hayfever-y pink eye” teamed with a “really glossy black PVC lip”.
The make-up artist said he picked out a few colours from the collection, including peach and lime green, to create the eye make-up looks, but when it comes to taking black lipstick from the runway to real life Barber says you should avoid a colour clash.
“I would play it against a face which is quite fresh. If you put a dark eye with it it’s going to look gothy – if you do just a black lip it looks quite sharp and chic.”
So keep it very simple in terms of the rest of your make-up and let your lips do the talking – but consider a contrast in textures.
“You want to almost do nothing else on the rest of the face,” he says. “If it’s a matte lip do dewy skin, if it’s glossy do a matte skin.”
