Favorite Festive Lipstick Shades for the Holiday Season

I usually love a nude lip, but I get more daring with my lipstick color choices when colder temperatures arrive.  This fall and winter, I’m loving berry and plum lipstick shades.  They are hard to resist while I am out browsing the aisles of Target, any drugstore, or department store.  It seems as though beautiful rich shades of lip color are everywhere I turn!  I’m sharing (and reviewing) my favorite festive lipstick shades for the holiday season!

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Fall and winter holidays beg for darker, spicier colors.  Our home décor, candles, clothing, and nail polish are all a little darker and richer throughout the winter months, and our makeup should be, too!  If your outfits become a little more festive during the holiday season, your look will be incomplete without a bolder lip color.  ‘Tis the season!

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This color is the most muted of this bunch, but it is still quite darker than what I would wear in the spring and summer.  If you don’t like too much color at all, but you want to add a little festivity to your makeup look, this one is for you!

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• so creamy that I do not need any balm underneath
• glides on easily
  

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I couldn’t decide between this shimmery shade and the mauve color I showed you above, so I ended up buying both.  They are inexpensive, and since the lusters of each are very different, I thought my double purchases was justifiable!  Plus, this plum shade is a little more on the festive side.  Which one do you prefer?

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This is a shocking red and a festive lipstick shade if I ever saw one.  I received it for free with Sephora VIB points along with some other Clinique goodies, and I thought there was no way I would ever wear it.  Once I put it on, this shocking pop of color shocked me…in a good way.  I loved it so much that I began taking selfies right after I applied it for the first time.  Ha!  I then wore it to the grocery store!  It made me feel super girly and special on an ordinary day.

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• literally glides on- the easiest red lip I have ever applied
• stays on forever and ever
• feels super smooth and creamy
  

  

  

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This shade is ultra simple and no fuss.  Since it is sheer, you can slap it on your lips in a jiffy.  This lipstick shade has brown undertones, and I feel like it is a great complement to any skin tone.  It’s a really pretty shade and festive enough for a daytime holiday gathering.

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• sheer but pigmented enough for impact
• somewhat dry and not glossy, even though it’s a gloss stick- felt like I had to reapply a lot.
• extra affordable at $2.29- I’m interested in trying some other shades!
• long-lasting color that needs refreshing more often than the other lipsticks in the post

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NYX Intense Butter Gloss in Spice Cake <- on sale at Ulta for $3.59!

I mean…can we just?!  Look at this color!  It is truly intense, and it is truly amazing.  The texture is like paint!  But it never dries!

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• not sticky at all
• lasts forever- I even drank out of a water bottle, and even though you could see some color on my water bottle, you couldn’t tell any was missing from my lips because…
• It’s super pigmented!
• not drying
• color-lasting effects of a matte
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That’s what’s up in beauty today.  What do you think of my favorite festive lipstick shades? Which shade is your favorite?   What are your go-to festive lipstick shades for the holiday season?  Please comment and let me know!  [wc_social_icons align=”left” size=”large” display=”facebook,google,twitter,pinterest,instagram,bloglovin,flickr,rss,email,custom1,custom2,custom3,custom4,custom5″]