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10 best lipsticks for autumn

Upgrade your cosmetics collection for a shade that matches the make-up mood for the colder months

Monday 12 October 2015 16:33 BST

It’s not just clothing retailers looking to tempt us with new season wares – head down to your nearest cosmetics hall and you’ll find beauty brands are getting in on the act too, with brand new editions specially designed for autumn. We’ve selected the best new shades with a few much-loved favourites and there’s something for every taste; whether your winter style is gothic glam or pretty in pink. All of these on the list have that crucial staying power, too.

1. Lip Velvet in Oxblood: £26, burberry.com

Oxblood was the shade used at Burberry's spring/summer 2016 show, but don’t let that put you off. The dark berry palette is the perfect pairing for autumn.

2. Mineralize Lipstick in Fashion Pack: £21, maccosmetics.co.uk

Haute Dogs is an unusual collaboration for a MAC’s special-edition range – it’s inspired by man’s best friend. Fashion Pack is a highly pigmented shade in a pretty nude pink.

3. Dior Rouge Dior Lipstick in Continental: £26.50, johnlewis.com

Dior’s Continental is a shade of rosy pink just dark enough to be on the right side of autumnal without the intimidation factor that comes with a gothic-inspired pout.

4. Kissing in Night Crimson: £23, charlottetilbury.com

Make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury’s lipsticks are some of the best, with highly pigmented and long-wearing formulas. Night Crimson is an aptly-named, moody shade of deep plum.

5. Tom Ford Lip Color in Bruised Plum: £38, selfridges.com

This luxe lipstick comes in a super-creamy formula, which hydrates lips without sacrificing on pigment. This shade isn’t for wilting flowers, it’s a vivid dark purple with just a hint of red.

6. Dolce & Gabbana Shine Lipstick in Luna: £25.50, harrods.com

Here’s a delicate sheer shade of gold from Dolce & Gabbana that gives just a light sheen of colour for subtle effect. It also works well layered over darker colours for extra sparkle.

7. Lipstick in Inhibition: £8, topshop.com

Toyshop’s purse-friendly option can hold its own with the top brands. Inhibition may look dark, but it comes out a pretty, wearable shade of purple – it’s long-lasting, too.

8. Rimmel The Only 1 Lipstick in It’s A Keeper: £6.99, boots.com

The Only 1 is a new all-in-one solution from Rimmel that aims to be long-lasting and moisturising. This is a warm, rosy shade – the ideal autumn upgrade for those whose default summer lipstick is a pastel pink.

9. Christian Louboutin Matte Lip Colour in Eton Moi: £60, selfridges.com

The casing alone makes Louboutin lipsticks almost too pretty to use. If you can bear to open yours, you’ll find the richest shade of purple for a red-wine stained pout and a matte finish. Pricey but very special.

10. Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet inT13: £8.99, boots.com

Adding a pop of colour such as this fuchsia shade from Bourjois will brighten up your look. This one looks like a gloss but it’s highly pigmented with impressive staying power.

Verdict

If you pride yourself on being ahead of the game trend-wise then Burberry’s lipstick in Oxblood, which adorned the model’s lips on the catwalk at the spring/summer 2016 show, will propel you straight into next season whilst being autumnal enough to wear right now. The value for money option comes courtesy of Rimmel whose new The Only 1 lipstick comes with a game-changing formulation that is simultaneously long-wearing and hydrating.