Autumn is in full swing, and with it, the cool, crisp air seems to signify a fresh start. Sweater weather, pumpkin spice lattes, and the changing foliage means it’s time to switch up not just your wardrobe and skincare, but your makeup routine and colors as well. One of the most noticeable and easy fall makeup transitions is your lip color.
Every year fall ushers in endless options for darker, deeper, warmer lip colors, and this year—with mask mandates lifted—an opportunity to once again flaunt your pout. From burgundy, 90s browns, nude pinks, and mauves to berry, rosewood, or gold shimmer, the color options are endless. And of course, classic red in all its hues is a hit with bright and brick red or blood and true red to choose between. These autumn shades compliment all skin tones and feature finishes like high shines, soft satins, metallics, and traditional mattes that all wear well in fall.
When choosing a new lip color, you want to pick a product that has moisturizing ingredients to keep lips hydrated in the cooler, drier autumn air. Select a shade that compliments your skin tone, and to keep it simple, stay with colors you know look good on your skin tone, but go a few shades warmer this fall.
Here are some of this year’s trending autumnal lip colors in a variety of textures and finishes to inspire your transformation.
Christian Dior
Dior Addict Shine Lipstick in Icone is a perfect blend of mauve and classic red to create a deep rosewood shade. Infused with jasmine floral wax to help provide 24-hour hydration, this lipstick’s intense color and shine finish wears for up to six hours with no touch-ups. The formula is also comprised of 90% natural-origin ingredients.
Charlotte Tilbury
Matte Revolution Lipstick in So 90s is a soft chocolate brown with a matte, cashmere finish that’s a perfect everyday fall color. Lipstick tree and orchid extracts soften, protect, and hydrate lips while 3D glowing pigments create the illusion of a fuller, wider pout. The long-lasting formula is infused with a blend of triglycerides, oils, and waxes that glide on smooth as silk and the square bullet tip provides precision application.
Rimmel London
Provocalips 16 HR Kissproof Lipstick in Play with Fire is a deep, brilliant red with neutral undertones that’s lightweight, goes on smooth, and is easy to remove. The two-step application provides a layer of color followed by a clear, glossy finish that locks in shine for up to 16 transfer-proof hours. The flexible formula also adapts to lips movement for comfortable wear while the slanted wand makes application quick and precise.
Givenchy
Le Rouge Sheer Velvet Matte Lipstick in L’Interdit is a bright true red with sheer coverage and a soft-focus matte finish. The lips are instantly enveloped in vibrant color with exceptional glide, 24 hours of hydration, and up to 12 hours of wear. Infused with 100% natural-origin mango butter and rich in vitamin E, this lipstick keeps lips soft and supple.
Honest Beauty
Liquid Lipstick in Love is the perfect berry shade for fall with its velvety matte finish. Avocado oil moisturizes and nourishes the lips while hyaluronic acid keeps them hydrated. The ultra-pigmented liquid wears comfortably and stays put for up to six hours. This formula is also vegan, clean, and cruelty-free to boot.
Laura Mercier
Lip Glace in Bare Pink is a baby pink shimmer in a lip balm/lipgloss hybrid formula. The dimensional color delivers a high-gloss shiny finish for instantly fuller-looking lips and 24 hours of hydration. Enriched with French rose extract and ultra-moisturizing primrose oil, it wears for eight hours without feathering or bleeding. The lightweight and non-sticky consistency gives this lip glace the comfort of a balm with the glassy shine of a gloss, making it a perfect everyday go-to product.
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Liquid Lipstick in Crush is a soft peach with beige undertones that’s flattering on a variety of skin tones. The lightweight, highly pigmented liquid dries to a matte finish that stays put all day. The flat, round-ended wand tip is double-sided to deliver just the right amount of product for a precise, full-coverage application. It is also cruelty-free and vegan.
NARS
Audacious Lipstick in Charlotte is a deep, rich oxblood burgundy that feels luxuriously creamy and hydrating on the lips, despite the soft-matte finish. The bold, saturated color glides on like satin and stays put without feathering or bleeding. Micro lipid spheres and portulaca extract plump, firm, and hydrate while tamanu oil nourishes, smooths, and softens. The white mushroom extract also brightens and evens the tone of lips. This is the ideal autumnal color to draw focus to the lips.
Fenty Beauty
Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer in Hot Chocolit is a universally-flattering shimmering rich brown that delivers a super-reflective shine and instantly gives lips a fuller appearance. Conditioning shea butter nourishes lips from within and keeps this formula from being too sticky. The pleasant peach-vanilla scent makes application a joy to the nose, and this formula is 100% cruelty-free.
Black Radiance
Perfect Tone Lipstick in Midnight Glow is a rich reddish-brown color that provides full coverage and complements a vast array of skin tones. The weightless, matte formula stays all day without smudging or transferring and leaves a holographic sparkle and shine. Vitamin E nourishes, softens, and moisturizes the lips, plus this lipstick is at a price point that’s sure to elicit a double take!
BareMinerals
Gen Nude Matte Liquid Lipcolor in Weekend is a honeyed pink-peach color with full coverage that applies like a silky cream and dries to a non-sticky, natural matte finish. Moisturizing ingredients combat dryness and prevent color bleeding while gliding on super smooth. As well as being cruelty-free, this liquid lip is also made without gluten, parabens, sulfates, or phthalates. Plus, it has a delicious, yet subtle, vanilla scent.
Kevyn Aucoin Beauty
Unforgettable Matte Lipstick in Bloodroses Noir is a deep rosewood brown-red that complements many skin tones. The cream formula effortlessly glides onto lips with an undetectable, lightweight feel and classic matte finish. Antioxidants vitamin C and E protect lips from environmental damage, and the thin, streamlined bullet design allows for precision control when applying.
Pat McGrath Labs
Luxetrance Lipstick in 35mm is a burgundy-pink color that saturates the lips while offering rich hydration and protection from free radicals thanks to its water lily extract. This lipstick creates a seamless film of pigment over the lips in one stroke with a smooth finish. It has excellent adherence with zero bleeding, and it’s paraben-free.
Clinique
Chubby Stick Intense Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in Chunkiest Chili is a slightly muted red-brown with a frosted finish. The coverage is a happy medium between sheer and opaque. Mango and shea butter keep lips hydrated, soft, and smooth, and the lightweight formula glides on evenly, doesn’t cling, and wears comfortably for up to six hours. The convenient pencil stick design means there’s no mirror required for accurate application.
Milani
Color Statement Lipstick in Dulce Carmello is a nude mauve creamy lipstick that leaves lips soft and smooth with a pop of color and satin finish. The long-lasting, vibrant color applies smoothly with no tugging or pulling. Fortified with vitamins A and C to nourish lips, this formula is smudge-proof and non-drying. It’s also cruelty-free.
MAC
Matte Lipstick in Ruby Woo is a timeless true red shade perfect for fall statement-making lips. This cult favorite features a rich, creamy formula with full coverage and intense color payoff in a no-shine matte finish. Long-wearing and non-feathering for 10 hours, this lipstick is a classic product in a classic color.
Kosas
Wet Lip Oil Plumping Treatment Gloss in Jellyfish is a glossy, sheer clear with a watercolor effect that looks great alone or layered as a topcoat. This gloss and treatment hybrid is enriched with peptides and hyaluronic acid to visibly plump and moisturize the lips. Infused with evening primrose oil to protect, avocado oil to hydrate, shea butter to soothe and soften, and konjac root to create a gel-like barrier between lips and the outside environment, this formula is clean, vegan, and cruelty-free.
Charlotte Tilbury
Hyaluronic Happikiss Colour Balm in Happiberry is a gorgeous deep berry shade and quintessential addition to every fall lip color collection. Makeup meets skincare in this lipstick gloss balm that’s formulated with hyaluronic acid and C-peptide for intense hydration and fuller-looking lips. It leaves lips looking plumper, smoother, firmer, and glossy. The medium coverage pigments also smooth on like butter with a high shine finish.
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Lip Gloss in Venus is a gold and pink shade with a reflective sparkle finish that can be worn alone or over lip color to add a multidimensional glassy shine. A perfect go-to for the upcoming holiday season, this full-pigment, lightweight formula is non-sticky and wears comfortably for hours with its yummy vanilla scent. It is also cruelty-free and vegan.
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