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dark like me
March 8, 2016

21 Pictures to Inspire Your Darkest Lipstick Fantasies

By Kathleen Hou

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If you’ve always wanted to go dark, at least in terms of lip color, then this Fashion Month is for you. Across all four cities, labels such as Marc Jacobs, Dior, Marni, and Vivienne Westwood took a darker lip turn. Some lips were plum, others a black-tinged red; at Rihanna’s Fenty, they were pitch black. But across the board, the colors were deep and so saturated in color that they made showgoers do a double take.

Makeup artists have been so intent on getting the richest, darkest lips possible that they even used eyeliner to get the look, as seen at Dior (by Peter Philips), Fenty (by Pat McGrath), and Westwood, where Val Garland for M.A.C Cosmetics used the gel eyeliner M.A.C Fluidline in Blacktrack. Speaking backstage at the show, Garland agreed that there have been quite a lot of dark lip looks this season. She called the trend “shout-to-be-heard makeup!” adding, “you want to be seen” — a contrast to the minimal makeup looks of seasons past.

Click through the slideshow to see some of the best lip colors for being seen, heard, and remembered.

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Creatures of the Wind Fall 2016  Photo: Helga Traxler
Rodarte 2016  Photo: Helga Traxler // Fashion-Photographer // NYC/www.photosalonhelga.com
Photo: Helga Traxler // Fashion-Photographer // NYC/www.photosalonhelga.com
Dior Fall 2016  Photo: Lauren Fleishman
Dior Fall 2016  Photo: Lauren Fleishman
Vivienne Westwood Fall 2016  Photo: Victor Virgile/Getty Images
Vivienne Westwood Fall 2016  Photo: Antonello Trio/IMAXtree
Nicholas K Fall 2016  Photo: Zeno/IMAXtree
Nicholas K Fall 2016  Photo: Matteo Scarpellini/IMAXtree
Max Mara Fall 2016  Photo: Antonello Trio/IMAXtree
Max Mara Fall 2016  Photo: Antonello Trio/IMAXtree
Marni Fall 2016  Photo: Victor Virgile/Getty Images
Margiela Fall 2016  Photo: Victor Virgile/Getty Images
Marc Jacobs Fall 2016  Photo: Victor Virgile/Getty Images
Marc Jacobs Fall 2016  Photo: Victor Virgile/Getty Images
Fenty Fall 2016  Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Bottega Veneta Fall 2016  Photo: Antonello Trio/IMAXtree
Bottega Veneta Fall 2016  Photo: Antonello Trio/IMAXtree
Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2016  Photo: Zeno/IMAXtree
Bottega Veneta Fall 2016  Photo: Antonello Trio/IMAXtree
Photo: Zeno/IMAXtree
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