10 Iconic Red Lipsticks You Should Rock For Chinese New Year

In Chinese culture, red is an auspicious colour, representing everything from wealth, prosperity, happiness and abundance. However, if wearing this bold hue head-to-toe is not your thing, here's how you can make your ensemble more festive with a swipe of a lipstick.

By Joyce Cheo

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Rouge Allure in Pirate, $49, Chanel

This neutral red flatters any skin tone, whether you have cool or warm undertones.

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Rouge d'Armani Lipstick in 400, Giorgio Armani

This crimson beauty has a slight warm undertone and an elegant satiny finish.

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Lipstick in Russian Red, $33, M.A.C

This bluish-red is one of the most popular red lipsticks by M.A.C. It has a velvety-matte finish and stays on for hours on end.

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Artist Rouge Mat in M401, $35, Make Up For Ever

This highly pigmented bullet gives intense colour payoff with just one swipe and has a soft matte effect.

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Audacious Lipstick in Rita, $44, NARS

Its ultra-creamy texture glides over lips for a velvety finish. It has slight warm undertones to add warmth to pale skin tones.

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Rouge Dior in 999 Matte, $49, Dior

The iconic Dior red got a matte update last Fall, and it's been a mainstay in our vanity ever since. Creamy to apply, comfortable to wear yet sets in a super chic matte finish, this is minimal maintenance with maximum impact.

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Studded Kiss Lipstick in Hellbent, $32, Kat Von D

This medium-dark red with blue undertones gives dull skin an overall brightening effect. Its matte formula also clings onto lips for all-day wear.

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Lip Color in Ruby Rush, $80, Tom Ford Beauty

This slightly-muted tomato red lipstick feels weightless on lips and provides even and full coverage. Added botanical butters also mean your lips remained soft and smooth.

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Vice Lipstick in Doubt, $29, Urban Decay

This medium-deep red has slight cool undertones and has a velvety-matte that lasts all day long while remaining comfortable on lips.

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Rouge Pur Couture Lipstick in 1 Le Rouge, $51, YSL Beauty

This neutral red flatters all skin tone and wears beautifully throughout the day without fading or feathering.

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