'Fashionista' Editors Share Their All-Time Favorite Lipsticks

Okay, happy National Lipstick Day may not exist for any significant non-marketing purposes (sorry, lipstick devotees of the Internet), but hey, we'll take any chance we get to publicly profess our love for the perfect red that never lets us down or the barely-there nude that completes our everyday look. Scroll down to read Fashionista editors' love letters to their go-to lipsticks.

Alyssa Vingan, Executive Editor

 

I rarely leave the house without some sort of balm, tint or stain on my lips — but I generally save the highly-pigmented red and hot-pink lipsticks for nights out or special occasions. For over two years, I’ve carried this formula in my bag at (almost) all times: it’s almost as moisturizing as a balm, but it leaves a very sheer, natural mauve tint that helps my everyday beauty look seem a bit more polished and put together. I have gone through multiple tubes… and once screamed at a giant security guard at a concert for confiscating it because he thought I was using it to smuggle in drugs. (I was not.)

Dhani Mau, Editorial Director

 

I'm not really a lipstick person, and unless it's a really fancy occasion, won't put anything on my lips that I can't apply super quickly and without a mirror. I also hate shiny/sparkly things so lip gloss is out of the question. Basically, Glossier's Generation G — which provides a natural-looking, matte wash of color — is the lipstick of my dreams. And as soon as I found out that my style/life icon Sofia Coppola was a fan of Crush, I knew exactly what shade to get. It's now the only thing I'll put on my lips besides balm.

Tyler McCall, Deputy Editor

 

For a while, I was loyal to my bright-red lipstick, which is still a no-fail, go-to in any situation where I need to look instantly polished. But last winter, at the Burberry Beauty counter at Saks, I found a new love: This deep, oxblood matte lipstick. It's not so dark as to make me look #goth, and I never get more compliments than when I wear this shade. And the matte isn't drying at all. Is it possible to be in love with a lipstick?