Best Lipstick For Dark Skin

Sephora customers often prefer the following products when searching for Best Lipstick For Dark Skin.

The right lipstick can make all the difference in your look. Whether you're looking for a bold pop of color or something more neutral, there are plenty of options to choose from to complement dark skintones. Here are our favorites.

Freck BeautyMAKEOUT CLUB Soft Blur Lipstick

Size: 0.03 oz / 1 g·ITEM: 2590172

Color: Baddie - a dark brown

302 Reviews

$32.50

This is such a beautiful nude brown for dark skin women. This is definitely my new go to on days where I want the no makeup-makeup look. ...That being said this is perfect for my dark skin glirlies cause it will complement them the best.

What it is: A soft-blur lipstick delivering depth and color with a buildable matte finish.

NARSPowermatte Long-Lasting Lipstick

Size: .05 oz / 1.5 g·ITEM: 2599058

Color: Tease Me - 111 - rose pink

341 Reviews

$46.00

Perfect nude for dusky skin and dark lips...This is the perfect nude for my dusky skin. I have been looking for a nude lipstick that stays long, is 'my lips but better' and has enough pigment to cover my dark lips. ...I have fairly dark skin and I received this lipstick to sample.

What it is: A transfer-resistant, matte lipstick that glides on, delivering bold color with all-day comfort for up to ten hours.

Formulation Type: 
Lipstick


Benefits: Long-wearing


Highlighted Ingredients: 
- Power Pigment Complex: Color-locking ingredients that saturate lips with bold, comfortable color.


Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, and triclosan. It is also vegan.

SEPHORA COLLECTIONSatin Hydrating Lipstick

Size: 0.12 oz / 3.5 g·ITEM: 2564631

Color: 19 Megawatt - rusty orange

292 Reviews

$21.00

This satin lipstick has honestly been a game changer. i wasnt always a fan of bright pink lipstick but as a black woman, the color is stunning on my dark skin. the finish is smooth and actually moisturizing. the color pay off is out of this world 10/10!!...This shade was the perfect on-camera red that looked good against a dark background but also wasn't too harsh. It was also easy to take off, which is also hard sometimes with a red lipstick.

What it is: A flexible satin lipstick that delivers vibrant, long-lasting color and eight hours of hydration with just one swipe.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick

Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing

Ingredient Callouts: This product is vegan.

What Else You Need to Know: This lipstick has vibrant, long-lasting color and a smooth satin finish. The formula moves with your lips and does not crack, bleed, or fade over time. It contains ceramides that hydrate lips for up to eight hours while the color stays fresh and comfortable all day long. This lipstick is also made without ingredients from animal origin.

MAKEUP BY MARIOUltra Suede® Lipstick

ITEM: 2502276

Color: Brielle - midtone mauvy pink

211 Reviews

$38.00

Beautiful and pops on medium dark skin, no liner….will definitely buy again...Perfect nude for dark skin...amazeballs on darker skin, add a lil dark lip liner and it’s the perfect nude shade

What it is: A next-gen weightless matte lipstick that’s super comfortable with a soft, suede-like feel and a soft-focus finish.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick

Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing

Ingredient Callouts: These products are cruelty-free.

What Else You Need to Know: The ultra-comfortable, non-drying formula features duo seed oil, which moisturizes and softens lips for a super-sensorial, addictive glide. Blur-filter technology in the form of smoothing gels offers smooth-matte, soft-focus coverage in a single stroke. Twenty gorgeous shades serve all skin tones.

MAC CosmeticsRetro Matte Liquid Lipcolour

Size: 0.17 oz/ 5 mL·ITEM: 2091965

Color: Burnt Spice - creamy dirty rose

55 Reviews

$36.00

Colour looks beautiful on my dark skin...Holy Grail Lipstick!...For some context, my lips have always been dry and non-matte lipsticks have never helped either. So many people ask me what I am wearing and it is the perfect grey/rose nude for my medium-dark south asian skin!

What it is: A liquid lipstick that provides a rush of pigment-soaked color in a velvety, matte finish.

What Else You Need to Know: For those who prefer timeless glamour to all-out flash, matte reigns supreme. M∙A∙C puts its twist on this classic texture with long-wearing, robustly saturated shades of Retro Matte Liquid Lip Colour.

Fashion FairIconic Lipstick

Size: 0.12 oz/ 3.4 g·ITEM: 2476562

Color: Sepia - bronze with tonal shimmer

87 Reviews

$39.50

Great for dark skin babes!...I'm enjoying FF lipsticks.. this is my 2nd, and I'm about to purchase a 3rd :)

What it is: A lipstick with richly pigmented hues—from vibrant nudes to fierce reds and berries—that pop on darker skin tones, enveloping lips in decadent, head-turning color.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick

Benefits: Hydrating

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Sunflower Seed Oil: Helps to replenish, strengthen, and soothe dry lips.
- Rosemary Leaf Extract: Nourishing antioxidant that is known for to soothe irritation.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan and cruelty-Free

NUDESTIXNude Plumping Lip Glace

Size: 0.34 oz/ 10 mL·ITEM: 2228773

Color: Nude 02 - fair nude - glossy finish

79 Reviews

$38.00

I wear this on top of my liquid lipstick, and it's a perfect combination with my ABH Crush liquid lipstick. ...I love it - I purchased 02 & 04 because I wasn’t sure which one I would like more. 02 definitely has more of a pinky tone (as described) and I would say suits best fair skin tones with light features. I decided to keep the 04 for myself (I am fair skinned but have dark features), as the Rose looks better.

What it is: A nude tinted lip gloss infused with volumizing peptides. Silky lip-conditioning ingredients provide shine, hydration and volume


Highlighted Ingredients:

- Vitamins E: A multitasking balm with super hydrating lip protection

- Shea, Avocado and Murumuru Seed butters: Balm base to naturally hydrate and condition lips.

- Palmitoyl Tripeptide-38 & Palmitoyl Tripeptide-1 Complex: Collagen and hyaluronic acid stimulating peptides


Ingredient Callouts: Free of sulfates SLS and SLES, parabens, and phthalates. This product is also vegan, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

SEPHORA COLLECTIONAbout That Shine Sheer Shine Lipstick

Size: 0.10 oz.·ITEM: 2730091

Color: 14 Dark Aura

400 Reviews

$21.00

Love this lipstick!!...Not dry at all, which is what I look for in a lipstick. The color Dark Aura is so so pretty & perfect for this season....Not too dark and was perfect with my skin tone. The lipstick comes in a cute white tube.

What it is: 

A lightweight lipstick with eye-catching prismatic shine that provides lips with a sheer flush of color and a 12-hour moisturizing, balm-like texture.


Formulation Type: Lipstick 


What Else You Need to Know: This lipstick contains pigments with unrivaled power to reflect light, for maximum prismatic shine.Their special structure reflects the light more intensely than traditional pearls while the sheer coverage balm formula coats the lips with a long-lasting feeling of hydration. Available in a wide range of shades that compliment all skin tones with a sheer flush of eye-catching color.

MAKE UP FOR EVERRouge Artist For Ever Satin & Matte Lipstick

Size: 0.08 oz / 2.4 g·ITEM: 2797629

Color: 612 Dimensional Dark Brown - Deep Neutral Brown

250 Reviews

$38.00

I have the shade anywhere caffeine and it’s a perfect neutral nude for deep dark skin! i’m so shook by how creamy and long lasting the formula is, even hours after application and eating and drinking at a coffee shop i didn’t need to reapply just touched up the liner a bit! ...Rouge Artist For Ever Satin & Matte Lipstick is a creamy, highly pigmented and single swipe matte lipstick.

What it is: A creamy, highly pigmented lipstick with a soft, weightless feel for up to 16 hours of comfortable wear.

Formulation Type:
Lipstick

Benefits: Hydrating, Long-wearing

Highlighted Ingredients:
- Passion Fruit Seed Oil: For enhanced comfort and hydration.

Ingredient Callouts: Free of parabens, formaldehydes, formaldehyde-releasing agents, phthalates, mineral oil, retinyl palmitate, oxybenzone, coal tar, hydroquinone, sulfates SLS & SLES, triclocarban, triclosan, and contains less than one percent synthetic fragrance. It is also vegan, gluten-free, cruelty-free, and comes in recyclable packaging.

What Else You Need to Know: The velvety formula of this lipstick provides full-coverage co

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