No7's new luxury makeup range stars beauty writer-approved red lipstick perfect for Christmas

Everyone needs astatine slightest 1 reddish lipstick successful their quality arsenal. It's an indispensable portion of kit that'll instantly instrumentality an different monochromatic oregon dull look from drab to fab. However, uncovering the close shadiness for your manner and tegument code tin often beryllium a situation with truthful galore options connected the market, which is wherever we similar to travel successful and assistance by investigating retired these products arsenic a squad to assistance you find the close shadiness for you.

From Charlotte Tilbury to MAC, arsenic quality writers, we cognize a happening oregon 2 astir a reddish lip, and astir recently, the lippie that has america each beauteous obsessed is No7's caller ProArtist Red Carpet Ready Matte Muse Lipstick, which launched conscionable past week and costs £14.95 - the cheaper extremity of galore unthinkable lipsticks we, arsenic a collective, love.

But its much affordable terms tag by nary means indicates its prime - a testament to the full range, which has "been designed to present astonishing results, with luxury-rivalling products and beautiful, easy-to-achieve looks, that means everyone tin consciousness excited astir makeup."

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Speaking astir this caller collection, No7 UK Makeup Artist Ambassador Nicola Chapman said: "Social media would person you judge that everyone knows what they're doing erstwhile it comes to makeup, and you request a cupboard afloat of products and an precocious accomplishment acceptable to look your best.

"The world is that astir of america privation a fewer superb products that are speedy and casual to usage successful our engaged lives and present stunning results. The caller No7 Pro Artist postulation offers precisely that. You don't request tons of clip to execute a beauteous look with these products - the high-quality formulas are fool-proof and tin beryllium utilized astatine location oregon on-the-go."

And with a immense bulk of our quality experts being reddish lipstick girlies through and through, they had to enactment the caller Red Carpet Ready to the trial to spot if the claims are true. Find retired below...

Lauren says it whitethorn beryllium her 'next go-to'

I'm a bold reddish articulator gal done and done - successful fact, immoderate mightiness accidental it's my signature shadiness (inspiration: Gwen Stefani). As a fair-skinned girlie, though, the incorrect shadiness tin permission maine looking washed retired and pastier than ever.

My failsafe is MAC Ruby Woo, the matte lipstick owned by astir millennial quality fans. I emotion the vibrant colour, but it dries my lips out, and I thin to person an unsightly, flaky rima by the extremity of the night. Not the one.

However, No7's caller Red Carpet Ready mightiness beryllium my caller go-to. This creamy look glides connected my lips easily, leaving them feeling hydrated and full, and I lone request 2 speedy swipes to get my preferred tone. The pigment besides impressed, lasting for hours, with lone a minimal top-up needed during an day and evening retired with pals.

The magnetic lid is different small treat. It prevents it from accidentally opening, protecting my belongings from harm and lippie stains (yes, this has happened before, and yes, it is upsetting). All successful all, it's a thumbs up from me.

Bethan says it's 'the cleanable Christmas enactment play shade'

I antecedently worked arsenic a wellness and quality advisor astatine Boots, truthful No7 holds a alternatively peculiar spot successful my bosom and I ever find myself gravitating backmost towards their products erstwhile it comes to replenishing my constitution bag. Over the years they’ve earned themselves a estimation for their affordable but effectual products, becoming a trusted and much-loved sanction among shoppers.

When their Future Renew skincare scope launched successful 2023, it was instantly a bestseller, and I deliberation their caller ProArtist range is acceptable to beryllium conscionable arsenic popular. This caller postulation feels truly premium, but inactive feels truly reasonably priced, with their lipsticks coming successful nether £15, making them cheaper than immoderate of my go-to brands similar Charlotte Tilbury.

Trying retired their bold Red Carpet Ready Matte Muse Lipstick, I archetypal lined my lips with the £12.95 No7 Pro Artist Precision Edit Lip Liner. The liner has an incredibly precise ultra-fine tip, allowing you to get a razor-sharp enactment to debar pesky lipstick bleed. It boasts a creamy, matte look that’s ace brushed and glides onto the lips with aggravated pigment, truthful you lone request a airy hand.

Then, I went successful with the lippy, which has a truly velvety texture and is conscionable arsenic pigmented arsenic the liner. I’m not usually a instrumentality of matte lipsticks arsenic I find them drying, but the decorativeness isn’t excessively dramatic, sitting comfortably connected the lips without being sticky acknowledgment to ingredients designed to assistance ‘hydrate and nourish your lips’.

As for the shade, it’s a reddish with a flimsy bluish undertone, which is much universally flattering than a warmer red. It feels similar the perfect shadiness for Christmas enactment season, perfect for pairing with a small achromatic formal oregon a festive knit.

Eve says the No7 reddish is simply a 'contender with Charlotte Tilbury' shade

Red lipstick - and a agleam 1 astatine that - has ever been a staple successful my handbag, make-up container and immoderate different container I'm carrying, conscionable successful lawsuit I request an on-the-go boost. It's indispensable for maine and volition ever beryllium my prime implicit a pinkish oregon nude. As a effect - having tried and tested many, galore implicit the years - I've go beauteous good versed successful what makes a bully and bold reddish lip. Following the devastating discontinuation of my beloved KIKO Lip Me Lots (sob), I turned to Charlotte Tilbury's moisturising and almighty Hollywood Vixen. But trying retired No7's caller cool-toned Red Carpet Ready Matte Muse Lipstick, I deliberation it has a beardown contender.

The No7 Pro Artist Precision Edit Lip Liner, astatine £12.95, that matches is unbelievably brushed and casual to gully connected acknowledgment to its good tip, lining my lips beautifully (cancelling retired immoderate imaginable feathering). It doesn't acceptable instantly either truthful you person clip for touch-ups if request be.

The lipstick didn't glide connected rather arsenic easy arsenic my Hollywood Vixen connected the archetypal effort (personally) but that whitethorn beryllium due to the fact that it was caller retired of the packet and needed warming up arsenic aft brushing connected the archetypal fewer strokes, it got into the bushed and went connected similar a dream.

Its matte decorativeness is creamy, aggravated and (I'm not a shiny decorativeness instrumentality anyway) hydrating. Some matte lipsticks tin permission your lips flaky and looking precise unkissable, but this look is nourishing and isn't astatine each sticky (and lone has a teeny spot of transportation onto glasses).

The chill undertone successful the lipstick shadiness is beauteous excessively and instantly brightens your complexion and compliments immoderate oculus colour you have. I tin spot myself wearing this passim the festive play arsenic a Christmas enactment outfit is not implicit with a popular of reddish now, is it?

I besides loved however the broadside of the lipstick has No7 etched into it - precise chic.

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Rachel tried retired the reddish and it 'brightened her complexion'

I've been connected a ngo to find my cleanable reddish lipstick this autumn. Previous attempts person near maine feeling similar Pennywise, with orange-toned reds conscionable looking wrong. Following a caller sojourn to my section Boots store, I was advised to clasp retired for the Pro Artist range, which would see a reddish that would look "flattering connected astir tegument tones". Being the impatient idiosyncratic I am, I besides went successful hunt of an alternate earlier the No 7 motorboat and came crossed Maybelline's Superstay Matte Ink successful Pioneer, which I discovered was the connection reddish of prime for Emirates compartment unit similar danidboyy1 connected TikTok. While it looks fabulous connected Dani, the hue was a small excessively acheronian connected maine and wholly washed maine out. Back to the drafting board.

Enter No7's Pro Artist Matte Muse Lipstick successful Red Carpet Ready. As good arsenic coming successful a chic magnetic casing and being beautifully embossed, Red Carpet Ready carries a subtle bluish undertone that seemed to brighten my complexion and boost my confidence. It did, similar astir lipsticks, slice aft eating and drinking passim the time and required a speedy top-up, but I loved however moisturising it felt for a matte lipstick. Having shied distant from a reddish articulator for astir of my big life, I tin honestly accidental I've recovered "the one", and can't hold for the adjacent nighttime retired to amusement it off.