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Up Your Lip Game With These Liquid Lipsticks

by Jessica Willingham

Fall is here, and matte formulas are what your makeup routine needs, thanks to less humidity and crisp cool days. One of the most popular matte trends right now is liquid lipstick. If you haven't gotten in on the trend, here are the best liquid lipsticks for fall. Once you go liquid, you won't ever look back.

Liquid lipsticks apply like a gloss, but dry like a lipstick. They often come with a doe foot applicator, like a typical lip gloss, which is perfect for precise application. You don’t have to worry about smearing, because these formulations are highly pigmented and wont budge during brunch. Even those waffles don't stand a chance.

To ensure the best liquid lipstick applies evenly, paint it on your lips in one direction and apply one coat at a time. I like to line my lips with a natural-looking lip liner as a base. Because liquid lipstick is so long wearing, it can be a bit drying. Lips are dry enough during the winter, so you can minimize the dryness with a lip liner and up the moisture by topping your liquid lipstick with a gloss.

Fall shades are typically more vampy, darker, and richer than your summer pinks and nudes. If you don’t want to give those beloved shades up, bring those into fall by choosing warmer, browner nudes and pinks.

Convinced yet? I knew you'd be. Embrace the liquid lipstick life with me with these incredible shades for fall.

1. Ofra Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Miami Fever

Ofra Long Lasting Liquid Lipstick in Miami Fever, $20, Amazon

This is the child of Ofra and YouTube beauty blogger KathleenLights. It's a reddish brown that is a perfect, warm shade for fall.

2. Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick in Midnight

Anastasia Beverly Hills Liquid Lipstick in Midnight, $19, Amazon

Ready to go all in on this most mysterious season? Midnight is high fashion chic black, not scary.

3. Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Damned

Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Damned, $20, Amazon

Deep wine colors are my favorite for fall, and work beautifully on fairer skin tones.

4. Milani Amore Matte Lip Creme in Beloved

Milani Amore Matte Lip Creme in Beloved, $7, Amazon

These babies are selling like hot cakes out of local pharmacies, and for good reason. These liquid lipsticks are high quality with a drugstore price. This color is my personal favorite — a warm, dusty brown nude.

5. Gerard Cosmetics Hydra-Matte Liquid Lipstick in Serenity

Gerard Cosmetics Hydra-Matte Liquid Lipstick in Serenity, $19, A mazon

Another collaboration between Gerard Cosmetics and a YouTube sensation, Manny MUA made this pinky nude color.

6. NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream in Athens

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream, $9, Amazon

These liquid lipsticks are at an insane price for the quality. They come in a million colors, so choose your favorite! I always love a warm nude for the fall.

7. Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipcolor in Royal Raisin

Revlon ColorStay Ultimate Liquid Lipcolor, $19, Amazon

A great liquid lipstick with a little shine, perfect for a night out.

8. Rimmel London Show Off Lip Lacquer and Lip Velvet in Light Year

Rimmel London Show Off Lip Lacquer and Lip Velvet, $24, Amazon

A brown shade, this is a great, grungy color for the '90s obsessed.

9. Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro in Artdeco

Giorgio Armani Lip Maestro in Artdeco, $51, Amazon

A great formulation that stays, and the color is a deep raspberry.

Images: @milanicosmetics/Instagram; Courtesy of Brands