Black Lipstick Is Winter's Hottest Lipstick Trend, According to Pinter

If you look into your beauty bag right now, you probably have lipsticks in endless shades of red, pink, and nude. Heck, you probably have a couple oranges and purple hues in there, because, it's almost 2017 and no lipstick shade is off limits these days. Including, as you're about to find out, black.

We recently asked the experts at Pinterest to share some of their most popular winter beauty trends and one in particular stood out: Black lipstick. Searches for this moody, unexpected shade are up 33 percent—and we can’t say we’re all that surprised.

We first saw black lipstick surface on the fashion and beauty scene at Giles' fall 2015 show in London, where makeup artist Lucia Pieroni mixed M.A.C. Lipmix in Black and Burgundy to get a look that was subversive without being full-on goth. And since then, the ultra-dark lip has appeared at loads of runway shows, many of them quite unexpected, like Emanuel Ungaro and Christian Dior (which may have been one of the most surprising moves of Fall Fashion Week 2016). If there’s one thing the makeup artists behind these looks seem to agree on, it’s that layering gloss over a black lip makes it more luxurious.

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Meanwhile, Pieroni says the key to pulling off a black lip is to town down the rest of your makeup: "If you're light-handed with your base, then the juxtaposition of the skin and the black lips is quite beautiful. And with the skin looking so fresh, it almost has the effect of no-makeup makeup with a twist."

But this isn’t just a runway trend. Celebrities like Rihanna and Gigi Hadid wear the dark and moody hue so well, it's no wonder Pinterest has exploded with step-by-steps on how to get the look.

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And contrary to popular belief, black lipstick is surprisingly versatile. Rihanna has proved the onyx hue works with jeans and an evening gown; and you can either match it to your outfit—proving that old fashion adage true that you can never wear too much black (see image of Rihanna above)—or, you can wear it with whatever you want, because, guess what? Black goes with everything.

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For those of you itching to try this trend at home, winter is the perfect time to match your dark makeup to the gloomy weather outside. Tartesit Creamy Matte Lip Paint in Naughty is one of the most re-Pinned black lipsticks—and we love the formula for its ability to stay on all day without smudging. Layer a shiny gloss on top and you don't have to worry about looking like a moody teenager from the nineties or early aughts. Or, you could cut the black lipstick with a red or purple shade, if you're still having reservations about fully going over to the dark side.

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