Should Lipstick Match Nail Polish?

In all my years as a beauty enthusiast and beauty blogger, I have received various questions from my readers on different beauty issues. And I’ve always answered their beauty related questions to the best of my ability. Most questions I get asked are about beauty trends and the importance.

Today, I have another question sent in by one of my readers. She asked me a simple question – should lipstick match polish?

I get it, matching your lipstick to your nail polish was a trend in the 1950s and well into the 90s. Then it made a comeback around 2013. I thought we had seen the end of the matchy-matchy beauty trend, but have we?

But one thing with fashion is that old trends always make it back into the industry.

Perhaps, you should consider setting aside any outfit that seems to have gone out of fashion because it might come back sooner than you expected. Beauty trends come and go based on celebrity style and designer followers.

Alright, coming back to my point of digression, should lipstick match nail polish? I’ll give you the basics with some tips from the pro’s and allow you decide on whether you should be forced to match lipstick and nail polish.

Matching your lipstick with your nail polish

This will give you that polished, ladylike, bold and chic look. It makes you appear as if you’ve made a lot of effort to appear stunning when in the actual sense you didn’t spend more than few minutes. To make things easier for you, makeup companies thought it would be wise to produce lipsticks with matching nail polish so you don’t have to deal with all the guesswork. Coordinating your nail polish to the color of your lipstick is perfect for an evening look.

Some makeup gurus will agree that lipstick should match your nails, but not all. It was a major trend several years ago for everything to match, but today, not so much. If you are a matchy-matchy person, then perhaps you’ll appreciate matching yours.

Not matching your lipstick to your nail polish

If you’re looking for that extra color pop that will separate you from the crowd, you’ll achieve it wearing colors that contradict instead. When you’re in your teens and early 20s, you can decide to be slightly mischievous or rebellious with your makeup and still be forgiven. Such contrasting makeup goes well with jeans and any other outfit you’d wear to a casual outing.

It’s 2019 not 1990 when we had to follow a set of fashion and style rules. Beauty trends come and go, but your style can be anything YOU like.

Now that you know the basics, I believe you can answer the question – should lipstick match nail polish. If you’re still not sure, let’s see what the beauty and style pro’s have to say.

Both styles look great and it’s always good to swap your beauty looks around, so just alternate between the two!

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Pairing unexpected colors together has become de rigueur on the catwalk.

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Nevertheless, whether you choose to match your lipstick with your nail polish or not, make sure you go with a color that complements your skin tone. If it bothers you, opt for a nude nail polish that matches everything.

And as always, if what you see in the mirror feels right, it doesn’t matter what the rules say. After all, the best way to create your own fashion sense is by trying out different things.

After all of that, I do not match my lipstick to anything but my outfit that day! I personally believe your lipstick needs to match your outfit, not your nails. So, I’d say, go for whatever you are comfortable with and remember that there are not true rules in how one sees beauty.

Let’s chat! Do you match your nails and lips?