The Best Fall Lipstick Colors

As the temperatures drop and cooler weather trickles in, our daily routines adjust. Whether its spring cleaning after a brisk winter, switching from iced coffees to pumpkin lattes, pulling out those chunky sweaters, or simply rebooting your lipstick collection with dark and moody colors, the fall season calls for a bevy of welcome tweaks.

Summer lip trends brought us lip stains and high shine glosses paired with alluring nude shades to match the trending clean girl aesthetic. Naturally, fall calls for warm, bold, pigmented shades that match the cozy vibes of the season.

While make up trends change each year, the color wheel that defines the season is consistent.

From lipsticks and glosses to lip stains and mattes, here are eight rich shades to add to your repertoire…

Best Neutral, Non-Sticky Gloss For All Skin Tones

Tower28 Beauty ShineOn Milky Lip Jelly in Cashew

This tinted gloss pulls together a look with a soft dose of neutral color and a beautiful shine that transitions seamlessly from summer to fall.

Tower28’s Lip Jelly is vegan, cruelty-free, gluten-free and certified clean at Sephora. Key ingredients include apricot kernel, raspberry seed and rosehip oils to help moisturize and protect your pucker.

Best Pumpkin Spice Shade

Elf Cosmetics Ride or Die Lip Balm in P.S.L.

Take inspiration from pumpkin spice latte season with the similarly named lip balm from Elf Cosmetics.

The sheer orange coloring is reminiscent of the colorful, changing leaves of the season. Available in 7 shades, the jojoba-infused formula is hydrating, cruelty-free and vegan.

Best Moisturizing Formula

NYX Cosmetics Soft Matte Metallic Lip Cream

This long-lasting lip cream features a buttery-soft formula that offers extra moisture to protect lips from the usual aches and pains of dry, chapped lips.

Channel Vampira ahead of the festive season or add a pop of moody color to your everyday wardrobe with the deep burgundy tones of the Budapest shade.

Best Deep Red

PAT McGRATH Labs MatteTrance™ Lipstick in Vendetta

If Marilyn Monroe and Ana de Armas’ new film adaption, Blonde, taught us anything, it’s that a red lip never goes out of style.

McGrath’s deep red lipstick features warm undertones synonymous with fall’s natural color palette.

Best for Women of Color

Rare Beauty by Selena Gomez Kind Words Matte Lipstick in Strong

If you’re like me, a rich brown lip color stays at the top of your makeup bag. This versatile color functions as a beautiful nude for women of color.

The soft-matte formula offers a long lasting and flexible finish that won’t bleed throughout the day.

Best Buildable Color

Glossier’s Generation G in Jam

Glossier Generation G sheer matte lipstick is true to the brand’s reputation for the no make up-make up aesthetic. The vegan and cruelty-free formula deposits a subtle amount of color on the lips for a clean, natural look.

A few extra swipes of the buildable liquid creates a more bold, vibrant color.

Best Burgundy

Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick in Ladies Night

The name speaks for itself - Huda Beauty’s Ladies Night is a “badass, bold burgundy” according to Sephora. Huda Beauty Power Bullet Matte Lipstick

Reviewers rave over the long-lasting power, pigmented color and hydration.

Best Long-Lasting Formula

NARS Powermatte Lipstick in Dragon Girl

If you’re looking for staying power, look no further. Nars’ Powermatte Lip Pigment is designed to be a one-swipe application with liquified pigments infused for extra color.

Settle on this brick red shade for an easy day to night lip color with little to no reapplication.