Welcome to our delightful collection of lipstick quotes! Lipstick, an emblem of femininity and confidence, has long been celebrated for its ability to empower, inspire, and transform. From classic reds to bold purples, the shades we choose reflect our moods, personalities, and the stories we carry with us.
Throughout history, lipstick has been more than just a cosmetic product; it’s a symbol of self-expression and resilience. Icons like Marilyn Monroe famously said, Give a woman the right lipstick and she can conquer the world, encapsulating the notion that a swipe of color can embolden and embolden. Whether you’re getting ready for a special occasion, boosting your mood on a mundane day, or making a statement with your look, lipstick holds a unique power to uplift and inspire. Below, you’ll find a curated selection of quotes celebrating the allure, mystique, and transformative power of lipstick. Feel free to explore, and perhaps you’ll discover a quote that resonates deeply with you, ready to be shared, adorned with stylish fonts, or placed upon an image to amplify its impact.
Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it’s worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can take any of your old makeup containers into its shops, and the sweetest deal is that, once you’ve racked up six containers, you get a free lipstick or lip gloss. Beth Ditto
Even as a child, I knew what I didn’t want. I didn’t want to wear red lipstick. Patti Smith
Femininity is not just lipstick, stylish hairdos, and trendy clothes. It is the divine adornment of humanity. It finds expression in your qualities of your capacity to love, your spirituality, delicacy, radiance, sensitivity, creativity, charm, graciousness, gentleness, dignity, and quiet strength. James E. Faust
Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place. Pat Benatar
When I first got into making makeup, I didn’t necessarily want to start a company. I just wanted to make a lipstick that looked like lips, only better. Bobbi Brown
Evening bags should be just big enough for my phone, lipstick, house key, and credit card. Laura Wasser
I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did. Ewan McGregor
I have problems because I’m very expressive, and usually red lipstick gets on my teeth and face. Jessica Chastain
I would borrow my mom’s red Borghese lipstick and smear it on like a clown! Brooke Burns
I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea. Christina Hendricks
I use M.A.C. Brow Gel to bring out my eyebrows, then I curl my eyelashes every morning and apply M.A.C. Sheen Supreme Lipstick in Venomous Violet with my fingers – I use it as a lip balm multiple times throughout the day because I hate having bare lips. Jeanne Damas
Even though I travel considerably, I hardly get to see a thing when I am out on tour. It’s always the same routine: I get into some town. They lead me to the hotel. I eat. I put on lipstick. Then I go to the club, talk real dirty, sing a few songs and go home. Not a bad way to make a living. Divine
Red lipstick is my armour – I feel it distracts from my hereditary dark circles and gives me an instant psychological lift, no matter what my mood is. Liz Goldwyn
I always carry lip balm and lipstick. Lipstick is a very important beauty product because I find that lips are the most beautiful feature of anyone’s face. Fan Bingbing
I think there’s this idea that lipstick is something quite old or something you’d only wear at night. Emma Watson
Dark lipstick on me is both a risk and a disaster. Alexa Chung
I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and… I believe in miracles. Audrey Hepburn
Red certainly is the family color. From my mother and my grandmother, I’ve learned a lot of little tricks – the significance of color and lipstick being one of them. I started skating when I was eight years old, and my mom did my makeup for me back then. Gracie Gold
I sing a lot, so if I have lipstick, it gets all over the microphone, so I rarely wear lipstick. Sabrina Carpenter
Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God’s final word on where your lips end. Jerry Seinfeld
I’m super weird about my lips. I actually don’t let makeup artists do my lipstick. I know my own lip line. I feel, even, they go too much over my lip line or too much under my lip line, and I don’t want my lips to look strange on camera. I’m very particular about my lips. Madelaine Petsch
But for real, for me, I feel like with the red lipstick thing it all depends on the pair of complexion. I’m just being for real. You have to be fair skinned to get away with that. ASAP Rocky
Lipstick is always in, whether it’s matte, creamy, glossy, and so on. Zoe Foster Blake
Early in my career, I was involved with engineer-led projects, where designers came in late in the game and were expected to put lipstick on an existing code base. This almost never works. Ryan Holmes
I’m a big lipstick girl – I’m old school that way. Zoe Lister-Jones
We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brother’s winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips. Ann Hood
All I need is my Chanel dress, my Louboutins, and some red lipstick. Blake Lively
I live by a man’s code, designed to fit a man’s world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman’s first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick. Carole Lombard
Katy Perry is the sexiest woman I’ve ever kissed. It was amazing and very purple – she had purple lipstick on. I don’t think there will ever be anything cooler than kissing her… until I marry her maybe! Niall Horan
If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won’t feel like kissing her. Monica Bellucci
I’m always worried that lipstick is on my teeth or caked in the corners of my mouth. Chyler Leigh
Femininity in general is seen as frivolous. People often say feminine people are doing ‘the most,’ meaning that to don a dress, heels, lipstick and big hair is artifice, fake, and a distraction. But I knew even as a teenager that my femininity was more than just adornments: they were extensions of me, enabling me to express myself and my identity. Janet Mock
Every season has its lipstick trend, and just because your perfect color is a pinky beige, that doesn’t mean you can’t wear deep burgundy. Bobbi Brown
In our factory, we make lipstick. In our advertising, we sell hope. Peter Nivio Zarlenga
The only way I’d be caught without makeup is if my radio fell in the bathtub while I was taking a bath and electrocuted me and I was in between makeup at home. I hope my husband would slap a little lipstick on me before he took me to the morgue. Dolly Parton
I can’t live without mascara and lipstick – every day. Gracie Gold
The game in beauty is changing so much, if your product isn’t high tech or can’t make a unique performance claim – plump your lips, reduce your lines, look glossy, and stay on for 24 hours – you can’t go to market today. I’m not just talking about a $20 lipstick, but a $5 lipstick! Andrea Jung
I put on lip balm first thing in the morning and always use it before I swipe on my red lipstick. Heather Morris
I’ve had three Eurovision winners: two with Johnny Logan and one with Linda Martin and even Jedward did great, because ‘Lipstick’ was a great song and they had a great show. It was a great visual. Louis Walsh
Purple lipstick? Naw, that looks stupid on all girls! ASAP Rocky
For me, true beauty has nothing to do with wrinkles and everything to do with the fact that my maternal grandmother raised five children just after the war and remained a fighter throughout her life. True beauty is the slick of red lipstick my paternal grandmother would put on before going to church on Sunday. Monica Bellucci
I was deeply in love with David Soul from ‘Starsky & Hutch’ when I was 11 or 12. I used to borrow my mum’s peach nighty and put some lipstick on and say I was going on a date with him. I made this little purse and would carry a picture of him in it and say he was my boyfriend. Kate Garraway
I love lips, so I wanted to make the most lightweight liquid-to-matte lipstick on the market! Jeffree Star
Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian would have left little more than lipstick stains in their passing had it not been for the sex videos that lofted them into reality-TV notoriety. Once notoriety has warmed into familiarity, celebrity itself becomes one big ‘Brady Bunch’ reunion, or a therapy session with Dr. Drew. James Wolcott
In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating – a warm smile, for example – and ignore other subtleties, like if your lipstick is faded. Helen Fisher
You can’t keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick. Heather Locklear
I just kind of opened up and said, ‘I feel like a rag doll. I have hair and makeup people coming to my house every day and putting me in new, uncomfortable, weird dresses and expensive shoes, and I just shut down and raise my arms up for them to get the dress on, and pout my lips when they need to put the lipstick on.’ Jennifer Lawrence
If I walk outside without lipstick, I feel naked. Sofia Vergara
My bare minimum for going out is lipstick and curled eyelashes. Riley Keough
I like styling girls that don’t normally dress in vintage clothes and don’t normally wear red lipstick; I like seeing those kind of girls restyled in a retro way. Dita Von Teese
I don’t believe any lip shade is off-limits, but texture is key. A sheer lipstick in a healthy pink or neutral color looks more polished and grown-up than a super-shiny gloss. Bobbi Brown
I like to drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on the phone? Sharon Stone
As a makeup artist, I learned quickly that the color of your lips affects the way a lipstick looks. If you see your friend wearing a great color, don’t assume it will be right for you. Bobbi Brown
For me, my favorite trends of summer are lots of color, wedges, rompers and bright lipstick. Janel Parrish
I don’t feel comfortable without my makeup on. I’ve got to have my lipstick! I just don’t feel like the same person, and I don’t like the way I look without makeup. Betsey Johnson
The most versatile lipstick you can own is a shade that’s just a bit brighter than your natural lip color. Bobbi Brown
The harming of animals for any reason is shameful, but torturing them for mere vanity is senseless. Slaughtering animals for their fur or harming them for cosmetic purposes is disgusting and not worth the perfect shade of lipstick. Laura Mennell
When I go out to the supermarket or when I’m feeling lazy, I just put a little bright lipstick or gloss, and it brightens the skin. It’s about enhancing what I have. Jessica Jung
There’s lots of things you pull out lipstick for. L’Wren Scott
Life’s too short to wear boring clothes and apply boring lipsticks, and BTW, I loved my blue lipstick. Nia Sharma
I’ve never been a social person. When I grew up, the other girls would all be combing their hair and exchanging lipstick, and I just couldn’t do that group thing. Annie Lennox
For me, getting older doesn’t mean throwing away a favourite-coloured lipstick or a fabulous pair of boots; instead, it’s about harnessing all the great things I have learnt over the years about what does and doesn’t suit me, and enjoying the way in which cleverly selected outfits can enhance the nice bits. Twiggy
Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I’m wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists. Joan Collins
Whenever a female takes a strong stand for herself, the majority of the time they have to really, really narrow it down to being feminine and wearing dresses and just being lipstick chic. Michelle Rodriguez
I’m just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye… But not together! Lily Cole
If you’re not brave enough to wear a red lipstick, red lip-gloss is always slightly more subtle on the lips. Fearne Cotton
Growing up on stage, I was introduced to makeup at a young age and I will never forget the first time I tried on a L’Oreal Paris iconic lipstick – it was instant glamour and I’ve been hooked ever since. Lea Michele
My mum would like to see me on the cover of ‘Good Housekeeping’ demonstrating children’s toys with some nice lipstick on. Tracey Ullman
If you’re going to be a model, what’s going to get you the job on a go-see and makes you stand out, it might not be your lipstick or your portfolio or what you’re wearing, it might come from your core being. Andre Leon Talley
I envy those who can wear red lipstick or any bold lip colour, really. My top lip just doesn’t seem to take colour – there’s nothing I can do to change that, so I usually just use a nude on the bottom lip. Laura Mvula
I have always loved lipstick. For women, that love comes from our mother and grandmothers. It’s so natural for a woman to open up her mirror and apply lipstick. Monica Bellucci
I’ve been wearing lipstick since I was in 7th grade. That was our form of daring self-expression, because we had to wear uniforms in school. It made our teachers so angry. Kourtney Kardashian
I love a red lip – red is one of my favorite colors, and I really don’t wear many other lipstick colors than red. Kendall Jenner
‘Lipstick Jungle’ was on the air for 20 episodes – I loved ‘Lipstick Jungle.’ Candace Bushnell
180 episodes of ‘CSI: Miami’ and never the same lipstick twice! Emily Procter
I’ve always been fascinated by young women who come to New York. The characters in ‘Lipstick Jungle’ were once young women who came to New York and we see their early experiences through flashbacks. Candace Bushnell
For me, being comfortable is the best way to express my personality. Some days I like to be chill and wear my Stan Smiths with a cool little jacket, a blouse, and some lipstick for night, and that’s it. Elodie Yung
I used to wear a lot of red lipstick, and when I got a pimple, I’d cover it up with eyeliner to turn it into a beauty mark. Selma Blair
On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting on the other lipstick and then working constantly, constantly. Maggie Gyllenhaal
Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman’s make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else. Monica Bellucci
You can go to Graff and buy a diamond that’s flawless. You aren’t going to be able to buy the same diamond at Fortunoff, but it’s still a diamond you can enjoy. If fashion can allow you to have the Chanel mystique through a lipstick, then why shouldn’t art allow you to have that through a sweatshirt that says ‘Cremaster’ on it? Marc Jacobs
Always highlight the eyes with kajal. Brush your hair neatly and never step out of home without a touch of lipstick. Rituparna Sengupta
Overdone lipstick is a deterrent to men. It rubs off easily onto their skin and the edges of their shirts, so it discourages them from kissing, touching, and coming closer to you, which is what they really want to do! Helen Fisher
The big question is always, ‘Eyes or lips?’ I tend to go with the eyes because I’ve got a lot more material to work with now – and it saves me from reapplying lipstick! I’m a pretty low-maintenance person and it’s too excessive to exaggerate both the eyes and lips. Claire Danes
I always put a layer of lip balm first, and then I layer the lipstick on by using a lip brush to help get it into the whole lip and make a really even line. Gracie Gold
I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper. Nicki Minaj
I’m really into the Tom Ford lipsticks. I was always afraid to wear lip color because I thought it made me look too masculine, but my makeup artist Fiona Stiles got me into wearing coral, orange-y colors from his line, and now I wear lipstick all of the time. Nikki Reed
When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, ‘Are you wearing makeup?’ I would say back, ‘You’re wearing more makeup there than I am!’ Georgia May Jagger
A lot of people think I’m gay. I have really red lips, so they say I wear lipstick; they say my dance is very feminine, and a lot of people think I look like a girl. But that’s fine. I take the criticism positively. Tiger Shroff
I find it a great antidote… lipstick and mirrors and hairspray. Joanna Lumley
I love those hockey moms. You know what they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is? Lipstick. Sarah Palin
It’s been a dream of mine since I discovered my first lipstick to create and own my very own brand. My goal is to create products that do exactly what they say and that actually last! Jeffree Star
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. Mary Pickford
If I’m feeling down in the dumps, or like I need a pop of colour, I’ll put on MAC’s Lipstick in Lady Danger. I discovered red lipstick when I did the Oscar season: Chanel sent me one and I realised how classic and glamorous it can be. Chloe Sevigny
I don’t wear lipstick when I’m not at work. Lily Donaldson
We have a snap of my dad wearing blue eye shadow, which I would always make fun of. When I was about 12 and first started wearing lipstick, my dad would ask, ‘Are you wearing makeup?’ I would say back, ‘You’re wearing more makeup there than I am!’ Georgia May Jagger
I like smudgy black eyes and pale lips for evening. Red lipstick looks great on other girls, but it’s too much on me. Saffron Aldridge
I feel weird without lipstick. Even after the first time I wore a really neon pink or a really bright red, I felt really strange without it there. My lips are a main feature, so I feel naked without them. Marina and the Diamonds
I have to exfoliate my lips as they’re quite a large surface area and sometimes when I wear lipstick, it goes all cakey. So I mix brown sugar with lip balm and just scrub it onto them. Georgia May Jagger
The ’90s are really the ‘Sex and the City’ woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the ‘Lipstick Jungle’ woman. Candace Bushnell
