For those with the luxury of time, make-up can be a trial-and-error affair. After all, a mismatched lipstick hue or a jarring eyeshadow blend is far from a big deal when you’re not in a rush—simply wipe off, re-do your skin prep, and try again. Alas, this is hardly the scenario that most of us find ourselves in. Call it intuition, but it’s something about the urgency of such occurrences that makes us even more prone to slip-ups. When you have a mere five minutes to race out of the door, it is likely that you’ll be reaching for whatever’s available rather than making a calculated decision to work with make-up that flatters rather than fails. Bearing this in mind, it stands to reason that most beauty buffs have an arsenal of fail-safe combinations to look to when such situations arise. One of such synergies the Vogue Singapore beauty team is choosing to delve deep into this 2025? The best blush and lippie pairs.
A simplistic approach would be to marry up blush and lippie colours according to their undertone. Think a lavender blush with a plum lip, for instance, or terracotta with burnt orange. And yet, as the runway and our favourite celebrities will prove, there is a whole spectrum of stellar unions that serve as equally standout options. From baby pink and mauve to dusty rose and brown, here are our favourite blush and lippie combinations to try this year. Experimentation begins in 3, 2, 1.
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Baby pink meets bitten berry: Pony
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Plum meets Hollywood red: Dove Cameron
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Radiant coral meets dusty rose: Mikey Madison
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Fuchsia meets vampy black cherry: Zendaya
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Tangerine meets grapefruit pink: Soyeon from G(I)DLE
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