The September 2018 Allure Beauty Box: See All the Product Samples You'll Get This Month

You have one of these shades in your box this month and let me just say: Congratulations. This is a true win-win. Lustering (above right) is a glossy watermelon pink — when it won its Best of Beauty Award, we deemed it “not an all-or-nothing bright.” You can do one swipe for a sheer pink stain or keep layering to dial up to a bolder fuchsia. And Ruby Woo (above right), as we imagine you already know, is the matte cherry to end all matte cherries. It has racked up an Allure Best of Beauty Award, three Readers’ Choice Awards, and (give or take) 3,674,591 makeup-artist recommendations. The opaque color has blue undertones that flatter every skin tone and make your teeth sparkle, as if a drop of coffee has never passed your lips. I usually pair either shade with little else — a trace of black liquid eyeliner, mascara, brow gel, and strategic concealer.

Value: M.A.C Lipstick Lustering or Ruby Woo, $18.50 each

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