It’s that time of year when I like to get matchy matchy, pastel nails and neons are cool in Summer but you can’t exactly team your freshly done fluro mani with a megawatt lip…just no.

Burgundys, berry, deep vino all look pretty tremendous and super elegant on both nails and lips and with the deeper shades becoming more and more popular there’s way more variety in hues. Forget skin tones to flatter this shade blah, blah, blah, I say you got pale skin and want a blackened purple? go for it! dark skin looking for a cooler red? do it! it’s more about confidence and lets face it you’re not exactly the shy retiring type if you want to wear such rich shades.

Lots of counters offer matching lips and tips for instance Chanel, however I have heard many of their nail polishes are a disappointment. I like to swatch around and generally find that drugstores like Boots or Superdrug have a more diverse selection as well as good price range.

I chose Rimmel London Kate lipstick in 30 and Barry M Raspberry polish.