Every goth girl knows you can never have too many lipsticks. They’re second only to black eyeliner as a gothic makeup essential. One swipe is enough to take you from day to night, ordinary citizen to creature of darkness. Here are some excellent nightshade pouts that won’t break your makeup budget.
Wine Reds
L’Oreal Paris Colour Riche Lipstick in Divine Wine. Smooth and satiny, this formula is surprisingly pigment rich, one of the best drugstore lipstick shades, and so moisturizing you’ll forget you’re wearing it. The ultimate burgundy.
ColourPop Lippie Stix Lipstick in My Bad. This dark red lipstick from ColourPop combines a long-wearing formula with supercharged hydrating ingredients like mango seed butter and avocado oil for flawless matte lips that won’t dry out.
COVERGIRL Exhibitionist 24HR Matte Lipstick in Soloist. A liquid matte lipstick that won’t budge for hours of opaque coverage. This blood red is the perfect vampire’s kiss.
Rich Browns
Maybelline Green Edition Butter Cream High-Pigment Bullet Lipstick in Forest. This is the answer to all your brown 90s lipstick wishes. Plus, the clean, vegan formula is made up of natural origin ingredients.
Thread Color It Matte Lipstick in Truth. This highly pigmented lipstick is formulated with cocoa butter for constant moisture.
NYX Shout Loud Satin Lipstick in Grind. This cool chocolate brown lipstick delivers maximum hydration with cocoa butter and mango extract.
Deep Purples
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick in Black Cherry. This is one of Revlon’s classic shades for a reason—it’s dark and sophisticated while still being super wearable for a professional goth makeup look. If you prefer a satiny gleam over matte lips, this is the way to go.
e.l.f. O FACE Satin Lipstick in Smolder. This intensely dark purple lipstick is not for the faint of heart. Infused with jojoba so you can kiss dryness goodbye.
Lipstick Queen The Sinners Opaque Lipstick in Berry Wine. Bold color and moisturizing ingredients combine to bring you comfortable coverage all day. This semi-matte lipstick is soft and buildable for the perfect pout.
Black
Rimmel Stay Matte Lip Liquid in Pitch Black. This is one of the best black liquid lipstick options for under $10 since it stays put for up to 12 hours with the stroke of a brush. It’s truly tenacious and an excellent value.
Black Radiance Perfect Tone Lipstick in Black Out. Black Radiance lipsticks are specially formulated to compliment dark skin tones and enriched with vitamin E for extra moisture. Plus, you can’t beat the price of this soft, satiny lip color.
Nicka K Velveteen Lipstick in Blackberry. This matte black lipstick glides on smooth for instant darkness. Pair it with a show stopping black eyeliner look for gothic perfection.
These inexpensive lipsticks show that you don’t have to pay a lot to achieve spellbinding gothic makeup looks. Wear them with bold, smokey eyeliner, and you’ll put the “romance” in necromancer.