Vampire Lips: How to Wear a Dark Lip This Halloween

Dark colour shows every dry patch, so start with care. Our Lip Balm hydrates deeply and prevents chapping, leaving lips soft and smooth, with SPF 15. The night before, Nutri Lip Oil can be used as an overnight mask to intensely nourish lips.

A dark lip needs a clean edge. Our Lip Liner Pencil shapes and defines your lips while preventing lipstick smudging, and it is enriched with shea butter and jojoba oil so it glides on and leaves lips soft. For vampire lips, choose Velours or Rouge Mystique. For a sharp look, follow your natural line; for a softer, blurred look, soften the edge lightly with your fingertip.

• Lip-Shine wraps your lips in a soft, comfortable texture with a smoothing and plumping effect. Deep shades include Babylon, Big Ben and Sigiriya.
• Mavala Lipstick is infused with shea butter, aloe vera and vitamin E for rich, vibrant colour, and its Prolip technology prevents dryness. For a vampire lip, try Rose Vintage or Frou Frou.
• For a softer wash of colour: Nutri Lip Oil in Plum, 99% skincare, gives a mirror-like shine and subtle colour.

Keep the eyes smoky so the lip stays the star. Crayon Lumière, our waterproof eye pencil, in Perle Noire blends into a quick smoky lid. Add the Soft-Kohl Pencil in Black Intense along the lash line for definition, and finish with Waterproof Lengthening Mascara, which separates and lengthens lashes without clumping.

An even base makes a dark lip look deliberate. Serum Foundation gives buildable coverage with a semi-matte finish, Perfect Concealer brightens the under-eye area, and Magic Powder mattifies and blurs, and sets your base for long-lasting results.

Match your nails to your lips. Mini Colour 33 Las Vegas is a deep wine and 292 St Germain a deep plum; 69 Bordeaux is softer. Any of them finishes the look.

Take it all off gently. Eye Makeup Remover Gel, a gel-oil formula with soothing bisabolol, easily removes even the most stubborn waterproof make-up without rubbing or irritating the delicate eye area. If your eyes are sensitive, Total Bi-Phase Eye Makeup Remover is a two-phase formula for all types of make-up, suitable for sensitive eyes. Finish with Lip Balm, or Nutri Lip Oil as an overnight mask.

For an everyday version, swap the lipstick for Tinted Lip Balm in Cherry or Berry, or Nutri Lip Oil in Plum, for a hint of colour with care.

A deep, dark lip in berry, wine or plum, worn sharp-edged with a lip liner or softly blurred.

Line first. Our Lip Liner Pencil shapes and defines your lips while preventing lipstick smudging.

Use Eye Makeup Remover Gel, which easily removes even the most stubborn waterproof make-up without rubbing.

Mini Colour 33 Las Vegas or 292 St Germain, or 69 Bordeaux for something softer.

Prepare your lips with a balm, line them with a deep lip liner, then fill in with a dark lipstick. For a softer look, blur the edge with your fingertip instead of keeping it sharp.

Deep, dark shades such as wine, berry, plum, oxblood and chocolate brown. For a gentler version, a sheer wash of a dark shade, like Nutri Lip Oil in Plum, gives the colour without the full intensity.

Everything for the look, in one place.

Mavala UK product pages for Lip Balm, Lip Liner Pencil, Lip-Shine, Mavala Lipstick, Nutri Lip Oil, Crayon Lumière, Soft-Kohl Pencil, Waterproof Lengthening Mascara, Serum Foundation, Perfect Concealer, Magic Powder, Mini Colour, Eye Makeup Remover Gel, Total Bi-Phase Eye Makeup Remover and Tinted Lip Balm (mavala.co.uk), read 19 October 2026.