Lipstick brands that older teens/young 20s like?

[Echobelly]

My niece turns 20 this week, thought I might get her a good quality lipstick but wanted to ask if anyone knew what people about her age might consider a premium brand? I though maybe Fenty Beauty? And perhaps Mac is a perennial favourite for lipstick?

Interested in colour recommendations as well - she has lovely 'Snow White' colouring, with dark brown hair and eyes and pale skin, I think she tends to wear fairly natural brownish-red colours day to day but can pull off a pillarbox red for dressing up. So reds and brown-ish reds are her shades, I don't think I've seen her wear pink tones.

Either of the brands you have said or Charlotte Tilbury pillow talk is a popular one.

Charlotte tilsbury … but I’d go for Chanel as a gift the packaging is lovely (I’m old however so Charlotte tilsbury is safer bet)

have to say I’d get a gift voucher for selfridges though, as if she doesn’t like a lipstick then it’s an expensive mistake and she can’t swap it

My daughter likes Mac, Nars, Pat Mcgrath and Maybelline

Charlotte Tilbury
Dior
Fenty
Rare beauty

I find pillow talk (and CT lipstick in general) v cakey

Nars sheer glow lipstick is lovely quality and buildable - my favourite is Damage a kind of purple colour which isn't as bizarre as it sounds - although I am not so sure of Nars' animal testing credentials so you may need to know if that is a consideration

Agree with PP that Chanel is also a lovely gift lipstick and lovely quality you get get a nice red for sure

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DD is 19, that age range are far more into the trendy 90s style lip glosses than lipstick. These Dior lip oils have been the holy grail for a few years now! DD uses the cherry one and it is gorgeous, really nicely pigmented. She also uses the Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey from time to time, it’s a really lovely shade that is buildable so suits every occasion and skin tone

Thanks all, I'll look some of those up!

It's tilbury not tilsbury.

Not being a pedant but I hate to think of people going around saying the wrong thing and people sniggering behind their backs.