Sometimes you have a costume that requires a rather unique shade of lip color (I’m looking at you JoJo’s fandom) but finding lipsticks that are outside of the Red/Pink/Natural colored realm can be difficult. Finding affordable options can be REALLY difficult. Here is a database of everything I’ve come across, and what types of weird colors are in the line. Go forth and be fabulous!
If you have a brand to suggest that isn’t listed below please comment!
Budget Beauty Options
for the sake of this listing, Budget Beauty is anything that averages under ten bucks.
Colourpop
Average Price: $5.00
Colourpop is an online makeup brand that offers a huge shade range. Their line will fluctuate and they do offer limited edition shades. They have traditional lipsticks in a variety of finishes (called lippie stix) as well as a line of matte liquid lipsticks. Both lines have some unique colors such as a mint green, dark emerald, blues and a gunmetal metallic.
NYX
Average Price: $6.00
NYX is a drugstore brand that offers several options for out there shades, but most of these strange colors are easiest to acquire directly from their website. Be sure to check out the Macaron line which features soft pastels and the Wicked line which features darker jewel tones.
City Color
Average Price: $3.00
City Color has a line of Matte’s called “Be Matte Gem” that come in an amber brown, dark green, aqua, bright yellow, black and white.
LA Girl
Average Price: $4.00
LA Girl has a dark grey, black and a navy blue in it’s Matte Flat Velvet line. They also have a metallic bronzy gold in the Glazed Lip Paint collection.
J.Cat Beauty
Average Price: $5.00
If you are looking for a budget friendly option with the most diverse color offerings J.Cat Beauty is one of the top picks. Between the Pout-Holic line and the Wonder Lip Paint you can get a full rainbow of colors. Even their Fantabulous Lipstick line offers a metallic gold. You can find J.Cat on their website or Ulta’s site. You can also sometimes find the brand carried at Beauty Supply stores.
Hard Candy
Average Price: $5.00
Hard Candy is a drug store brand carried exclusively by Wal-Mart. They do not have much in the way of crazy colors, but their Fierce Effects lip glosses come in a sky blue and a bright orange. They also offer an electric Purple and Black in the Fierce Effect lipstick line.
Kiss USA
Average Price: $3.50
Kiss is another brand that has a wide color range for under 5 bucks. The Ruby Kisses Matte line has several shades of purple (from lavender to dark), a couple of shades of blue, a mint green, and a light grey. The Lip Lacquer line has a bright yellow and blue shade. There is also a Matte Lip Lacquer line that offers two shades of blue, Yellow, Orange, Light Grey and Lavender.
Stargazer
Average Price: £3.50 ($5.40)
If you are in the UK or Europe, Stargazer is a UK brand that offers a lot of unique options. UV reactive lipsticks, glitter lipsticks and some truly one of a kind shades (a metallic aqua blue fit for a mermaid for example) are just some of their offerings. They do ship all over the globe though, so don’t let the location stop you.
“High End” Beauty Options
for the sake of this listing, “High End” is anything that averages over ten bucks.
Bloody Mary
Average Price: $10.00
Bloody Mary is a theatrical brand that offers some unique colors of lipstick. A couple of blue shades, an emerald green, a yellow, a black and a silver/chrome.
Kat Von D
Average Price: $20.00
Kat Von D is available at Sephora and is a high end brand. The Studded Lipstick line offers a green, a lavender, a “shimmery navy,” a black and a black with silver shimmer. The Everlasting Liquid Lipsitck line offers a bright orange, Navy and Black.
Manic Panic
Average Price: $15.00
Manic Panic’s Lethal Lipsitck line will offer you a ton of crazy color options. This is one of the few places I’ve come across that offers more than one shade of green. They also have several shades of blue, a few pearly whites, silvers, blacks, orange and purples. The Cross Gloss line offers a white, green, orange, purple and black.
Lime Crime
Average Price: $17.00
Lime Crime has come under recent scrutiny for some things, but I still wanted to include them as they are a name that comes up with this topic. The Unicorn Lipsticks offer a few shades of blue and green, a yellow, lavender, black and orange. The Velvetines (their line of Matte liquids) come is a goldenrod, black and a few shades of purple. You can find a sparkly emerald green in the Carousel gloss line.
Jeffree Star
Average Price: $18.00
Jeffree Star Velour Liquid Lipsticks are a Matte lipstick. You will find a couple of shades of blue, some very dark purples, lavender and a green/grey color.
Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics (OCC)
Average Price: $15.00
The OCC lip tars are a unique paint on lip color. They used to come in a squeeze tube, but the packaging has been changed to a more classic tube with a doe foot applicator. You can find several shades of purple, a gold glitter, a blue and a yellow in the line. OCC is also 100% Vegan.