Kelly B asked Fruity this, in relation to a fruityrave about Cam D‘s red lips:

 If you are going to wear red lipstick do you put a gloss over so it doesn’t look so flat and matte?

The answer: First up, not all lipsticks are necessarily matte and flat and dull. Times have changed. Lots of the newer lipsticks have a high-shine factor, giving you colour and a pretty sheen, ultimately making the rest of this post null and void. But, I’m going to run through a few options and you can decide for yourself how you want to go about this. I should have a definitive answer by the end of it. Should.

If you do add gloss, I hope you’re unemployed, because you will have just landed a Full Time Job. Red lips are hard work as is, but adding shiny, wet, slippery goo on top? Real difficult. A sloppy red dribble of tinted gloss will be on your chompers and sneaking down to your chin before you can say "Uh-ohhh… Someone looks like a traaaamp."

If you don’t, you can use a long-last lipstick – like L’Oreal Kissproof, which won’t move for roughly three weeks – and enjoy drinks and kisses and fettucine marinara without so much as a thought to your lubberly led lips. Incidentally, these long-lasts usually include a top coat so that you can blindly re-apply the clear balm and refresh them smackers, and save that arduous trip to the loo every 13 minutes… HA! Bahahahahahahahaaaaa! As IF, sugar. If you’ve gone for a red lip, you’ve just locked yourself into a all-night contract with a mirror. Because if you don’t check on your lips often, you might get what is known in makeup circles as That Disgusting Red Outline. And that’s enough to lose you friends.

Of course, you can always just use a Regular Red Lipstick  – I love Giorgio Armansilk  lipstick in 10 or 12 (creamy with amazing, rich pigment) and Chanel Rouge Allure in 09, Lover (The Perfect Red), as long as you Obey The Rules of Application: Apply on dry, flake-free lips with a lip brush or cotton tip, blot with a tissue, then paint again.

After writing all that I’ve decided I think the answer is no. Save the gloss for another day.