Red alert

Be bold! Red is the perfect colour to take you from drab to daring, whether you wear it on your nails, your lips, or over your shoulder

By Grace Toby; photos by Belinda Alzner

Updated November 2, 2012

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Nars lipgloss, Norma

Ruby red

A ruby red lip gloss with a shorter brush delivers the most precise coat of colour. Larger than life lipgloss in Norma by Nars, $28, Sephora.com.

Nars lipgloss, Norma

Cross my heart

The it bag of the season (the cross body bag) is practical and pops with colour. Red leather purse with gold buckle, $25, Old Navy.

Tailor-made

Keep it chic with this cropped, tailored pair. Cafe capri in wool, $138. J.Crew.

Chain reaction

A gold chain and buckle adds a hit of glam for night, $168, Roots.

Old Navy jean

Rockstar Leggings in Saucy Red, $44.50, Old Navy.

Red digits

Nail it with this darker-hued polish. Yves Rocher high colour, high shine nail laquer in Rouge Sienne, $9, Yves Rocher.

Pretty pout

For a hit of colour, apply a layer of this rouge. Bourjois Paris Effet 3D in Rouge, $18, Bourjois Paris.

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