I have a plum color that I do wear as an accessory when I wear purple. Any other time, I don't even bother with it, but it just pops when I'm dressed in purples. Other times, I stay with the nude lip, so I think it works.

Aziraphale - this is a really interesting question. I personally like very sublte make up on me. I have small features and can't pull off "important" make up anywhere. I prefer a tinted lip balm Sugar Rose. i like glosses either clinique rasberry sometimes of a touch of their chubby cherry stick underneath. Chanel glaze glossimar. The MLBB look. If I do drama it's with eye make up. I love a dark blue liner subtly done in inner rim and upper outter last line done with suble neutral smoky eye. I use lip products for polish but low key. But I love a dramatic lip on others. It looks stunning on the right person unfortunately I can't pull it off!!

Thanks for the comments, everyone!

Gryffin, I have small features too, but for some reason I like the strong lips on me. There must be a combination of factors (as well as simple preferences) that affect whether or not bright lip colours "work" for a person. I have an auntie like Joy, who came of age when lipsticks were really, really pale, and she's still whiting our her lips even though she's in her 70s. Her preferences are clearly different from mine -- I want my lips to be visible!

Vildy, thanks for the link. I do actually wear delicately applied liner on my upper lid occasionally; I just can't do a ring of kohl on the upper and lower like some gals can. Haven't got the right eyes for it.