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    15 Times Rihanna Was Our Rainbow Lipstick Queen

    The one where Rihanna wears ALL the lipstick colours. Chart her best beauty moments here...

    By Caroline Leaper
    Published 13 August 2015 In Features

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    The one where Rihanna wears ALL the lipstick colours. Chart her best beauty moments here...

    You know when you?re browsing all the shades at a lipstick counter and, looking at the rainbow of blues, purples and greens, you wonder, ?just who the hell actually wears that??

    Well the answer, people, is Rihanna.

    Yes, Rih Rih is officially queen of the colourful pout, having worked absolutely every shade that any beauty giant has had the courage to put into production. And, do you know what? She?s nailed it every single time.

    Anyone who wears mad colour has to do so with conviction and, clearly, fearless beauty experimenter Rihanna has the attitude to pull off even the most extreme lipstick shades.

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    From emerald green at the IHeartRadio awards in 2014, to baby blue at her River Island collaboration launch in 2013, she?s constantly stealing the show and never playing it safe on the red carpet.

    And it?s not just when she?s on duty, either. A quick scan of @BadGalRiRi?s Insta-feed reveals that she?s worked hyper-glossed violet when hanging out at home with friends, and a jet black pout, well, on a fishing trip, obviously.

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    Rihanna

    Browse our edit of Rihanna?s best lipstick colours and tell us on Twitter ? which hues would you dare to wear?

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    Jet black on a fishing trip, 2015.

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    Magenta in LA, 2015.

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    Nude at The Grammys, 2015.

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    Dark rouge at a film premiere, 2015.

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    Scarlet at the 2013 Grammys.

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    Coral at the 2015 amfAR gala.

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