Red is the hot shade on everyone's lips with the 'cherry makeup' trend

Red is shaping up to be a beauty favourite with the cherry makeup aesthetic, scoring over 30 million views on TikTok. Photo: AFP

After strawberry makeup, here comes cherry makeup, a bold, uplifting beauty look that puts red centre stage as a current star colour. From eyes to nails, lips to cheeks, anything goes, so long as you don't overdo it.

Red or orange, the choice is yours. While pumpkin spice makeup, directly inspired by the drink of (almost) the same name, looked poised to be the current star look, cherry makeup is shaping up to be a strong contender.