"Maybe," Saula agreed, putting aside her brushes that she used for just such occasions. The vai's color set had brand new brushes for her. "But just in case."
Back into instruction mode. "There are a few looks a vai can go for with her lipstick, from nude to bolder statements. For medium skin with cool undertones, like you have, you'll want something with a slight hint of pink for the nude look. Using a true nude color will look washed out. For brighter colors, think berries. Blue-based reds, berries, pinks, and mauves are all good bets."
She decided to sneak in a couple samples of both a 'nude' and a wildberry, just so the vai had them. Just in case she changed her mind.
"Your friend has light skin with warm undertones, though, so she'll want to shy away berry-like colors. Warm undertones have peaches, golds, and yellows as a base gradient, whereas cool undertones have blues, pinks, and reds. So for her, a nude shade would be in the peaches area. For a bolder statement, as strange as this seems to vai who are unfamiliar with makeup, something with an orange base works fabulously. Straight orange can make for a fun statement, or if she's wanting something a bit higher class, a red with an orange base to it would look beautiful."
She turned back to her supplies, pulling out an elegant red with an orange undertone, and a red that had a more blue undertone, and brought them over. "Here's an orange-based red compared to a blue-based red, so you can see what I mean. It's still definitely red, but the orange base is going to flatter her warm undertones. Remember what I said about making things look natural while still having a pop of color with the eye shadow? That's the tip you'll want to keep in mind. Her skin has natural peach and gold in it, she wants to keep to makeup that has similar base colors. Makeup may obviously not be a vai's natural coloring, but using conflicting color bases between your skin and your makeup will make you look slapped on and too obviously fake. Makeup is meant to enhance your natural beauty, not try to overwhelm it with something else."
At the vai's absolutely overwhelmed look, she laughed. "Don't worry, I'll write all this down. But if you ever find yourself looking for more than what I've gathered up here and you can't come here to ask me, you know how to judge what colors you should be looking at, and which ones you shouldn't."