Chanel Hydrabase Lipstick

Who isn’t on the hunt for the perfect pinup girl red lipstick? I know I have been going on mine now for almost 15 years. I had one once by Wet n Wild which I think ended up costing $1.06 at the time, and I used it until my fingernails couldn’t scrape anymore pigment out of the tube…and then the real hunt began. Recently, I tried Coco Red from Chanel:

but it was a bit too orangy, even with a darker mauve kind of color as a base. Does anyone have any tricks besides using a dark burgandy lipliner or a true red lipliner as a base color which will flake my lips up like plate techtonics? I’d love any and all suggestions!

Chanel stuff is available at Macy’s online & offline.