When I had lipsticks in my kit I made sure I always had pink, nude, peach, red, rose and a plum colour, I would custom mix the colours if need be. Now I stick with lip palettes because I find they're much more portable and you have a variety of colours at hand...I've got the Graftobian HD Super Lip Palette which has served me well. Bobbi Brown and MAC have great palettes as well x