Pick a nude shade lighter than your actual skin tone to brighten the face and sticking to a gloss formula for a more natural-looking effect. Nude pout a rosy-pink mauve with gold flecks, or a caramel rose with silver flecks.īronze, shimmery nude color is ideal for women of color, it's all about playing with highlights and shadows to build definition. Gloss can add the perfect radiant pop for darker lip tones whilst flecks of gold will compliment your complexion flawlessly. Also, avoid nudes with yellow base tones if you have a Mediterranean complexion as it will clash with your skin. Try for a pink-toned nude shade that's lighter than your skin tone.Ī warm nude is the ideal balance between beige and caramel and perfectly complements the skin tone. The slight pinkness of a nude lipstick adds separation between lip color and skin tone. For ladies with tan skin (real or faux), should grab a glossy, shimmery nude to bring out the sun-kissed look of your skin. If you have lighter hair and skin, add an "anchor" to your look with smokier, more defined eye makeup. You can go with a darker nude, or a lighter nude so your lips don’t disappear. With an olive skin tone, you have a lot more versatility. Try finding a glossier formula to play up the warmth of your skin tone. Ladies with warmer olive skin tones look for a caramel-tone, beige color that's darker than the shade of your skin. You want more pigment in your nude lipstick than someone who is alabaster or fair with pink undertones. You can definitely go pink, and you can definitely go beige. This doesn't translate well into real life - you want warmth and separation between the lips and the skin.įor light-skinned ladies with slight olive undertones, try a warmer nude shade.
When you look at nude lipsticks in fashion magazines, the skin matches the lips. If you go too beige, you might look washed out and start resembling a corpse! Avoid super opaque, flat nudes and try a sheerer formula instead. If you have fair and milky skin tone try a soft, dusty baby pink. Make sure you know if your complexion is cool, warm, or neutral to help find your most complementary shade. TIP: To find the perfect nude lipstick, you need to consider your skin tone and undertone. In short, you need to find your perfect nude lipstick pronto. If chosen and applied correctly, nude color has the unique ability to always feel chic - like how the perfect red lipstick simply always screams glamour. The only trick is finding the perfect nude lipsticks and lip glosses to match your skin tone. Whether you pair your nude lips with gloss or with one coat of mascara or a full, smoky eye, it will make your eyes appear lighter and brighter.
It can create a fresh-faced glow whilst making you appear subtly polished yet not overdone. Versatile and classic can take you from day to night with ease. Nude lip color is a staple that every woman should have in her makeup arsenal. However, if you manage to nail the right nude lipstick shade for your skin tone. Too light, and you start to resemble the living dead, with any warmth or color drained from your face. Too dark, and you look like you're trying to make brown lipstick happen, and not in a cool '90s way. That’s how I was able to buy these without seeing them in person and without seeing swatches on anyone near my skin tone.Finding the perfect nude lip color can harder than it sounds. The rule of thumb when looking for nude lip colors for dark skin is to look for shades that are brownish-pink, or pinky brown, or mauvey-pink in color. Happy to report I feel the same way about these-and that they’re also pretty long-lasting, too (typically darker and brighter shades last longer since they leave a stain of color on the lips but even these nudes go the distance). I’ve reviewed Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Glosses here and really love that they are full-on color, opaque with some shine, and long-lasting. But in my defense, these are new and have a really nice opaque formula…lol.Īnastasia Beverly Hills recently launched new lipgloss shades and three looked like really pretty nudes so I jumped on buying them. Yet here I am-with three MORE nude lip colors for dark skin that I recently bought. I did a Youtube video on some of the nudes from my stash (watch it here) AND I’ve done countless posts on nude lip colors for dark skin (read them here). I was like this during my red lipstick phase and I guess you can say I’m still in a nude lip color phase. I swear I get hooked on something and it’s all I think about and buy…lol. I’m starting to think I may have a teeny problem…lol. Read ALL about my review process including how I take swatches, photos, and more here.
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