I am actually one that loves to break out the nude lipsticks in colder months. Especially ones with warm brown, mauve or rose petal pink undertones. Straight flesh-colored, beige has never suited me with thin lips (want lip filler but I’m a baby) as it all but erases my mouth. Typically, colors like that don’t look attractive on most skin and lip types since it tends to make the mouth look lifeless (think corpse bride). Having even a dash of color in the nude looks much rosier, healthier and attractive.
These are a few of the nude lipsticks I have loved and used again and again for a long time…
// MAC VELVET TEDDY
If any nude screams fall, this one sure does. Its warm brown undertones look so flattering on all skin types. For a matte color this one is surprisingly creamy in texture and actually wears really comfortably on the lips.
// YVES SAINT LAURENT ROUGE VOLUPTÉ LIPSTICK IN NUDE BEIGE
This is actually the creamiest, best smelling (think mango tropical paradise), most buttery-smooth feeling lipstick of all time. If I could justify the price tag, every single shade in the line would come home with me. The milky pink undertone is so feminine, light and simply beautiful.
// LOREAL FAIREST NUDE
See that nude lipstick in the gold tube towards the bottom? Yea, the one that looks weirdly shaped? The sad one. But seriously, I have used this lipstick SO much and have bought tube after tube for myself and my family/friends. It just looks good on everyone. By good I mean do a double-take good. For a drugstore lipstick, this one is a must-have sort of find and I often choose it over my high-end lip products. It’s creamy, comfortable, and a fantastic every day nude lipstick with pink undertones.
// REVLON LIP BUTTER IN CRÈME BRULÉE
This is a pretty good dupe for the Yves Saint Laurent shade I talked about earlier. It’s reminiscent in its creaminess but has a glossier, more sheer finish (but with high pigment!) Like a lip balm, lipstick hybrid, I break this one out when my lips are chapped but I want some day-time appropriate color.
// MAKEUP FOREVER LIPSTICK IN IREDESCENT NUDE (N1)
Technically, I never use this lipstick by itself and more as a “topper” or overcoat as this one is just slightly too flesh-toned for me. I love to use it overtop a lipstick with a bit more color to lighten it or in the center of the lips to create the appearance of a poutier lip. I remember buying this one in Dallas from the flagship Makeup Forever store at the North Park Mall which is so beautiful.
Tell me some of your holy-grail nude lipsticks!
