My most used lipsticks are nude. I can't get enough of them! Not only are they the safest bet when in a hurry, they complement every eye shadow color. I think they beat girly pink lipsticks, in my life.
Here are 9 of my favorite, most used, nude lippies:
- Colorbar Velvet Matte Bare
- MAC Patisserie
- Maybelline Color Sensational My Mahogany
- Maybelline Color Sensational Lip Gloss Touch of Toffee ~ Not a lipstick, but it's creamy like one & I'd repurchase it all my life!
- Inglot Matte Lip Pencil #16 ~ It's not as drying as it looks! I like to wear Touch Of Toffee (above) on top of it.
- Lakmé Fantasy Collection Enrich Satin #132
- MAC Hug Me (Please excuse the blurry old pic)
- Lakmé Lip Love Love Haze
- Lakmé Aquashine Old Rose ~ Don't have a good pic of this one
*Click for reviews & swatches.
Picking The Right Nude Lipstick:
Some may think nude means pale, concealer-type shades, but those make most people look sick (for me, it's MAC Myth) The most flattering nude lipsticks are almost exactly like your bare/natural lips; or 1-2 shades lighter (depending on how pigmented your lips are). I've learned never to pick anything lighter than my natural lips, and anything darker/browner don't fit in the nude category anymore (on my skin tone). All of these lippies here have a mix of peach, pink, & brown, undertones. For me, I can't go any paler than MAC Patisserie & Maybelline Touch Of Toffee.
Which did you like the best out of these?
♥ Cynthia Z *.*
Great collection Cynthia <3 I love Nude lippies...just posted about one :)
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I have Bare, My Mahagony and 132..love all 3 ! Also Bobbi Brown Rose Brown..
ReplyDeletecall me biased but Bare looks best! :) i love your collection though CZ! how do you choose which one to pair with what outfit colours?
ReplyDeleteI wear most of these with every color. Most times, I wear My Mahogany with black, green, blue, peach, orange. Patisserie & Old Rose with pink. Bare with white & darker colored. Depends on my eye makeup too, really :)
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Colorbar Matte and Lakme Satin are my favorite on you Cynthia. Nice post!
ReplyDeletecolorbar bare :D
ReplyDeleteLiked my mahogany :)
ReplyDeletewow! i loves these..Is the Inglot one kind of drying ?
ReplyDeleteYes, kinda...more like stretchy coz it's so matte... but it doesn't chap my lips
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i love nude lipsticks... i need to try out Inglot's matte lip pencils..
ReplyDeleteNice review.. Me too love bare :-)
ReplyDeleteCZ..u should try out some nudes from Inglot freedom refills :-)
Ya, that's my next POA :))
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Maybelline Moisture Extreme Toffee Cream and Inglot Soft Precision Lipliner #56 , exactly my MLBB colors, the Inglot pencil a tad more than toffee Cream ....and I love your collection CZ, all of these are so pretty, I did have touch of Toffee (4) , but gave it to my sister who loved it :)
ReplyDeleteOoh those sound good! Will take a look at them next time :)
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Nice post!! I jus bought 2 that r in this list!! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful collection, love #6!!
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I really like the Inglot one as well as Mac Hug Me :D
ReplyDeleteSuper useful post, Cynthia! I love nude lipsticks and you have great pointers in this post!
ReplyDeleteMy current fav is the color bar one :) But i guess there's many more to try :P
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Too many :P
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Liked my mahogany :
ReplyDeleteCynthia, can you please, please tell me 2 things? :-)
ReplyDelete1. What is the color difference between Mac Patisserie and Mac Hug me?
2. What is the color difference between Lakme 129 and Lakme 132?
Thanks a lot....
1. Patisserie is paler n has a pinker undertone and it has some shimmer. Hug Me is deeper n has more brown undertones.
Delete2. 129 is lighter n more nude, 132 has more pinkish peach undertones.
God, I hope u can understand my explanations :D
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Thanks a lot CZ. :-) I completely understood what you said :-) Hug me and 132 are under my radar now!
DeleteI love My Mahogany & Bare.
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woww. I need to get MAC Patisserie.
ReplyDeleteI definitely liked your first pick, it looks lovely!
ReplyDeleteWhich nude will look good on a darker skin tone?
ReplyDeleteI follow your blog almost everyday.. I love to watch the make up tutorials that you've in here.. And, all these days, it was really hard for me to select lip shades.. I usually spend so much on lippies and when I see them on me during the day light.. God...you must be knowing how that feels right.. A few days back, when I was browsing thru, I accidentally got to take a look at your blog.. And, yes, this is what I've been waiting for.. And now, I've ordered two of the nude lippies from the above, My Mahoghany and Colorbar's Matte bare.. Am soooo waiting for them to reach me.. (ordered them from Violetbag :), my name is Violet too... :D) So, thank you so very much.. Love your blog <3
ReplyDeleteThat's great Vylu! Hope you'll like them :). Thank you for reading!
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Sure, I will like them :):) And, can you do Aishwarya Rai's inspired look someday.. The makeover she has in Loreal ads.. :)
DeleteAwesome picks...I haven't been wearing any lipsticks recently but my favorite are from maybelline, totally toffee and warm me up!
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thanks for the reviews. so helpful:)
ReplyDeleteNice collection :) My fav nude is Revlon Colorburst in Blush
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