In this post you will learn: How to choose nude lipstick shades for your skin tone Some delish nude lipsticks M.A.C has on offer The perfect nude ...
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There are some general guidelines that will help you choose the best nude lipstick shades for your skin tone:
While these guidelines do help, the advice gets a lot more specific when it comes to choosing nude lip colors for dark, medium, or fair skin tones individually.
From our previous lipstick experiments, we realised that there are no hard and fast rules about lip colors and skin tones; It’s always best to try the lipstick on before making a decision. Still, the Urban Company Beauty team put together this list the best nude lipstick shades for Indian skin tones. Here are the ones we visualised as looking the best.
Dark and dusky tones, both tend to have unevenly colored lips. A simple trick to even out dark lips is to choose a nude lipstick with a bit of orange in it. It will cancel out the blue-hued dark pigment.
Maybelline loyalists and a host of bloggers have great things to say about the creamy texture, matte finish, and rich brown pigment of this Maybelline nude lipstick. We think it makes for a beautiful nude shade for dark and dusky skin complexions with warm undertones. The hints of orange in the warm brown lipstick shade help camouflage pigmented lips.
There’s a good reason this Mac nude is a recurring mention on many lists of the best nude lipsticks for dark skin. This toasty peachy brown makes the pout stand gently apart from the skin, and color-corrects any dark pigmentation. The cherry on the cake is that it suits any undertone.
It’s not as bright as it looks! This muted rose gives a hint of a blush to dusky skin tones with a cool undertone – without making it look chalky. It’s a great nude lipstick by Bobbi Brown to go with a dark smokey eye. In case you have unevenly colored lips, you will need to use a concealer before wearing this lipstick.
Besides being one more beautiful brown shade for dark skin tones, the liquid formula and rich pigment cover uneven lips well. In other words, you won’t need to use a concealer with this Sugar nude lip color.
The challenge for medium and wheatish complexions is to find a nude lipstick that doesn’t merge with their skin tones and make it look muddy; this is important for ladies who have a preference for brown lipsticks. There’s also the But worry not – we’ve got some pretty selections of pink and brown nude lipsticks.
This nude lipstick shade is a popular pick for medium complexions from the Huda Liquid Matte collection. The brown hints in this peach lipstick bring a warm glow to anyone with a neutral undertone and a flat medium complexion. This light shade of peach would pass off for a nude lipstick on some light skin tones too.
This is a tricky shade to wear as a nude since the purple tones would wash out most skin tones; except medium complexions with a rich pink undertone. Having said that we won’t recommend this for women who tan easily. If you have a cool medium skin tone that gets two shades darker in the summer, save this lipstick for your winter looks.
In our list of nude lipsticks, there’s no such thing as ‘enough peachy browns’! And we had to have this liquid peachy brown from the Nyx Lingerie nude lipstick collection. It’s a deeper, warmer color than the Huda Trendsetter. We would pair this lipstick with a basic eyeliner style, and kohl-rimmed waterline for an understated glam look.
If you have wheatish skin that slightly leans towards a cool undertone, then this brownish-pink nude lipstick shade is for you. However, if you tan easily, winter might be the only time you would want to wear this. We recommend this lip color for fair skin tones too.
This beige lip color has delicate hints of rose pink that would give neutral fair skin tones a soft pink blush. The rich matte finish coupled with some deft lip pencil work would leave your lips looking fuller and lush.
It’s rare to find a brownish pink that works so well for light complexions with a visible yellow hue. Usually, coral shades work best with these skin tone. Here, however, the cool pink hue plays a careful balancing act with the warm yellow undertone. The result is quite stunning!
In the universe of nude lipstick shades, there’s that family of light mauve nude lipsticks that orbit around very select skin tones. Like the this Huda muted mauve that beautifully suits fair complexions with a rosy pink undertone.
What we loved best about this peachy brown (Swear, it’s the last one!), is that it’s more peach than brown. This warm nude beautifully reveals the yellow undertone in a light warm complexion.
This lipstick lies! It’s actually more of cool-hued pink with hints of warm peach hidden in there. But that’s what makes this nude pink lip color from Sugar such a winner for any light skin tone.
| Lipstick Brand | Nude Lipstick Shade | Price |
| Maybelline New York Color Sensational Creamy Matte Lipstick | Touch of Spice | Rs.299 |
| Mysterious Mocha | ||
| Sugar Smudge Me Not Liquid Matte Lipstick | Don Fawn | Rs.499 |
| SUGAR Its A-Pout Time Lipstick range | Peachy Little Liars | Rs.599 |
| NYX Professional Makeup Lip Lingerie Liquid Lipstick | Seduction | Rs.650 |
| L’Oreal Paris Color Riche Moist Matte Lipstick | Beige Reveur | Rs.750 |
| Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Nude Lipstick | Medusa | Rs.1650 |
| Muse | ||
| Trendsetter | ||
| M.A.C. Matte Lipstick | Taupe | Rs.1650 |
| Velvet Teddy | ||
| Bobbi Brown Crushed Liquid Lip Color | Smoothie Move | Rs.1800 |
| Bobbi Brown Luxe Lip Color | Neutral Rose | Rs.3600 |
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