I'm about to hit you with some real talk...
Like most of my make-up musings, my moments of contemplation came from de-cluttering my stash. Armed with a handful of past their best and whittled down MAC lipsticks ready to trade in for a shiny tube of MAC Angel I realised that when it comes to lip colours, I seldom if ever step out of my comfort zone. When purchasing a lipstick or lip pencil if it isn't a milky, somewhat creamy nude based pink I'm not all that interested.
I know what you are thinking, this is a cry for help? A plea for you to help me break free from this habit? Nope, not even close, rather I am looking for your recommendations based on similar shades. At the moment and for a long time my fail safe nude pinks are: MAC Angel, Tom Ford Spanish Pink, Rimmel East End Snob Lip Liner and Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Native - all very, very similar and all very much me. Sure every now and then I bust out a red lipstick or really push the boat out and slick on a plum or berry hue but my fail safe lip shade is a nude pink and I don't see this changing any time soon. Why should it?
My advice for selecting your "you" shade? It should be a shade you feel utterly comfortable in, a shade that enhances not our your lips but your entire face. Forget the my lips but better theory - (unless that is your comfort blanket of shades) any lip colour goes.I guess when you know, you know!
So tell me what is your go to nude pink: any brand, any price - I want to expand my collection.
Great post - I love the colours.
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My nude pink lipstick/gloss recommendation would be Dior Addict's Fluid Stick in the shade 373 Rieuse, it's my favourite nude to go!
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I seem to have the opposite problem, I have such a variety of lipstick colours that the idea of having a staple that's really me, and everyone associates with me, seems nice. Though at the moment my go-to everyday nudes are probably MAC Creme Cup and MAC Pure Zen. :)
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I love when a lip colour makes you feel like you can take on the world. Dark nudes defiantly do that for me, i just feel 10 times better when i have it on!
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My favourite pink is Rimmel Kate Lipstick in 03 - it is gorgeous and my go to for a nice, "natural" pink.
ReplyDeleteAs for my signature lip colour, it has to be anything dark.nI do go for natural colours sometimes but largely it's vampy colours. Burgundy, berry, smoky purple and even black - every time a new colour in that shade range appears from a brand, all my friends are sending me links!
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My recommendation would be MAC Creme Cup - I also love Angel but I see you've already listed it! x
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Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk lip liner! I have just tried a new Rimmel lipstick too, but forget the name so I will comment again when I remember it :) I love the Tom Ford lippy!!
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Loooove this. My "me" colour would have to be a coral shade. Any brand at all too! xx
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I am exactly the same, my collection is full of the same shades.
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I love both 17's Mirror Shine lipsticks in Beehive and Belle for the MBB look, but Belle looks a bit better with my fair skin so I wear it a lot! xx
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I love Mac Angel, it's such a pretty shade
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Clinique Pop Lip Colour + Primer in Beige Pop, just got this and love it. It's a lovely nude-pink color.
ReplyDeleteI love Charlotte Tilbury Bitch Perfect and YSL has some good ones!
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I actually have very few nude shades but of what I have I love using Nars Velvet Matte lip pencil in Sex Machine it's just wearable with pretty much any look.
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I'm the same for rarely stepping out of my comfort zone when it comes to lipstick, I tend to stick to either nude or pink toned looks x
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Oddly enough, I think my face best suits either nothing at all, or a deep, wine/berry red. My go-to is MAC Viva Glam I or Le Metier de Beaute Madaket!
ReplyDeleteThe Charlotte Tilbury one in Bitch Perfect is another lovely nude/pink! I have fairly pigmented lips, so I'm personally partial to a slightly richer, more rosey color, like the NARS Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dolce Vita. x
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I'm loving mac's 'brave' at the moment, but my ultimate go to nude shade is Chanel Rouge Coco in 05 'Mademoiselle' Lipstick never fails me! Adele x
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My 'perfect nude lipstick' is MAC Pure Zen and I use it every day I can't imagine my day without it! Your choices are also amazing, these colours suit my skin pefectly:) However, I own MAC Angel and it doesn't look good with my skin colour:(
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I have to say I am not a pink or rose lipstick wearer at all. If a lipstick turns pink on me - that's the end of it. My staple colours are bronze, red, peachy and now I am totally loving the marsala colours of rich burgundy/brown.
ReplyDeleteHowever my daughter in law loves the nude pinks. So if I get a gift with purchase bag, it nearly always has a nude pink in it. The last one I gave away was Clinique's Rosette - a very pretty (for pink nude lovers) rosy nude. Another one I gave her was an Elizabeth Arden lipstick in rose too. Both of them she loved and they really suit her.
You would probably love Chanel Coco Rouge in Mademoiselle - it's a beautiful neutral pink, think 'my lips but better'. Although I have to be honest, my favourite nude-dusty-rose lipstick is actually Rimmel Lasting Finish 077 Asia; it goes perfectly with my skin.
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MAC Blankety is my fave :)
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Soap & Glory The Missing Pink - more on the pinky side of nude but it's my go-to!
ReplyDeleteMAC creme in your coffee/cosmo are very pretty - a little brown based but I think that would look really nice on you! xxx
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I've never really been one for nude lipstick to be honest, I'd say my 'colour' would be a dark, berry purple or red xox
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