Favorite Nude Lippies!

[IttyxBittyxMe]

I feel like nude lips for brown girls can be a struggglllleee sometimes! So I thought it be good to have a place to post your favorite nude lip combos (with pics if you've got them)! For me I ADORE Stila Dolce lined with the NYX Nutmeg liner.

[KNC24]

I love Marc Jacobs make me! And nyx praline are my go to for nudes. Will post pics later

[PrettyBasic21]

I love Trendsetter by Huda. It’s a matte liquid lipstick in an orange-brown shade. I line with a reddish brown pencil.

[WinglessOne]

I’m back because I just found my perfect bottom lip match—a “true nude”—in a cream bullet formula. Many mauvey pinks are close, but BECCA - Ultimate Lipstick Love - Orchid (C) is as close to an exact match as I’ll probably ever get. Here it is, along with 2 other pink nudes while I’m at it. I do like all 3 of these, but Orchid’s a new-to-me shade and I’m very pleasantly surprised by it. 

In each lip swatch, the left side shows my bare lips and the right side shows the lipstick.  All photos were taken tonight in interior lighting. 

Just right!Too warm.Too pale.

Tonight I realized I’ve never really tried to shade-match my top lip. Sometime this week, I’ll search my lipstick hoard for a true nude that’s as close as possible to that color. It’ll be tricky! I’m sure I have a lip liner that’s close, especially since the perimeter of my bottom lip is also that color. But I’m challenging myself to find a lipstick shade instead. Hooray, another potential excuse to go lipstick shopping—just what I need! 🤣 🤪 

[missjeanie]

well hello Becca Orchid! @WinglessOne  This looks great on you! I might need to steal your mlbb shade to test out!

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @missjeanie ! 

[EDani711]

Mented Cosmetics has awesome nude shades for us brown girls. They are only sold online at www. Mentedcosmetis.com. I’m wearing Nude brown lipstick with Mented #5 gloss on top

[IttyxBittyxMe]

This is a look I did on a co worker, I used NARS Spunk liner and ByTerry click lipstick in #27

[WinglessOne]

I wanted to do full lip swatches of all these (and a few other) shades for this thread, but I keep missing the best daylight hours for that. So instead, here are swatches on my arm in indirect daylight through a window, with interior lighting in the background—so you can kinda see how each shade shifts in daylight vs. indoor lighting. I wanted to represent a nude range from pinks to browns. 

I included 2 sparkly Pat McGrath BlitzTrance shades, mostly because folks often ask me how all the PMG “Flesh” bullets (BlitzTrance, MatteTrance, Lip Fetish Balm) compare. Unfortunately the glitter’s barely visible in this photo. Flesh Fatale is from the first BlitzTrance release; Flesh 3 is from the newest BlitzTrance release and feels creamier. ColourPop 27 may not seem like a nude shade to anyone whose lips aren’t naturally mauve/berry toned, but it’s one of my favorite shades by any brand and I reach for it frequently. 

Nude lipsticks in pinks and browns. Forgot to include some cool toned shades.

Shades: 

1. Pat McGrath Labs (PMG) BlitzTrance in Flesh Fatale 
2. PMG BlitzTrance in Flesh 3 
3. PMG Lip Fetish Balm in Flesh 3 
4. PMG MatteTrance in Flesh 3 
5. PMG MatteTrance in Flesh 5 
6. PMG Lip Fetish Balm in Ultra Vixen 
7. ColourPop Creme Lux in 27 
8. ColourPop Creme Lux in Brick 
9. NYX Suede Matte in Cold Brew 
10. NARS Audacious in Deborah 
11. MAC Liptensity in Double Fudge 
12. ColourPop Creme Lux in Chocolatier 

Here’s a very recent photo of me wearing MAC Double Fudge. Since MAC discontinued the Liptensity line this year, I don’t know if you can find this shade anywhere. (I bought backups earlier this year.) But if you can: Liptensity bullets are very creamy comfy to wear and super pigmented, with very graceful weardown throughout the day. I still say they’re the best lipsticks MAC has ever made—and I’ve worn various lines of MAC lipstick for decades. 

[Jupiter829]

What do you think of the BlitzTrance Flesh 3? I need something I can wear to work that's in the nude range but not glittery. A bit of shimmer is ok though. 

[danielledanielle]

Aw, man...great swatches @WinglessOne .  Since the VIP sale was extended, I was very curious about the Flesh shades, but none of them really speak to me.  That ColourPop 27 is calling to me, though.

[misskarenf]

That ColourPop 27 stood out to me too!

[WinglessOne]

Thanks @danielledanielle! At ColourPop’s prices, 27 is easy to try! 😉 I keep saying their Lux creme and matte bullets are worth at least 3x their price. I’d have happily paid $21 USD for shade 27. 

[jmakeupartist]

Hey Melanin Sisters, I made this nude lip with Norvina Pro pigment palette volume 1, with yellow eye shadow and lip oil on top.Anastasia Beverly Hills Norvina® Pro Pigment Palette Vol. 1 for Face & Body

[Becks96]

I have been using a deep thoughts by smashbox and using a dark brown lip liner. My go to nude look.

[KNC24]

@IttyxBittyxMe love this thread!!! I love the marc jacobs gloss in make me. It blue pink that is my go-to nude lip. I'm going to look for a pic to post. 

[IttyxBittyxMe]

Overall I can say I hated my makeup today but I liked my lips! Sephora Molassas liner, Too Faced You Better Work, topped with Pat McGrath Bronze Divinity.

[misskarenf]

Too Faced and MUFE has some great nude options for us. Here I'm wearing Too Faced - Indecent Proposal. No liner needed. One of my favs.

[HazelEyedQueen]

Because of my career, if I want to wear makeup to work, my lips have to be nude. I adore Mented Cosmetics for their product line filling that void. I can use their lippies, liners or glosses and be g2g.

 They're soft, moisturizing, and long lasting.

[danielledanielle]

Great topic @IttyxBittyxMe! I feel like that's such a thing sometimes, so I've never been too big on it. I think last year I just found a few things that work for me. For nudes, I try to go warm (mauve or brown) instead of pinky nude, which even as a tan person, can pull corpse-like. Even then, I usually layer the nude color with something because if I don't, it doesn't work for me with the exception of NYX's lip lingerie (Although the consistency can be off with LL.) I like the shade range, and they stay on fairly long. I also think Natasha Denona just came out/coming out with a bunch of nudes. So as far as with layering, I pair KVD Lolita with OG Lolita lip liner. Creates a pink with a hint of mauve. Or, I use gloss + liner. Fenty's Gloss bomb with a liner is a good nude for me, or Hourglass Unreal in Strike with KVD Lolita. Also...although technically not a nude, I like Fenty's Stunna lip paint in unveil. When I layer my nyx over it, it's my perfect nude. Pic is gloss bomb on the right, KVD lip + liner on right

[WinglessOne]

Bookmarking this thread so I remember to come back later, with new photos taken in daylight. Great thread idea, @IttyxBittyxMe ! 

My interpretation of “nude lip” might be slightly different than others, partly because of my natural lip color(s). Here’s an older photo of my bare lips vs. a sheer plum MLBB shade: Lipstick Queen Chinatown Glossy Pencil in the shade Mystery. It’s a crayon style gloss stick. LQ tends to frequently discontinue lipstick lines, but the Chinatown pencils might still be available at eBay or Amazon. 

Daylight through a window.