Picking The Right Nude Lipstick For Your Skin
Nude lips are a huge trend right now, but do you really know which nude lipstick works for you?
Picking the Right Nude Lipstick
- Match Your Lip; Not Skin
To pick the right shade of nude lipstick for your skin, look at your lip color. Press your lips together a few times, so the blood will rush to them, and take a snapshot of them on your phone. Find a blush, berry or black honey shade that will blend in with your lip color.
- Determine What Your Undertone Is
Look at your veins on the inside of your wrist. If your veins look bluish, then your undertone is blue. If they are slightly, greenish, then you have warm or yellow undertones. If you can’t tell what colour your veins are, then you have neutral undertones. Pick a shade of lipstick that complements your undertone.
Nude Lipstick for Your Skin Tone
Fair Skin
If your skin tone is on the fairer side, opt for colours with pink/blue undertones like berry’s and pinks. To check if a lipstick has a pink undertone, swipe it on the inside of your wrist; the edges will be pinkish. Lipsticks with blue undertones will have bluish edges.
Medium Skin with Yellow Undertones
When buying a nude lipstick, steer clear of muddy brown tones. Opt for colours like caramel, warm beige, and coral. You want to go for more of a creamy colour than a brown one.
Medium Skin with Olive Undertones
People with an olive undertone get the pick of the litter when choosing nude lipsticks. You can easily pule off a nude lip with colours like a light creamy pink, soft beige, coral or peach. You can also apply a sheer pink gloss over a creamy pinkish-beige lipstick and it’ll be great.
Dark Skin with Yellow Undertones
Opaque, coffee colours, an orange-red or any shade with warm undertones give the best nude lips on darker, yellow-toned skin. Also, matte nude lipsticks work best with this skin tone.
Dark Skin with Red Undertones
Darker skin tones with red undertones can achieve nude lips with deep burgundy’s, reds and plums. Line your lips with a slightly darker colour first and then blend the edges into your lipstick. For added effect, glide on a sheer gloss in mocha, latte, or pink.
When you can properly identify your undertones and skin tone, finding the right nude lipstick for you shouldn’t be a problem. All you’ll have to worry about is application and looking too good to be true.
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