How To Choose The Best Nude Lipstick for Your Complexion

While every girl hunts for The Best Nude Lipstick, Nude lipstick never fails to flatter if chosen rightly. A nude lipstick is perfect to keep the makeup subtle and sober. “No makeup” look is surely incomplete without a nude lipstick. In fact one must own at least one nude lipstick in her vanity, especially when it’s such in trend. It fits rightly to every skin tone; it provides a muted natural effect and goes pretty well with Smokey eyes and runs for a day to night look.

A basic nude lipstick is not as basic as it sounds, the nudes have the array of shades and undertone under the umbrella having their own undertones from warm to cool toned which are further categorized under pinks, peach, caramel, taupe, chocolate, browns, mauves, maroons, beige and mixed colors, so don’t just pick any color randomly. In order to pick the most suitable nude lipstick, you have to know your skin tone first. Once you determine your complexion you will never pick a wrong nude lipstick. Let me categories The Best Nude Lipstick for Your Complexion. I am dividing the skin tones under three major categories.

The Best Nude Lipstick for Your Complexion

For Dark To Dusky Complexion: The tanned / bronzed complexion itself is so appealing that everything goes pretty well. Most Indian skin tone lies under this complexion with a little higher or lower concentration.

Shade To Choose: Since the skin tone itself is tilted towards the tanned/ brownish side any light or cool toned color would wash out the entire face or the face might look too bright. hence The Best Nude Lipstick would be a color that is tad bit darker than your skin tone, having a good opacity to show up on your face. Pick a color having a warmer undertone falling in the category of brown, caramel or chocolaty. Muted maroon or taupe would look stunning  too. You can also go for lustrous, gel like glossy formula to add the spark on your face.

For Olive To Medium Complexion: Usually this skin tone has a tint of paleness or yellowness in their complexion or a neutral complexion which neither tilts towards fair nor range under dusky tone. Such skin tones can play around the warmer shades of the lipstick as well as can try few cool toned colors too.

Shade To Choose:  Having tilted towards yellow or paleness, a bit of contrasting color can bring out the entire complexion to the game. Go for the colors that are slightly different than skin tone to eliminate the paleness of the face, try out the brown based pinks, or nude pink. You can try various shades that match and complement you skin well. Taupe is another apt color for such skin tone. A soft berry brown color or rosy pink would flatter on your skin. You can go with cool toned or lighter colors too, such as muted pink, muted brown or soft red or peach colors. Matte lipsticks would uplift the nude color on your lips.

The Best Nude Lipstick for Your Complexion

For Light To Light Complexion: Mostly Pinkish in nature or soft skin tone, this skin tone lacks the bronzed ness. Sometime a fair complexion could be pale as well. This skin can carry cool toned colors or lighter shades very well. While cool toned colors fit best, warm toned colors can also go well at the same, but time they mind go too loud for a nude lipstick for them.

Shades To Choose: In order to keep the pink ness of your lips intact choose the shades which are lighter than your skin tone. Go for less opaque colors, like whipped beige, light pink nude, a sheer berry color or lightest brown color. If you seek a warm undertone than go for toffee color, rusted or berry shades.

If your lips are quite pigmented looks visible on the nude lipstick, then apply a concealer or a matte foundation underneath to get the perfect nude lip color.

Hope these tips would help you in choosing The Best Nude Lipstick for Your Complexion.

 

*Written By Mehvish Rana

3 Comments

  • February 2, 2017

    Mariyam

    Great post. It game me an idea what kind of nude would suit my dusky skin 🙂
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  • February 21, 2017

    susmita mondal

    Ahhhh…. Really helpful it is really difficult to choose a nude shade for dark skin tone 😊

    • March 24, 2017

      Sunita Sharma

      I have always been a fan of the Nude Lipstick which I could wear all day long. I do not like to put loud lip colors to office or to a simple mall shopping. Nude listick isbest for a subtle and simple look