Porcelain Beauties: favourite nude lip combos?

[kimmy]

so i know for us paler ladies, a nude lip colour is hard to come by because...well, most brands just don't make light enough nude colours! so what are the favourite (MAC or non-MAC) nude lip combos of all you lovely fair skinned girlies?

 

[redambition]

i don't tend to wear nude lips because it makes me look like i either have no lips at all (they're small and kinda thin to begin with), or like i'm dead. the whole looking dead thing is big problem for me, because i can achieve that look too easily

I tend to go for "natural" lips if i don't want to emphasise them. things like slicked pink lip gelee, brave l/s, lust l/g, that sort of thing.

 

[asphyxiad0ll]

I also tend to go for natural lips, especially because I tend to do more dramatic eyes - Burt's Bees chapstick is my staple for everyday. However, sometimes my natural lip color is actually a bit much in comparisson to my eyes, so I do tone them down a bit with a neutral lipstick.
My very favorite is Sephora metallic lipstick in #26. It's a sheerish, shiny honey color that works with my pale complection, and also works with the gold/yellow undertones in my skin, since I'm a natural blonde. My main priority for a lipstick is moisture, which is hard to find, so I was thrilled when I found this. It's only $10, and it's wonderful for the price. It also has a light, grape bubble yum kinda taste to it, so I like that.

 

[thestarsfall]

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Originally Posted by redambition the whole looking dead thing is big problem for me, because i can achieve that look too easily

Same here...only its more my arms and hands that look like they belong folded up in a coffin...a little blush and I look semi-not dead in my face...so haha...

as for lips...yeah...just a plain lipgloss/balm type thing...

I was looking for a nude lipstick the other day and all of them are like BROWN....obviously brown...and I am not brown...I am white white white white...especially in the winter.

I like the nude-esque look from just having some lipbalm on....I like the bodyshops lipbutter in nut-butter...kinda a shiney pale lip.

 

[medusalox]

I have Hug Me. In the lights at MAC, it looked like the perfect nude. Not so. It's oddly dark for me. The closest I get to a nude lip is Ample Pink Plushglass...I'm still hunting for a good lipstick that isn't too dark or too light. Eh.

 

[Shavwi]

when I'm going for a nude look I use MAC's CHerish lipstick with a bit of FLorabundance lipglass on top to lighten it up a bit. I also add lots of bronzer to keep the nude color from washing me out.

 

[sharyn]

I use clear lipgloss and a wee bit of Politely Pink to just add some shimmer. Everything else shows up dark on me (yes even nude colors)

 

[maxcat]

Jubilee is a great all-purpose nude for the ultra whites - it's got a bit of plum in it that takes the "brown" away.

 

[m4dswine]

Blankety is a good nude on me, or Viva Glam V.

I don't really do nude though... If I want to go really nude I just put some clear lipglass on, because my lips are about the same colour as my skin naturally anyway....

 

[Padmita]

I recently discovered Estée Lauder Sweet Lychee and it's a perfect pinky nude on me, slightly lighter than my lips but not enough to wash me out. And I also love L'Oréal Blush Scarlett, which is a little peachier! Not combos really but I love both as nudes on their own...

 

[Vennie]

I 2nd Jubilee. This is the perfect true nude for me to go with smokey eyes when I don't want pink lips. if I want to *punch* it up I can just add different lustreglasses like Instant gold or love nectar

 

[Ambi]

My lip look is usually just light brownish pink lipliner on my [whole] lips and clear lipgloss on it, looks very natural but not too light, I tend to lick my lips so much I'll just eat away the lipstick so lipliner is much cheaper in my case ;]

 

[Bernadette]

I like Cedar LL with C-Thru lipglass

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[Sonya Adams]

I gave up on the nude look because I, too, look dead to the world. However, sometimes I'll go with a veeeery pale pink and put a little gloss over it (by a little, I mean a swish with my lipbrush on the gloss and dab just a touch over the pink). Seems to give me that "nude but natural" look, especially when I use jellybabe over the pinks.

 

[jenii]

Usually the nude lips do wash me out a lot, but I found that NARS Belle De Jour doesn't do that. It lightens up my lips, giving them a nude look without making me look like a corpse.

 

[Ella_]

I cant really do a nude lip, my lips are just too heavily pigmented. I guess dreamy lipglass is the closest I can get to a nude colour, or just a cheap e.l.f lipbalm stick.

 

[Luxurious]

i like a bit of moisturecover NC20 and levigate/blur it

 

[liv]

I tried Blankety at MAC, and I wanted to get it, but my sister said it washed me out. So I'm still looking.

Milani's Crystal gloss in Secret is a very pretty color, though, milky beige, and the pink of my lips peeks out a little, so it isn't too pale.

 

[DoeEyedGirl]

My lips are very, very red naturally so I have to be careful when doing a nude lip. I use colors like MAC Blankety or Viva Glam II becaue they have more pink in them and Beurre lipliner. I use a lip brush so that it doesn't look chalky. Then I top it with florabundance, c-thru or underage with a brush again. I make sure that I am wearing blush, contour and highlight so that my skin looks amazing and not "dead".

 

[user79]

15 Minutes l/s

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Babied Liplacquer are my fav nudes.