Carolina Herrera Matte Lipstick in Undercover From £25, harrods. For nude-lipstick lovers with fair skin, Charlotte recommends choosing beige-toned nudes for a gorgeous understated lip look. Pat McGrath Divine Rose Matte Trance Lipstick £35, ĩ. For those with medium skin and cool undertones, like Taylor Swift and Cameron Diaz, a nude lip looks stunning. Givenchy Rouge Deep Velvet Lipstick in N42 £29, Ĩ. Best for medium skin with cool undertones: Urban Decay Cosmetics Vice Lipstick in Hex. Hermès Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rose Boise £58, ħ. Guerlain Kiss Kiss Tender Matte Lipstick in Lovely Nude £31, ĥ. NARS Claudette Audacious Lipstick in Anais £26, Ĥ.

Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Nude Kate £25, ģ. The industry has finally woken up to the fact that nude is not a monolith and that, unless severely jaundiced, no one has skin the colour of a Rich Tea biscuit.ġ. Here are top recommendations for Best Nude Lipsticks (2022) by skin tone, undertone, price, skin type, and more by using refine results to narrow down. These days, however, nude lipsticks can mean anything from taupes with hints of pinks (best on fairer skins) right through to warm pinky or plummy browns (great on darker skin tones).

Which is why I could never understand why, for years, the only nude anything you could find was a weird off-key beige. The idea of nude – be it a nude lipstick or nude underwear – is that it resembles flesh tones or is at least close enough to complement your natural skin colour. That said, one area of progression can be seen in its definition of “nude”.

I am, however, also one of its biggest critics – the archaic “criterion for beauty” and who gets to play a part in it still needs dismantling. As a beauty editor and, fundamentally, a consumer of beauty products, I have a soft spot for the industry.

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