25 Stunning Nude Lipstick Ideas for Every Skin Tone

Finding the best nude lipsticks for your skin tone can be a pain. Walk into any store and you’ll find scores of different nudes ranging in neutral shades of pink, beige, brown, tan, etc. There are so many shades available that these visits tend to end in cluttered drawers at home full of lipsticks that most likely don’t flatter your skin tone as well as you’d like.

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So how does one figure out which shade will suit them? It all starts with taking a long look in the mirror. Starting simple, consider your hair color. Whether you have light, medium, or dark brown hair can influence your decision. The focal point, though, is your complexion. Would you classify your skin as pale, tan, olive, brown, dark brown, black? If you are unsure, a great way to figure this out is to check the foundation/concealer that you regularly use, which often labels the shade somewhere on the bottle.

Now for the hard part. What is your skin’s undertone? While this sounds like a difficult task, there is a simple way to figure this out. Look at the color of the veins on your wrist. If your veins have a green-blue hue, you most likely have a warm undertone. If your veins have a purple-blue hue, you most likely have a cool undertone. Finally, if your veins seem to be somewhere in the middle or you cannot tell easily what hue they are, you most likely have a neutral undertone.

Now that you have everything figured out, it is good to keep in mind that light to medium skin tones will want to look for slightly darker lipstick shades, while dark skin tones will want lipsticks that are a shade or two lighter. Warm undertones often go great with pink or red-tinted neutrals while browns, beiges, and peach shades complement cool skin tones very well. Neutral undertones can often work with both.