7 Must-Have MAC Brown Lipsticks
7 Must-Have MAC Brown Lipsticks
About the Temptalia Must-Haves Series
A series of posts showcasing must-have products from MAC Cosmetics’ permanent line of products. Selections are based on quality, universality, uniqueness amongst the line, and the like. Limited edition shades are deliberately excluded to make buying easier. Readers’ comments act as a supplement to these lists of their favorites and must-haves. You can find the entire series here.
Twig lipstick is a creamy, semi-sheer pink with brownie-pink. It’s almost like a really deep, flesh-toned color.
Stay In Touch lipstick is a creamy, soft-sheen yellow-based brown that goes on fairly opaque, but it is wearable even for those wary of brown.
Spirit lipstick is a semi-sheer beige-based brown with just a touch of pink in it.
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Touch lipstick is a sheer, almost-glossy brown with peachy undertones.
Dare You lipstick is a creamy, opaque browned down red–almost a brick shade.
Verve lipstick is a semi-sheer, plummy brown shade that goes on naturally and doesn’t look over the top.
Retro lipstick is a fun shade of pinky-red brown with a semi-sheer, light sheen finish.
What are your favorite brown lipsticks?
Is stay in touch a limited addition? I cant find it in the online store
is this still available or was it a limited edition?
Which one?
Great picks Christine! It figures that someone with my name would share my taste in lipstick. :-) I love and own Twig and Verve. I just purchased Touch and love that one also--those peachy browns often turn too "yellow" on me but this one is just right, a great daily color for the office. I'd also add Polished Up, if that one counts (although it veers more towards the plum side). I'll try the other suggestions some times, thanks for the picks!
i really like shitaki. it seemed light at first, but the brown glaze stayed and stayed.
Honeyflower would be nice if only it had a lot less glitter in it.
Sheer Plum, Twig, Taupe, and Verve are good too, the latter are good matte nude browns with a touch of red, but in a good way.
Touch, Paramount, Photo, X-S, Fetish, Coconutty, and Shag are great brown lipsticks. Fresh Brew is good but very cool; I find Touch more reliable.
ooh..i have touch and i must say it's a pretty color. flatters my tan skin tone. :)
I'm so glad Touch works well on you, Martha!
I really like Paramount layered with Frenzy - on me (NC43), its a shmmery brown yet neither orangish nor copper. I like Touch too but it doesnt last much. Retro and O both turn rather reddish-berryish on me =(
I think Touch is a lustre, so that'd explain it's wear time!
My fav MAC brown lipstick Jubilee, Cherish, Shy Shine,Underplay, Malt,and Fresh Brew!
Awesome choices, Azura!
Twig is my 1st brown lipstick. I also like Mocha and I'd love to make freshbrew work for me.
I like Fresh Brew layered with golds/pinks, personally!
Touch and Stay in Touch are the ones that I'm after! Creme Cerise is also a good brown lipstick!
Malt l/s with Mad Cap l/g is an all time fave for me!
Ohh, that's a nice combo, Theresa!
I have loved X-S for a while now, it's sort of reddish-brown, but it's gorgeous.
Nice :D
I just picked up Fresh Brew today! Very pretty soft brown.
Nice, Naz! Enjoy it!
O lipstick looks brown on me too! I hate it on me but love the berry gold it turns on other people!
Aww! But is it a pretty brown at least?
Somehow O lipstick looks brown on me .
O is berryish on me, but I could see it turning brown on others!
twig is my 1st MAC brown lipstick. Can't get enough of it
Twig is great :)
my favorite is film noir. it's been my go-to brown for years! lol
That's a deep color! I wish I could pull it off!
Naked Paris, ofcourse ^^
Is that perm?
It is in Europe!
I don't find Touch very brown at all. Photo is a great, true brown if you can pull it off.
Touch is pretty brown on me, actually! Crazy!
i like Coconutty l/s as a greek goddess brown : )
Must say, I love it too.
I was tempted to put that on the list!
Astral l/s from Naughty Nauticals is a beautiful brown and it's the only brown l/s I have and I wear it with Get Rich Quick Dazzleglass!
Sorry I meant Neo Sci Fi not NN!
Astral is gorgeous! I remember that one :)
Love Retro. I've been wearing it for years. It used to be my go-to lipstick and what I wore for my wedding in 2000!
Nice! I will check it out again!
taupe lipstick, an all time fave
YES! All time fave!!!!
Awesome pick, Rowan!
The only brown lipstick i have is Spirit. I guess the little bit of pink in it makes it wearable for me
I tend to find browns that are only slightly brown but then have something else going on work best for me, too.
I like Sheer Plum which, despite its name, isn't plum at all. And Honeyflower, the only lipstick I saw the bottom of.
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