5 Corals for Green Eyed Looks

One of my favorite ways to complement green eyeshadows is with coral/peach lipstick. There is just enough warmth to tie to the greens most commonly used and if you find one soft enough, it will complement and not compete.

1. Bobbi Brown Bare Pink Rich Lip Color — delightfully light coral without too warmth, making it a wearable coral for all skin tones
2. MAC Freckletone Lipstick – a soft peach with a hint of coral, a little sheerness but not too much
3. Chanel Genie Extrait de Gloss — a glossy, semi-opaque peach coral adds color without going overboard
4. Smashbox Splendid Lipstick — a pink-tinged coral with soft white shimmer and a glossy finish
5. Korres #30 Liquid Lipstick — opaque and glossy, this is a soft peach with only a hint of warmth

What are your favorite lip pairings for green eyeshadows?

The Spring Season: Temptalia’s Favorites

After many, many months of swatching and testing, these are my favorites–a whopping eighteen of them! During the Spring Season, we featured cooler nudes (9), cooler pinks (8), soft corals (8), lipglosses (15), warmer nudes (15), and warmer pinks (17) for a total of 72 different lipsticks and lipglosses in varying shades of soft coral, nude, and pink.

Comments & Thoughts

When I picked my favorites, I went through all the different folders I had for Spring Season shades and marked the ones I loved.  At the end, I wound up with eighteen–a little much, but who says there is a limit on favorites?  I do, however, obviously gravitate towards certain shades and tones over others.

• #1 (Benefit I’m With the Band), #3 (Cle de Peau #2), and #17 (NP Set Mauritius Lipgloss) are all in the same family.  #3 is my favorite of this shade family, though.
• I also love the texture of Cle de Peau’s Extra Silky Lipsticks, which necessitated the inclusion of both #4 (Cle de Peau #103) and #5 (Cle de Peau #106).  You’re just lucky I held off on including #124, too!
• Oh, Guerlain! Similarly, Guerlain’s Rouge G lipsticks still have my heart–as evidenced by #6 (Guerlain Garance), #7 (Guerlain Gardenia), #8 (Guerlain Gemma), #9 (Guerlain Georgia), and #10 (Guerlain Guerlinade).  I haven’t found a dupe (nothing even similar enough to bother talking about!) to Garance nor Gardenia, but I feel like Gardenia may be substituted with a peachy nude and satisfy some enough.  Gemma is similar to #12 (Korres #22).  Guerlinade may be duped the best (based on my current lipstick repository) by #14 (MAC Freckletone), but Freckletone is significantly sheerer, glossier, and brighter/peachier–Guerlinade looks more muted in comparison, and obviously creamier and more opaque.
• #8 (Guerlain Gemma) is similar to #9 (Guerlain Georgia) except with that cool gold sheen and a rosier pink base, but #12 (Korres #22) is like a more muted version of #8, too.  #8 is my favorite of the three, but #12 comes close and it’s what, a third of the price?
• #11 (Korres #13) is a lighter, pinker version of #15 (MAC Velvet Teddy).

1. Benefit I’m With the Band Lipgloss
2. Chanel Santal Rouge Allure Laque
3. Cle de Peau #2 Gloss
4. Cle de Peau #103 Extra Silky Lipstick
5. Cle de Peau #106 Extra Silky Lipstick
6. Guerlain Garance Rouge G Lipstick
7. Guerlain Gardenia Rouge G Lipstick
8. Guerlain Gemma Rouge G Lipstick
9. Guerlain Georgia Rouge G Lipstick
10. Guerlain Guerlinade Rouge G Lipstick
11. Korres #13 Natural Pink Guava Lipstick
12. Korres #22 Rose Guava Lipstick
13. Lancome Voile de Rose Lipstick
14. MAC Freckletone Lipstick
15. MAC Velvet Teddy Lipstick
16. NP Set Mauritius Lipgloss
17. Smashbox Splendid Lipstick
18. Urban Decay Naked Lipstick

The Spring Season: Coral Lipstick Wrap-up

Though a smaller part of our Spring Season, we featured several softer shades of coral (don’t worry, brighter corals are coming!).  If there’s anything these measly eight coral shades have told me… it’s that I need to start hunting for some non-Guerlain corals and see how they match up!

• #3 (Guerlain Orange Sequin) is like a more orange version of #1 (Chanel Santal).
• #6 (Guerlain Garance) seems like a richer, more pigmented version of #7 (Smashbox Splendid).
• Wish we could have found a dupe for the ever luxe #2 (Cle de Peau #124).

1. Chanel Santal Rouge Allure Laque
2. Cle de Peau #124 Extra Silky Lipstick
3. Guerlain Orange Sequin Lipstick
4. Guerlain Brit Rouge G de Brilliant Lipstick
5. Guerlain Corail Passion Lipstick
6. Guerlain Garance Rouge G Lipstick
7. Smashbox Splendid Lipstick
8. Urban Decay Indecent Lipstick

Smashbox Splendid Lipstick

The Spring Season: Smashbox Splendid Lipstick

Smashbox Splendid Lipstick ($22.00 for 0.12 oz.) is a soft, semi-opaque coral-pink with a glossy finish. It has subtle golden/champagne shimmer throughout, but it has more of a glimmering effect. Despite having a very soft and sheer look to it, it’s surprisingly opaque. It really melds and blends with your natural lip color, so it is easy to wear. Smashbox’s Lipsticks are always very creamy and moisturizing and wear for a solid four hours on me.

More Smashbox Lipsticks…

• Charming
• Legendary

Is this the right coral lipstick for you? Would you wear it?

The Spring Season is a series of posts featuring my favorite soft beige, coral, and pink lipsticks and lipglosses — all perfect for the first blossom of spring — that runs through March 2010.

See photos and swatches…