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.
On me, Dare You is almost a wine red, with zero brown in it at all…I love it, but I wouldn’t call it brown.
I am still searching for a brown that looks good on me.
Dare You has some brown tint to it on me, so weird!
Yeah, Dare You is almost identical to Dubonnet on me, just a bit creamier texture. I swapped away my Dubonnet ‘cuz I liked Dare You better!
The only perm l/s I have that I’d classify as brown is Shag, but it’s more copper than straight brown. But I like a lot of brown-tinted LE ones: Retrofluid, Dangerously Hot, Russe, Real Treasure, Buoy oh Buoy. These are not that brown, though, just “brown tinted” on me.
I like Buoy oh Buoy too!
I like Sheer Plum which, despite its name, isn’t plum at all. And Honeyflower, the only lipstick I saw the bottom of.
Honeyflower is gorgeous!
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.
taupe lipstick, an all time fave
YES! All time fave!!!!
Awesome pick, Rowan!
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!
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 🙂
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!
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!
Naked Paris, ofcourse ^^
Is that perm?
It is in Europe!
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!
twig is my 1st MAC brown lipstick. Can’t get enough of it
Twig is great 🙂
Somehow O lipstick looks brown on me .
O is berryish on me, but I could see it turning brown on others!
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?
I just picked up Fresh Brew today! Very pretty soft brown.
Nice, Naz! Enjoy it!
I have loved X-S for a while now, it’s sort of reddish-brown, but it’s gorgeous.
Nice 😀
Malt l/s with Mad Cap l/g is an all time fave for me!
Ohh, that’s a nice combo, Theresa!
Touch and Stay in Touch are the ones that I’m after! Creme Cerise is also a good brown lipstick!
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!
My fav MAC brown lipstick Jubilee, Cherish, Shy Shine,Underplay, Malt,and Fresh Brew!
Awesome choices, Azura!
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!
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!
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.
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.
Honeyflower would be nice if only it had a lot less glitter in it.
i really like shitaki. it seemed light at first, but the brown glaze stayed and stayed.
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!
is this still available or was it a limited edition?
Which one?
Is stay in touch a limited addition? I cant find it in the online store