What is your “my lips but better” color? It’s that lipstick, gloss, stain, or whatever lip product that just enhances your natural color. What’s yours? Brand? Description of why it’s so great?
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MACs Plink lipstick
i can apply it without a mirror and i think its flattering on every skintone and you can always get it with 6 empties (B2M)
Nice choice, Claudine! Haha, so great that you can apply it without a mirror!
I haven’t tried a lot of MAC lipsticks, so I could not name a MLBB color that’s from MAC. But my favorite MLBB lipsticks are Paula Dorf Sheer Lipstick in Breathless and Clinique Long Last Soft Shine in Creamy Nude. The Paula Dorf lippie is MLBB, with some peach tones while Clinique comes off as neutral nude.
Well, it’s your MLBB shade, of any brand 😉 Not just MAC!
So great that you’ve found two to choose from!
I don’t own it, but MAC’s Ahoy, There is actually my lip shade with just the slightest _hint_ of more pink.
Wow, you’re so lucky that’s your natural lip color!
NC30 with pigmented lips. MACs Viva Glam 6 lipstick looks fabulous with well moisterized lips!!!! I get tons of compliments all the time.
Very pretty choice, Sovann!
MAC Viva Glam VI
Nice color, Grace!
NARS’ Butterfield 8 lip lacquer is a surprisingly wonderful MLBB — the only lipgloss to date that I’ve completely used up! I wish I could find a lipstick that had the same color and shine as this.
Awesome! It’s so great that you’ve found your MLBB shade! Still looking for mine!
Viva Glam V Lipstick and lipglass and Bare Necessity Dazzleglass all are my lip but better colors for me
My lips are brownish pink as are the Viva Glam Vs. Bare Necessity is glittery sheer, so my lips show through, while keeping them cute.
That’s a really great shade of lips you have there, Dee!
Being a black woman I don’t have to tell you how hard it is to find a nice nude color. However, I really love the Carol’s Daughter Candy Paint lip glosses. I usually mix Park Avenue Bling with Brick House for a perfect pout.
Hey Brandi! I’m glad that you’ve found SOMETHING that works for you!! I have heard many a complaint about the trials of finding WoC friendly makeup!
MAC sharp beige, but it’s LE.
otherwise, jubilee or hug me.
At least you have some perms to choose from 😀
Mac slimshine in funshine is exactly my lips but better…a little more corally, shiny, smother and softer. Love it!
Oh, wow! Lucky you to have such a cool shade of lips naturally!
MAC 4N. Lips plus!
Nice! And I envy you 😉
Fast Lane by MAC. I don’t remember what collection it was in, but it’s totally MLBB. With Electro Lush gloss over it…ahhhh.
Rushmetal, right?
Nars Butterfield lip lacquer, MAC Hug Me lipstick, MAC Honeyflower lipstick
Ohh, Honeyflower! I’ve always wanted to get this shade!
Mark Fresh Kiss Lipstick in Buttah, which, with my luck, is discontinued! I have one that I’m actively using, and one still in the box that I’m gonna go try to match.
That sucks that it was discontinued, though 🙁 At least you can take the other one around looking for dupes!
When I’m going for a natural lip colour, I use one of 2 BNeverTooBusyToBeBeautiful products:
If I’m going for a cool colour sheme, I go for the antique-pink ‘Bluff’ lip tint, which is a perfect match to my natural colouring, or for a warmer colour scheme, especially when I have red hair, I use their ‘Bi-lingual’ lip cream, which is a creamy pink-brown tone, very slightly darker than my natural lip colour.
Hey!
So glad those work for you 🙂 I’ve never heard of that brand, though!
Raquel Weltch Adventuresome!
Ohh, nice! I don’t think I picked that up, I remember passing on the Raquel Welch launch!
^^
Well it’s not my exact lip color but it looks quiet natural on me when I apply it lightly.
Laura Mercier’s Bare Lips is the closest I have come across. It’s a rather sheer pinky beige and it suits my skin tone very well.
So great! It’s amazing how many have found their MLBB colors!
I´m still looking for a HG-MLBB shade. MAC Saplicious lip gelee is close but not pink enough, Twig-Twig l/s is also close but a bit too pink, *sighs and shakes head*
It’s a tough quest, Nell! I am on it, too!
Two: First, MAC’s “Syrup” is a shade darker than my natural lips, but the same color.
Second, and I find this weird because it’s not a at all a naturalistic type of lip color, MAC’s “Money, Honey” Dazzleglass! Obviously I don’t have all the sparkles naturally (THAT would be interesting!) – but it’s an even closer color match than “Syrup.”
Wow, Syrup is such a pretty shade, lucky you Laudry!!
For me, the best MLBB shades are Dior Shiniest Beige, MAC Rubia, Bourjois Beige Elastic, and Nars Stolen Kisses. Bobbi Brown Lipshine in Sunkissed works well in the summer time, while MAC Slimshine in Bare is a more winter friendly color for me.
Very nice! Seems like you have plenty that work well for you!
I’ve yet to find a perfect one – My lips are naturally a dark dark pink….. so I always try to find glosses that lighten them. I’ve had little luck, I turn everything so fuschia on my lips. I use concealer on them under gloss/etc, but it always wears off so quickly!
I haven’t found the perfect one either, Kell 🙁
Mac’s ‘Young Spark’ it was from Flashtronic last summer, and I’ve never heard ANYONE talk about it, but it’s one of the only lipglasses I wear, and I bought 3 of it!
Young Spark is my exact lipcolor too! But just a little more shimmery. I’ve had it for so long and just rediscovered it last week!
I love that color! 😀
Twig-Twig and Love, Henri are my 2 from MAC, and BECCA grenadine lip gloss is great too 🙂
Very nice list, Courtney!
Clinique’s Black Honey – my lip colour but deeper. I have very red lips naturally.
Oh, lucky you! Black Honey is gorg!
Viva Glam V lipglass. It is just slightly darker than my lips and I always get compliments. And since its a neutral it doesn’t matter what color my hair is.
Awesome to hear it, Jessica!
Benetint!
Haha, so classic, Lydia!
When i want to go with something natural but with a little oomph, i use Este Lauders’ tender lip balm in tender plum, MAC electro lush lip gloss, MAC push up plum (lustre) and MAC desire(lustre).I just slap any of those on without liner.
Oh, nice! Very pretty choices 😀
I LOVE Lip Fusion in Summer. That’s the best gloss (I’ve used up 2)! Best lipstick for my lips is the new one: Buoy-O-Buoy!!! Def. my lips but better – LOVE IT!!!
Wow, your lips are close to Buoy O Buoy?! Lucky duck!
I love sheer balmy formulas that don’t require a mirror, lipliner or topping of gloss. I also like formulas that feel good without a smear of a different balm first. Give me something that I can just slap on at my desk!!
LORAC Sheer Lipstick in “Just Kissed”
NARS Lipstick in “Dolce Vita”
MAC Lipstick in “Hug Me”
Very nice, Amy!
Viva Glam V, with Buoy-O-Buoy in 2nd place!
Lucky! You all have such pretty natural lip colors!
Syrup, Mocha (+lychee luxe), 3N (+avarice), and Marisheeno!
I wish my lip color was like Mari-sheeno! I’d die!
Benetint balm.
Sure, it’s a little rosier than my lips are, but I find that I prefer that much more to something closer to my actual lip shade.
Looks like another vote for Benetint!
Bourjois Rouge Lovely Bijou – Rose Preciuex is my lips with more shimmer and shine
Hey Lithia! Nice, gotta love added shimmer and shine!
I like Nivea’s Lipbalm in a stick in Cherry Flavour for on the go. And I always am T^T.
Otherwise my abolute favorites are: MAC’s
Subculture lippencil,
4N Lipstick,
Fullfilled Plushglass.
And NARS’ Chihuahua is also a very nice MLBB lipgloss.
Also I am Asian (or Oriental for the Brits) so for some weird reason the (discontinued I fear) “9 to 5” by RIMMEL is a winner. It’s just the right blend of dirty pink and brown and rose to make my lips look nude in a vibrant, polished way.
Hey Hiromix!
That’s awesome. I love that thie lipbalm stick works!
I got two, actually. Revlon’s Super Lustrous lipgloss in ‘Nude Lustre’ and Clinique’s Colour Surge Butter Shine lipstick in ‘419 First Love’.
Hey Aleks! Very nice! So great that you’ve found two!
Syrup is pretty much an exact colour but with a bit of pink!
Nice choice, others like that one, too!
Ironic…but I agree with Ashley (our names…oh the irony)
Raquel Welch’s Adventuresome l/g is like my lips…but BETTER. Haha