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5 My Lips But Better Lipsticks
5 My Lips But Better Lipsticks
Reader Charmaine wanted to see five MLBB lipsticks, and here are five that might work for you. “My Lips But Better” are lipsticks that accentuate, perfect, or otherwise better your natural lip color, which means that a lot of it hinges on what your natural lip color is. Instead of choosing only shades that were my MLBB shades, I tried to pick a variety of colors that could give that kind of look.
- Urban Decay Rush Lipstick
- Hourglass Edition Lipstick
- Korres #13 Natural Pink
- Clarins Rosewood Lipstick
- Laura Mercier St. Tropez Lipstick
Mine is MAC’s Modesty!
I totally agree Anna!
Rush is so pretty!
Ooooohhh! They’re all so very pretty! I think my favorites would have to be the clarins and korres lipstick. But I must say all five look fantastic on you!!!
MAC Bare Slimshine (it’s the only lipstick I have a backup of)
Mine is MAC Syrup. I was really surprised when I finally tried it on after hearing so much about it that is was really close to my lip color. I bought it immediately.
Mine are mac syrup and hug me
Bare Minerals’ Rose Crepe lipstick is mine, but it wears off easily. My MAC lipsticks last forever, but this one has lasted only a few months. And, considering they are the same price, I’m hoping I can find a cheaper alternative.
Mac Hug Me and Guerlain Rouge Interdit Beige Enchanting (nº2).
I love these lipsticks!!
These are nice, but I don’t think any of these is an MLBB for me.
Mine is Korres #25 Natural Purple. I love Korres lip products so much!
I’m loving the second one! I don’t have a MLBB lipstick, but MAC’s Petting Pink Lip Conditioner is good for me 🙂
My faves are UD Rush, MAC Syrup and MAC Laugh A Lot
another Laugh a Lot fan….how I wish they’d repromote this lipstick – I got 2 when they were available but dread the day when both are used up! I know syrup is supposed to be a dupe but it’s not quite the same.
Chanel Incognito and MAC Honeylove!
If I want my lips, I just add Korres lip butter in Guava since it’s clear, but I like color and want a lipstick and right now I am loving Chanel Rose Comete with Guerlain’s Rose Tentation lip gloss over it……love!
Shiseido Perfect Rouge in Caramel (BE333). It’s a moisturizing, milk-tea color that makes my lips look more polished.
I don’t know if I can come up with 5 but here are 4….
MAC Laugh a Lot (LE…what else is new?)
Laura Mercier Healthy Lips
MAC Plumful
MAC Capricious
Mac syrup and benefit good to go ! 🙂
Benefit Good to go is mine! But now I’ll have to look into Syrup by MAC
Estee Lauder Signature in Dune Rose! So pretty…
MAC Plumful, for me. (=)A very red-lipped, paler-and-cooler than NC15 person.
This is me also and I love plumful too! I also like Guerlain rouge g gemma.
This is me aswell (Paler and cooler than nc15 and really red lips), its hard because you see all of thoses pretty light pinks like mac Angle and cupcake but you know that they will look really horrible on some one with really pigmented lips. But there are some great colours that i love and look great on pigmented lips:
Benefit – good to go
Mac syrup
Mac plumful
Stila sonia
Mac captive
Mac most popular = LE
Mac impressive
Urban decay rush
Viva glam Special edition
Mac lip pencil in soar is a great colour to fill in lips, last longer too
Please let me know some of your favorites so i can try them out. 🙂
Victoria Secret ‘It Girl’
Mac ‘Warm Me Up’
Rimmel ‘Airy Fairy’
Elf Lipstick in ‘Classy’
Mine would be MAC’s Sinister lipstick.
MAC Bare Again sheen supreme! Absolutely gorgeous.
MAC Touch. Great if your lips are a bit more pigmented.
Mac’s way to love. LE
MAC Sheen Supreme Impressive
Loreal Gilded pink
I LOVE UD’s Rush. It’s so pretty…though, the scent can be off at times.
MAC’s ‘The Faerie Glen’. It’s beautiful!
Mine too 🙂
Rose- laura mercier!
Love this post!! Will check out a few of these. For me currently MLBB are MAC Patisserie (I have a back up) and NARS Cruisin’.
Brenda, soooo agree with you on MAC Patisserie! I have 3 backups, LOL!
Mine is MAC’s Shy Girl.
I’m SO cool-toned that anything even a little warm goes all coral-y or even orange on me, so my current best MLBB lipstick is MAC Twig. Apparently to look pinkish on me, you gotta go purple-ish? I want to try Syrup too, it looks like it’d work as well and maybe be a bit warmer than Twig.
I’m the exact opposite of you. I’m so warm toned that the slightest pink color looks mauvey or lilac on me. Opaque as Pink Nouveau is, it turned lilac the second it touched my upper lip. 🙁 I’ve been looking for the perfect baby pink shade (like what Angelina Jolie wears, I have a peg of it) and I feel like I have to go coral if I want a lipstick to look like that on me. 🙂 I kind of envy you because pinks are much easier to come by than really good corals. 🙂
this is an awesome post, because I love my lips and i would love an MLBB lipstick.
Nars Dolce Vida!
Those lippies look great on you!
Mines are: Smashbox Pixel & MAC Love Nectar
I have very pigmented berry-red lips, so I love Benetint for when I want my lips to be just a tiiiny bit brighter.
Gotta go with MAC’s hug me and high tea. Modesty is also good.
MAC’s Touch and Fresh Brew :]
I can’t seem to find a MLBB that’s right for me. I was told I have pink undertones at a Sephora, so pink colors look way too pink on me. I came close with Korres lipstick in Nude (forgot the number), but it doesn’t last long at all. I love makeup and I have beauty staples but I just can’t seem to find the right lipstick. It’s a neverending journey that is so frustrating. What do you suggest for pink undertones? I’m also Asian. I always thought I had yellow undertones, but the woman at Sephora told me I had pink undertones. Should I go for coral shades? Brown shades? Help me!!
Oh, and I recently decided to try MAC Freckletone and it’s not so bad. I also got the new MAC Sheen Supreme in Can’t Get Enough. It’s almost like my lip color but still a tiny bit pinker than I’d like.
NARS Mitzi =)
Estée Lauder Rose Tea, Chrystal Rose and Chrystal Baby
OMG! I want all of these! Right now!
I’m looking for a new pretty in pink lipstick, and you post this just the very right time.
One bad thing, I want just one, but I’m going to have at least three!
MLBB so far is CdP ES #124 (and I bought it after seeing your post!)
Uuughh… wallet-ache
;P
Mine’s MAC Cosmo or Twig since I have darker lips. 🙂 I have also tried layering Revlon’s Sky Pink matte ls and MAC’s See Sheer and it works out to be a nice baby pink that’s MLBB for girls with my skintone but lighter lips. 🙂
MAC i Syrup
Mac Plumful and Kiehl’s Lip Gloss in Pink Rider 🙂
My lips are a bit darker than the colors you’ve chosen, for me MAC’s Cosmo and Bobbi Brown’s Heather Pink are MLBB.
1. Urban Decay Naked
2. Urban Decay Rush
3. MAC Syrup
4. MAC Bare Again Sheen Supreme
MAC Mehr lipstick
The second one is nice and and Clarins rosewood looks great on you!