If you could only wear one color family for lipstick, what would it be?
Mauve, which is kind of my lips but better for me! I find it goes well with a lot of other colors, too.
— Christine
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Easy. Light-medium toned nudes leaning neutral to warm pink.
While I love my peachy shades, my mauve-ish ones, and even the bold reds, the nudes are always my first choice.
Definitely mauve and/or pinkish colors.
Warm light-medium rosy browns(EL Discreet, Nars Rosecliff). I also love a bronzy nude(Lancome Luxe)
Reds. All iterations.
Cool berry colors (especially in medium to deeper tones).
Mauve for sure, but on the cooler side. I tried Urban Decay Vice in Rebel, because it’s gorgeous on you, Christine, and it didn’t look so great on me.
I’m with you! Mauve/mlbb shades!
Um, what? Have you not seen my pics of looks? LOL!
I legit cannot commit to just one shade family! I want ’em all Then again, “neutral” covers a huge base.
Brown. A lot of my go-to nude-for-me shades are browns, and a warm 90s brown is a staple for me. I can go with greige or really deep for a more alternative look. I can mix and modify with lipliners and glosses.
Mauve/plum, since it’s the natural pigmentation of my lips. And both my-lips-but-better and bold mauves look good on me.
Whatever colour MAC Craving is – THAT’s the colour I’d be happy to live with (well, relatively speaking) for the rest of my days. It’s sort of MLBB and goes with almost all my clothing (it works even with bright, true red blouses and sweaters) so that’s my choice if I had to live in a world that limited me to one colour only (until I could immigrate to somewhere with more makeup freedom!)
Berry shades, from Bite Virgo to UD Sheet Shame and everything in between.
RED!!!!!
I don’t know how to describe colors, but maybe like berry pinks? Pinkish purples? Darker pinkish tones? Yes, that.
The colour family of lipsticks that I could happily live with for the rest of my days are warm toned dark coppery shades like Maybelline’s Spice for Me, CP’s Foolish (a bit more orangey) or the lighter creamy coppery tones of CP’s Tea Thyme.
Mauves are def the ones I reach for, but I’d be ok with cinnamons or maroons, too.
Funny that a lot of people say red – I pretty much never wear reds. Or bold pinks. Just not my style.
With you on the mauve. Always, on the lookout for a holy grail mauve lipstick!
Red!
I like a lot of different colours but if I can wear only one, it’s red.
Red. I only wear a single red lipstick (Victory Red from Besame) anyway, so this is a no-brainer.