I usually go for pinks, corals and nudes and I wear them in every season but the following are really apt for Spring / Summer and suit my warm olive Indian skin perfectly. Hence, the lipsticks I choose to wear must be pigmented enough (and yet moist) to take care of my dark (and dry) lips. I am also a fuss-free person – I do not own or apply primers and other kinds of bases. Even though I have lip allergies and my lips are extremely dry and flaky, I don’t give up! I keep trying to find those perfect lipsticks. If not for some self-control and discipline, I would own 200 by now.

However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.I LOVE lipsticks. Here, we present tips straight from the pros, in addition to a variety of options based on your skin tone.Īll products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. As for dark and deep skin tones, there’s a lot of room to play with shades ranging from creamy, dark caramels to rich cocoa. The right nude is the perfect balance of warm and cold it shouldn’t be orange but it shouldn’t look too gray or too hot pink either.' While you'll find examples of makeup artist-approved formulas in the slides below, it can be helpful to keep some general guidelines in mind when perusing the vast array of taupes, toffees, and caramels: People with fair or light skin can beautifully pull off pink- and rose-based hues, whereas medium and olive skin tones look incredible in beiges, browns, or even a berry, mauve-adjacent nude. 'My trick is to tone down the pink of the lips with a warmer or slightly cooler tone, depending on the skin. 'I usually start by looking at the skin tone and undertone, but also the natural lip color,' makeup artist Morgane Martini tells Allure. 'The perfect nude makes your face look fresh and youthful, but a lot of people pick something too light, too opaque, or too beige,' says makeup artist Nick Barose, whose clients include Lupita Nyong'o, Uzo Aduba, Kim Cattrall, and Brie Larson.

It's a tricky thing, though, because choose a shade that clashes with your skin tone and it can do you dirty, as we've all learned by wearing a nude lip color only to look like an undead version of ourselves. A swipe of nude lipstick is an easy way to look like you made some effort.

Mac lipstick shades for olive skin