Going Nude

Calm down folks, I’m keeping my clothes on. I wouldn’t do that to you (I couldn’t afford to pay for your therapy for a start). This is strictly a lip product post. For a girl who isn’t really into nude lips I seem to have acquired a fair few nude lip products.

Do bear in mind that I have naturally very dark pigmented lips so a fair few of these products look awful on me unless applied correctly. By correctly I mean smushed in with a finger rather than applied directly from the tube (hello corpse lips!) and often topped with a slightly warmer gloss. I won’t be reviewing things here as I simply don’t have the time or the space in one blog post. Everything has been reviewed before though (I think) so just shuffle on over to the search bar to your right and you will be able to read more on individual products if you should so wish.

Shall we begin with the glosses?

Collection 2000 Love Your Lips Gloss in Delight. I love these glosses and have almost used up my other shades, not a massive fan of this one on me though.

Missguided Lipsplash in Missled. This smells exactly like tablet (it’s a kind of Scottish confection a bit like fudge but not quite) and is just delicious. I wear it more for the smell/ taste than the colour. This was free in a mag!

Revlon Peach Petal. I tend to wear this over bright pinks to tone them down a bit as it is too light on its own on me. It’s a bit *ahem* porno on its own no?

Jemma Kid Makeup School gloss in Shell. Another magazine freebie! It’s a nice enough gloss but I don’t like the sugary scent.

And now some pinkier nudes...

L’Oreal Color Riche in Taffeta. A surprisingly wearable cool toned pink beige.

MAC Lazy Day from the To The Beach collection. Limited edition I’m afraid. This works better for me over a bright pink lip liner to make the colour a little stronger. On its own it has a tendency to go a bit patchy and let my natural lip colour through.

ELF Mineral Lipstick in Run Way Pink. A slightly less pink version of Lazy Day, it benefits from being smushed (technical term dontcha know).

Some more traditional nudes...

No7 Nude Rebellion is my favourite nude lipstick on me but sadly it was limited edition. I need a dupe...

Revlon Nude Attitude... fabulous formula but the colour is terrible on me. Patted in with a finger it looks ok but the yellowy beige is just too flesh toned for me when applied directly from the tube.

L’Oreal Color Riche in Nude. A more beige nude which works for me thanks to it being a little darker.

17 Mirror Shine On lipstick in Bee Hive. Everyone seems to love this. On me it’s just ok. Again I benefit from a lighter application.

And finally....

MAC Viva Glam V. A peachy beige nude with gold shimmer. It’s quite sheer, very wearable and one of those lipsticks you can just throw on sans mirror.

Estee Lauder Beige. This is slightly cool toned and shimmery but still pretty wearable.

17 Shine On lipstick in Toffee. It’s a slightly bronzey toffee shade, perhaps a little deeper than some people would class as a nude but to me it counts.

Well I don’t think I need any more nude shades for a while! What’s your favourite nude lippie? Do you rock full on nudes or do you struggle to pull them off like me?