LET'S FIND YOUR PERFECT NUDE LIP

We are all in search of that perfect nude, beige or brown, maybe a little peach? maybe a little pink? maybe a little mauve...that ideal lipstick. Today I'm pulling every lipstick that qualifies as beige/brown/nude for any skin tone, and I'm swatching them all over my face so we can compare - AND I'll tell you my experience with each one (fragrance can be a DEAL BREAKER!) so you can make your best buying decisions.

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Time Stamps:

0:00 - Intro
0:56 - La Perla
3:11 - YSL
6:03 - Sephora Collection
9:30 - Makeup by Mario
13:36 - Naturium The Café Collection
15:04 - Lisa Eldridge
16:26 - Rare Beauty
19:17 - NARS
21:05 - Bobbi Brown
22:48 - Givenchy
24:01 - Hourglass
26:08 - GUCCI
27:55 - MAKE Beauty
30:57 - Chanel
32:23 - LH Cosmetics
34:03 - About-Face Cherry Pick Lip Color Butter
35:27 - Victoria Beckham Beauty Posh Gloss
36:36 - Rhode Peptide Lip Tint
37:31 - Kaja
38:32 - Rms Beauty
39:21 Armani
40:10 - Glossier Ultralip
40:59 - Clinique Dramatically Different Lipstick
42:10 - Kosas Weightless Lip Color
42:42 - L'Oreal Glow Paradise Balm-in-Lipstick
43:09 - House of Sillage Matte Velvet Lipstick
44:22 - LYS
45:26 - Westman Atelier Squeaky Clean
46:32 - Surratt Lipslique Lipstick
47:15 - Glaze #1 Lip Oil
47:54 - Olivia Palermo

FTC Disclosure: This video is not sponsored. Some items have been gifted. This video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

[mymagicemily]

For anyone watching this: if you like a color but aren't sure about the formula, one of my favorite ways to use these videos is for color dupes. I'll look at a color from Kackie's roundup and run it through Temptalia (or the internet in general) to see if there's something in my collection or in a formula I know I like that matches. Or if it does dupe to something I've interacted with and hated the color on me, then I know it's an easy skip.

[meganjohnson]

There's nothing more comforting than when you arrive home from work and see that Kackie has uploaded a video full of face swatches.

[beaherzberg]

The candy glaze in 15 looks so good one me. Typically, very little in the lip department does! I’m med/light olive with dark features if this helps anyone. Rose/mauve tends to work well for me.

[hannahsonnenburg]

I subscribed to Kackie a while ago because I’m a fan of Amanda’s but I never really watched her content because I was weirdly scared off from the one or two videos I watched. I felt like she was a little too extra for me. But recently I started watching her videos and I just can’t stop! Her aesthetic and her view on colour theory is just everything! 😁

[criscarvalho]

I’m actually surprised you don’t have Lisa Eldridge’s Meet me in Berlin shade nor the Victoria Beckham lipstick in Pose (or any of the neutral shades for the matter) 😮 Never the less, Chanel’s Boy reigns supreme in my nude collection thanks to you XD (I bought it right away after your Full face Chanel video, which yes it’s my favorite Kackie video too hahaha)

[carlawalsh]

I have finally given up on beige and brown lipsticks because they’re all too warm for me, but I’m settling in to watch this anyway.

[beatdizzy]

Thank you for all the links and time stamps, I know I am going to watch this again. IT IS WILD how different some colors look on you to my skin tone AND I learn SO MUCH

[shelleyeatz]

The Mario mauve glow was the first nude lippie that worked for me. That was around when I realized I had an olive undertone and nudes for neutral skin tones all turned orange on me. So ever since then I’ve looked for slightly purple-leaning nudes, which all work so well 🥹🥹

[cs-yqed]

I LOVE these face swatching videos. And I like they way Kackie has an "artist's eye" in describing tones.

[rosanneabdulla]

I understand now why I like matte lips because I prefer higher pigment! I have darker lips so if I use something slippery I get frustrated because it’s basically invisible on me 😂😂

[SuperColorGurl]

THE iconic kackie face swatching videos! I appreciate your dedication and reminds me that makeup is for ‘play’! ❤

[specteramber]

Just the thumbnail alone, I love you for doing this

[Gmcw]

Could you do a color theory video? I was so interested when you said your undertone cancels out the purple leaving it pink on the last one. And the difference between contrast with opaque colors and layering with translucent ones

[Dinozzzaur]

One reason I'm subscribed is that when you describe colors I don't feel like I'm seeing something completely different from what someone is describing. Thanks for your vocabulary and art math!!

[PamelaH_HappyVibes]

I’m soooo happy you have Sephora Tan Lines. ❤ It helps me to appreciate what it looks like on me. ❤

[imaginarycosmetics]

Whenever people swatch their beige/brown lipsticks, I'm just so confused because they always look red or orange to me 😂 Do I just have a different understanding of brown in general? Or am I taking beige/brown lips to literal?

I'm not a skin twin, but I'm not too far off (my match in the Givenchy concealer is N120). Technically, I have brown hair and brown eyes, but that's something you can only see in direct sunlight. In any other lighting my hair looks dark grey (sometimes with a blue or green tint) and my eyes look black. If I want something to look beige/brown on me it needs to lean much more dusty pink/mauve or even grey. My perfect beige is Mac Modesty.

It's also interesting to me that you don't like s true red on yourself, but a brick color gives reads as red on you. A true red looks fine on me, but it doesn't pop in the same way that red lipsticks do on other people. If I want that "classic red" effect I need to wear a fuchsia.

[rachelrezko]

These videos are so fun! I would add that the lip oils from Ami Cole would fall in this category. The color Excellence is a beautiful sheer brown, and Bliss is a beautiful sheer pinky beige. The formula is beautiful, too, if you like a thicker, more tenacious gloss formula.

[frumtheground]

I just love these face swatch videos. It's kind of like watching nail polish swatches? Idk they're just really chill and relaxing and I love pretty colors. 😅

[Luna]

My issue with nude lipstick is I constantly buy my exact lip color by accident 😅

[carinam]

I haven’t even watched it and this video has already made me so happy 😂 I might save it for bedtime 🥰