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While we love to see a bride rocking a bold lip, nude shades are infinitely more popular, as brides try to achieve that elusive natural wedding makeup look. Of course, your wedding makeup artist can help you choose the perfect wedding lipstick, but it's good to do a little research of your own, too! That's why we've put together a list of our favourite nude lipsticks for brides, with picks for light, medium and deep skin tones. We've selected a brown-toned, peach-toned and pink-toned nude for each, and we're recommending a lip liner in each category, too, because no wedding makeup bag is complete without one!
But first, a note on finding your shade!
To find your perfect nude lipstick, you need to identify whether you've got a light, medium or deep skin tone (that part is easy enough!) and identify the undertones in your skin, which should be either warm, cool, or neutral. To find out which you have, it's easiest to check the veins on your inner wrist. If they are blue/purple, you are cool, if they are green, you are warm, and if it's a mix of blue/purple and green, you are neutral. In lipstick, warm undertones work better with corresponding warm undertones, and cool with cool. As a general rule, peach is always warm, brown is always cool and pink tends to be cool, too. For neutral skin types, choosing lipstick is a little bit trickier because so many more shades will suit your skin tones.
The Best Nude Lipsticks for Brides: Light Skin Tones
1. Brown-Toned Nude: NARS Audacious Lipstick in Raquel
Raquel is a truly beautiful nude for lighter skin tones. Boasting saturated colour from a single swipe and a satin finish, it's a shade that will never date. NARS has 30 lipstick shades in the Audacious line, so if this isn't your perfect nude, you're sure to find another.
2. Peach-Toned Nude: Dior Rouge Dior Couture Colour Lipstick in Devilish Nude
Dior's Rouge Dior lipsticks are inspired by the fashion house's Haute Couture designs. Devilish Nude is a great peachy nude that has a little warmth. Enriched with pomegranate and peony flowers, the lipstick offers skincare along with colour. Having a Dior lipstick in your bag on the big day also feels a little indulgent.
3. Pink-Toned Nude: Hourglass Cosmetics Confession Ultra Slim High Intensity Lipstick in I Wish
The Confession Ultra Slim 15-piece lipstick collection from Hourglass is built around refillable lip colours. The packaging pays tribute to old Hollywood - it's sleek and slim, almost look like a pen or cigarette holder, it fits in even the smallest of bridal clutches. The colour payoff is incredible from these, and I Wish is the perfect pinky nude.
The Best Lip Liner For Light Skin Tones: KVD Beauty Lip Liner in Bow n' Arrow
KVD Beauty scores highly with its long-wearing, vegan lip pencil. It glides on easily and stays put for hours. Bow n' Arrow is a cult product for lighter skin tones. Use it to lock down your lipstick and create the perfect shape.
The Best Nude Lipsticks for Brides: Light Skin Tones
1. Brown-Toned Nude: Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Nude Romance
Queen of nude lip shades, Charlotte Tilbury has a vast selection of lipsticks that are great for bridal looks. The K.I.S.S.I.N.G line has its origins in Tilbury's special occasion makeup and Nude Romance is a great, brown-toned nude. The crystal-encrusted bullet gives it a little bit of luxury, too.
2. Peach-Toned Nude: Bobbi Brown Luxe Lip Color in Almost Bare
Having pretty much created the universally-loved shade, Bobbi Brown is the mastermind behind the best nudes you'll ever wear. Almost Bare has subtle peach tones that look great on medium skin tones. The bold Luxe colour is highly pigmented and moisturising for a very comfortable wear.
3. Pink-Toned Nude, Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink in Loyalist
A satin finish might not be every bride's choice, but there are some die-hard matte fans out there who'll be hoping to reflect their everyday look on the big day. SuperStay from Maybelline in the Matte Ink shade of Loyalist is a great pink nude for the matte fan. It's intense but long-wearing - it'll stay put all day and all night.
Lip Liner For Medium Skin Tones: Urban Decay 24/7 Lip Pencil in 45 Naked
Browner lip liners can look a little dated, so a more natural, warm shade of lip liner works with most nude lipsticks. It looks more natural too, and you'll get great definition that isn't too obvious. Urban Decay's 45 Naked is a best seller for a reason - it primes, hydrates, and locks down lip colour.
The Best Nude Lipsticks for Brides: Deep Skin Tones
1. Brown-Toned Nude: Fenty Beauty Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid Lip Color in Unveil
Rihanna's Fenty Beauty describe the Stunna Lip Paints as "the love child of high-impact colour and low-maintenance longwear." It's true that the paints are incredibly durable, lasting through food, drinks, and kisses, and the shades are great. Unveil has a beautiful brown tone that's chic, wearable, and very elegant.
2. Peach-Toned Nude: Chanel Rouge Allure Velvet Luminous Matte Lip Colour in Libre
For some brides, only Chanel will do! Libre is a peach-toned nude that looks heavenly on deeper skin, it's a luminous matte in one lipstick, which is quite unusual. Very comfortable for a matte lipstick, it boasts ultra-thin pearlescent particles and jojoba oil to give radiance.
3. Pink-Toned Nude: Huda Beauty Power Bullet Cream Glow Lipstick in Sweet Nude Amore
There are 14 shades in this inclusive nude lipstick collection by Huda Beauty. Offering juicy shine, an ultra-comfortable formula, and lots of hydration, this is great lipstick. Sweet Nude Amore is a beautiful shade, the shine is glass-like, so it's a lipstick you'll use long after your wedding day.
Lip Liner For Deep Skin Tones: M·A·C Lip Pencil in Chestnut
M·A·C 's Chestnut lip liner is an iconic shade for deeper skin tones. It's on the warm side, but Cork, with cooler tones, is equally as popular, so check both out when you're deciding on your lipstick shade. The liner is infused with Vitamin E for comfort, meaning that this waxy pencil glides easily across the skin.
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