So I never was professionally typed, but many people in my life told me that I have a cool undertone, I also feel the most comfortable and confident in cool colors. I am also quite pale (I got a foundation from MAC which the MUA helped me to select and it‘s the studio radiance face and body sheer foundation C0), I burn easily and have blue eyes and dark blonde hair.
Now to my question, many nude lipsticks look almost sickly grey on me, one that really makes me sad is the mac velvet teddy which looks like a dark brown grey on me. What am I doing wrong? Is it because the lipsrick has warm undertones? Also which lipsticks might work better?
Thanks so much!
Blue reds and cool pinks, try a shade darker than your lip for a liner and work from there. I have similar coloring and a naturally pink lip so my nude is pink even though I’m not much of a pink person style wise. Tis the season to experiment with the Sephora in house brand
Thank you!
I don’t know if this helps but when I was trying make, they gave me c1 (if I remember the shade correctly) in f&b back in the day. For reference, very pale, blue eyed natural red head and burn in seconds. Always felt it made me too pinky and was told I have cool undertone due to redness in my face.
I’ve learnt I have a more neutral as also have yellowish neck. This maybe why the lipsticks look greyish on you. Try a neutral toned colour and see if that helps.
Mac C0 is a warm undertone I’m pretty sure.
I feel all of Mac has warm undertones these days :( but if they were told they were cool toned, they would of been sold the c shade range
Are you sure you’re cool? Cool tones on warm skin tend to look grey while warm tones on cool skin tend to look dirty. If something is showing up grey you might be warmer than you thought! General eye and hair color don’t have much bearing on your skin undertone, nor does burning easily. You could be neutral or warm!
I would say look for more pinkish-reddish shades. I also can’t wear most nudes, they look super dark on me and wash me out. Peach shades might help as well.
If not nude, look for coral shades, reds, even correct orange might work.
I‘ll try to swatch some at a department store where the SA can directly apply them to the lips, I always steered clear from warm reds and oranges but it‘s worth a try! Thanks
What color are your veins?
Blue to purple depending on light
You’re cool-toned then.
I’d make sure you were colour matched correctly, looking at your veins and seeing if they are blue or green is a good way of knowing if your cool or neutral. I thought I was cool toned but I’m actually neutral, really pale too and velvet teddy is dark brown on me too. Going for nude pinks have helped me find a good nude color but I love pinks. What’s the look you’re going for if you don’t mind me asking?
I see! Thanks so much. I would say I have blue veins and generally only silver or very very very pale gold looks good on me, so I would tend to say it might be cool…but I‘ll look into getting colortyping done by a professional.
I have MAC faux which works way better for the nude look. I want to try some low contrast looks with nude or light lipsticks. The thing is light lipsticks look terrible on me, everything with low contrast looks generally like I smeared vanilla icecream over my lips.
This is why Ruby Woo is my favorite lipstick. Nudes make me look like a cadaver.
That‘s exactly how I feel, ruby woo works perfectly on me.
Esthetician here. This is happening because of the contrast between your lipstick and skin causes the lipstick to look more grey. You are likely actually neutral or even warm toned in your skin, so you should be wearing warm toned lipstick. A more warm toned version of velvet teddy would be "staunch’ by Anastasia.