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Finally the return of natural looking makeup is upon us – even Kylie Jenner has removed her lip filler! I’m all about MLBB (My Lips But Better) lips so for my everyday look I love a nice, glossy and natural lip color.

Natural, neutral makeup is making a comeback (thank you, Kylie Jenner!) so here are the best lip combos of the season!
All of those products above essentially give me the same neutral-ish lip color. There is a slight variation in shade from peachy-beige to pinky-beige and even a mauve-beige, but for the most part we’re over here with MLBB.
The lip liner matters. I have a lot of lipsticks and glosses that I love but only ONE lip pencil matches my lip color 100% and stays on all day – the Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillowtalk ($22.00). I prefer it to match my lips perfectly because my lips are uneven so I build them a bit to make everything symmetrical (also needles scare me).
It’s pricey but you guys I’ve tried to find a drugstore dupe and it just doesn’t exist. The best I’ve found so far are Wet n Wild Bare to Comment Perfect Pout Gel Lip Liner and NYX Peekaboo Neutral Lip Liner. You can see in the swatches below that these too are pretty close to Pillowtalk but on the lips they look a lot more different.
For lipsticks I lean toward a pinky-beige, but not too beige for my skin tone because then it’s just not flattering.
MAC has always had one of my favorite lipstick formulas and my holy grail is Patisserie. OF COURSE I couldn’t find it for the purposes of this post… I’ve had empties sitting in my purse forever for a Back to MAC exchange and this was likely why. It’s STUNNING.
I fell out of love with lip gloss for awhile… matte lips or a balm just became more of my thing. But lately with all of these brands having such beautiful formulas (I’m looking at you, Urban Decay) I’ve fallen back in with it.
My undeniable favorite is NYX Creme Brûlée Butter Gloss (swatches and review here). It’s one of those products that I keep in multiple bags and drawers so that I’m never without.
Coming in a close second is the NARS Cozumel Velvet Lip Glide which is limited edition to the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale Endless Summer Collection. It’s perfection and I get little jolts of panic when I think that I may run out…. they need to make this one for sale individually to settle my soul.

The BEST Neutral Lip Liner, Lipstick & Lip Gloss for Light Skin – drugstore and high end!! Click for the details!
SHOWN | LINER: Charlotte Tilbury Pillowtalk, Kat Von D Bow N Arrow, MAC Subculture, MAC Boldly Bare, MAC Fresh Clay, NARS Camargue, HUDA Beauty Bombshell, HUDA Beauty Wifey, Rodial Nude, Wet n Wild Bare to Comment, NYX Peekaboo Neutral | LIPSTICK: Charlotte Tilbury Bitch Perfect, Charlotte Tilbury Kim KW, MAC Nicki’s Nude (NLA), MAC Honeylove, MAC Yash, MAC Creme Cup, MAC Kinda Sexy, MAC Samantha Ravndhal (NLA), MAC Lauralee (NLA) | LIP GLOSS: NARS Cozumel, NARS Stripped, Urban Decay Obsessed, Urban Decay Midnight Cowgirl, Charlotte Tilbury Sweet Stiletto, NYX Creme Brûlée, MAC Myth, Buxom Blushing Margarita, Fenty Glow, Soap & Glory Pinkwell, Hard Candy First Kiss, Honest Beauty Generous Kiss
*NLA (No Longer Available)
There is a heck of a range there but they all basically mesh and turn out like this (lip products used in that pic are Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat in Pillowtalk, MAC Samantha Ravndahl Lipstick and NARS Cozumel Velvet Lip Glide. (The MAC was LE and is no longer available, the NARS is in this set and is limited edition. A review on NARS Cozumel can be found here.)
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I am a bit late to the nude Lip game. Because of my super pale lips I was afraid of nudes making me look like the living dead! I have been on the hunt for the perfect one, that is not too yellow-orangey or concealer lips looking. my favorites are pink beige or brown with a hint of mauve. Tom Ford Pink Dusk, Revolve Around Me, Revlon Super Lustrous Bare Affair and Brazilian Tan, Loreal Colour Riche Shine Glossy Fawn have been in heavy rotation these days, I am too lazy for lipliner. but your collection is TDF!
Thank you! I love that Tom Ford shade also… I think I saw it on Temptalia and have wanted it ever since!
I am always behind in trends, I’m suddenly into bright lips (maybe because it’s summer?). Didn’t we do nude lips just 2 yrs ago? Is that the same as MYBB (it is when I look at them, lol)? I’m so over mattes, they flatter no one’s lips when they’re on for any length of time. Hard for me to find a pencil I like,,,soft enough to not scar my delicate lip line, the right color, non-drying. I’ve turned to my nifty NYX colorless lip liner. Because I’m older and lines are not a my friend, I like a satin lipstick or a slight gloss, nothing that my hair gets caught on because it’s too sticky. Almost everything I own is a peachy pink or a pinky peach. Yet I keep buying new ones, get them home and they are almost dupes for what I already have! So I’ll be off-trend and wear my brights when I want!
When mattes start to become too dry I press a solid lip balm on them lightly and it revives them! I like the Jack Black solid lip balm for that. I rub some on my finger and press it in. Brights are always faves for Summer. The only bright I’ve really been reaching for though has been UD 100 Degrees and even then I’m using my finger to make it look more like a stain. Nudes are just less of a hassle for me. I stick to buying the same colors too lmao the shades are like a hair off but they’re different so I can never part with them haha!
I love NYX Mauve lip liner with either MAC Brave or Twig over it. I don’t usually use a gloss but I do dab a bit of Chapstick over it.
Twig is one of my faves too! MAC makes sure good lipsticks!
OMG, I am hyperventilating looking at all of these GORGEOUS nude lippies! I have some of them, but want more! This is an absolutely extraordinary post, Brooke!!!!!!!!!!!
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Thank you!!!! You know those nudes… one is just not ever enough lmao