The BEST Nude Lipsticks, Lip Liners & Lip Gloss for BROWN SKIN!
Finding nude lipsticks, lipgloss & lip liners were such a struggle for me back during my days working for Sephora (2015-2017) I worked in a location in Manhattan NYC that didn’t get many brown skin clients so they figured it wasn’t necessary to have the store stocked in a large range of shades. This was quite embarrassing when Naomi Campbell came into our store (Meatpacking) during Fashion Week. Her assistant came in before she did, I was thrilled to see a black woman come in & I introduced myself. I told her I was available to assist her if she had any questions. She soon called me by my name to assist her and another women she was with. That women was THE Naomi Campbell! She knew what she wanted. The brand and shade and guess what… WE DIDN’T HAVE IT IN STOCK! We didn’t have her shade in stock & we had a great conversation about the lack of inclusivity. It was a wonderful experience but made me realize that at the time, no matter how much money you had, how successful you become; if you were black (had brown skin), you were reminded that you weren’t worthy of beauty products.
Several things have changed since then. So many black owned brands are now in mainstream stores such as Target, Ulta, Sephora & more. 2020 brought a lot of struggle and pain, however, that made many people interested in supporting black owned companies which also included black owned beauty brands. Many mainstream beauty brands have also made it their mission to be more inclusive. This has lead them to increase their shade ranges and even hire more people of color in leadership positions to help with their diversity issue. These changes are still recent, but it has allowed people like myself be able to have access to more variety when it comes to beauty.
In this post, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite lipsticks, lip liner and lipsticks for brown skin people, as well as make it mission to continue to speak about the importance of inclusivity in all industries including the beauty industry that I am a part of.
The best Lip Liner for brown skin:
MAC Cosmetics Eye Kohl Costa Riche (Yes, it’s a eye liner but works great as lip liner too!)
LA Girl Chocolate
Mented Cosmetics Dark Night (now sold at Target) Brown Bare, Mented 5
KKW Beauty Nude Lip Liner Nude 3
Makeup Revolution Satin Kiss Lipliner TGIF
NYX Lip Liner Espresso
NYX Slide On Lip Pencil Urban Cafe
Juvia’s Place Lux Lip Liners Scorpio , Kola , So Rare
UOMA Beauty Bad Ass MF Matte Filler Lip Liner Simone
Sephora Collection Rouge Gel Lip Liner 16 Mesquite , 17 Molasses
Charlotte Tillbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner Foxy Brown
Huda Beauty Lip Contour Matte Pencil Vixen
Best Lipsticks for Brown Skin
Marena Beauty Rouge Tarou Nude - Honey , Praline , Toffee
Juvia’s Place The Nude Velvetty Matte Lipstick Kebi , Toffee , Me
KKW Beauty Classic Icon Creme Lipstick Classic Icon 1
MAC Cosmetics Lipstick Matte Velvet Teddy , Soar , Down to a Art , Mehr , Whirl , Taupe
MAC Cosmetics Powder Kiss Lipstick Turn To The Left , Teddy 2.0 , Brickthrough , Impulsive
Mented Cosmetics Semi Matte Lipstick - Nude Lala , Foxy Brown , Brand Nude , Brown Babe
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick Mink , Toast of NY
Maybelline Super Stay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick Spiced Edition
Best Lipglosses For Brown Skin
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Cream Fenty Glow , Cookie Jar , Honey Waffles
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Lumizer Hot Chocolit, FU$$Y
MAC Cosmetics Lip Glass Bittersweet Me , Spite , Lust , Dangerous Curves
Pat McGrath Lust: Gloss Flesh 6, Sunset Rose , Divine Rose , Wicked Whisper , MINI LUST : Lip Gloss Trio
NYX Butter Gloss Ginger Snap , Praline , Bit of Honey
I hope you all enjoyed this post! I hope this serves as a guide to help all my brown skin beauties find the best beauty products no matter your price point. As you may notice some of these products may be sold out. Make sure you try to get notified when they are in stock. This shows the power of our dollar.
Many of this brands buy smaller quantities of products created for brown skin because they don’t see us as their “target demographic” sadly they don’t realize that if you include is & create products for us; we will support. I made sure to include plenty of black owned companies in this post so that we can support the brands who specifically create products for us.
Be sure to use the links included in this post. I do received a small percentage of the sales. It really helps out my brand a lot. It allows me to continue to create some great content with you all. Be sure to watch my YouTube video where I share how I create these great Nude lipstick combos for you. If there are any lipsticks, Lipliners & lipglosses that I didn’t include that you love, feel free to comment them down below! Happy shopping!
