Four Amazing Brown Lipsticks for Brown Skin Tones

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For what seemed like ever, I had been trying to find the perfect brown lipsticks for brown skin…..

Whenever the trend really took off, I was interested.

I remember watching a lot of YouTube videos of women explaining how they got their perfect brown lipstick shades/or a nude pink shade and I couldn’t relate to what they were recommending.

A lot has changed since 2016, and brands are a lot more inclusive in their shade ranges for collections.

Thank you, Rihanna.

Without Rihanna, I feel like inclusivity in makeup shades would have been a lot slower to catch on.

Bite Cosmetics as a Staple

This has to be my absolute favorite shade and lip combination and texture and overall favorite thing to wear on my lips.

(Cue Excitement)

I discovered this brand around the time nude and brown lipsticks were picking up as a trend in my Ipsy bag.

The Bite Cosmetics sample was everything.

Brown Lipsticks for Brown Skin Shade #1

I had never heard of Bite Cosmetics before Ipsy…..

But after I had gotten my hands on the shade they included…. I was reaching for their product a lot.

The product was so used that when it came time to purchase a new one, the name of the shade of the color was permanently faded from the packaging and I was without a map.

I spent countless hours online matching the swatch of the nub of lip pen for weeks.

Ordering a shade online during the pandemic……

Then being so disappointed when it was too pink…

I decided to go into Sephora myself after that and bothered the Sephora clerks enough to let them leave me be, as I played swatch monster at the Bite Cosmetics makeup section.

I finally got it down.

The perfect almost shade to the nub of lipstick I was about to leave behind forever.

Enter in Glace and Sugar Cane (which, as I write this blog post I am finding that these colors are discontinued……and I am sad about it.)

Sugarcane and Glace are my two favorites here to stay in my mind forever.

To get this exact shade I line my lips in Glace and put Sugarcane in the center of my lips to create a subtle ombre look.

Milani Cosmetics for the Win

Another great brown shade that I am loving is Milani’s matte lipstick shade “69.”

This shade is a bit on the orange undertone side, but it really is a fun color to wear all by itself.

Wet N’ Wild Sparks a $3 Joy

I was actually surprised at this, but Wet N’ Wild came through with a brown lip that lasts all day long in the shade Mochalicious.

It has this weird texture but it’s strangely comforting.

It’s a lipstick meets a gloss feel, so it’s hydrating but it isn’t trying to be a gloss….It’s trying to be a lipstick.

My only gripe is that its packaging is clearly trying to bring a luxe Pat McGrath lipstick look to its packaging, and it would have looked a lot more on brand if they had stayed true to their brand with a cute WW on the packaging instead.

Pink/Nude/Brown Lipsticks for Brown Skin

The final product is Sugarcane from Bite cosmetics.

This shade reminds me of the 70s Barbies I used to play with as a child in the 90s. (They were my aunts Barbies).

So, I love feeling like this gives a bit of a throwback vibe to vintage glamour, which I love.

I feel like I should apologize for suggesting discontinued shades.

Next time, I will update their dupes.

I hope this finds you well.

I am off to turn another year older and I want Thursday to be for myself, so I am turning this blog post in a few days early.

Hope you’re all well.

Talk to you next week.

xx,

Nikita