Dark skin beauty nude

Whenever I picture the perfect nude lip, I think back to the 60s mod era. A time where statement eye make-up was never complete without a subdued salmon-pink or biscuit-beige pout. The catch? Lip products that are branded in this way are often far from a one-size-fits-all solution, especially when you've got a darker skin tone. So searching for shades that fit and flatter our diverse melanin levels can sometimes feel like mission impossible.

Fact: All brown-skinned beauties know the struggle is real when it comes to finding the perfect neutral lip color — mainly because women with deeper skin tones have undertones that result in "nudes" which are often not made for women with darker skin in mind that make our lips look super-ashy or washed out. But Nigerian beauty vlogger Kiitan has figured it out what works for her, and she's here to share. A post shared by Kiitan A. In her recent YouTube tutorial, Kiitan showed her viewers which nude shades look stunning on her and how to wear them. Because who doesn't want to slay in the perfect neutral hue and avoid breaking the bank while they're at it?

Nude lipsticks are the beauty equivalent of a classic white T-shirt or jeans , and for me, therein lies the problem. I've never actually worn this official cool-girl uniform, as I'm more of a fan of leopard midi skirts and blister-inducing heels. Same goes for my more adventurous beauty outlook, and as a result, my lipstick investigations have never taken me into the nude shade spectrum my extensive collection is made up of mostly postbox reds or rich clarets. But after using a few recently, I'm ready to fully sashay into the world of nude lipsticks. First of all, we've been hoodwinked when it comes to defining what nude actually is.

As a woman of color with very dark skin , I often struggle to find nude lipstick shades for my skin tone. For people on our side of the color spectrum, the struggle is real. Most of the popular "universally-flattering" nude colors do not live up to that moniker for example, M.