10 of the best nude lipsticks
Nude always used to mean a rather pale biscuity colour, but now there is a nude to match every skin tone
Pucker up: ‘These days, nude lipsticks can mean anything from taupes to plummy browns.’ Photograph: Getty Images
Pucker up: ‘These days, nude lipsticks can mean anything from taupes to plummy browns.’ Photograph: Getty Images
Sun 14 Mar 2021 01.30 EST
As a beauty editor and, fundamentally, a consumer of beauty products, I have a soft spot for the industry. I am, however, also one of its biggest critics – the archaic “criterion for beauty” and who gets to play a part in it still needs dismantling. That said, one area of progression can be seen in its definition of “nude”. The idea of nude – be it a nude lipstick or nude underwear – is that it resembles flesh tones or is at least close enough to complement your natural skin colour. Which is why I could never understand why, for years, the only nude anything you could find was