I love a good nude lip, don’t you?  I’m not talking about a chalky, pale lip, just a natural, healthy-looking pout.  Other than tinted moisturizer, I think a swipe of nude lipstick or lipgloss is the easiest way to look polished in ten seconds.  I’ve been unknowingly collecting nude lip color lately and I thought I would share my favorites with you.

Ilia’s Tinted Lip Conditioners are ahh-mazing; they are so moisturizing!  Even if nude isn’t your thing, you need to try one in another color.  You can swipe it on for sheer color, or you can build it up for a stronger look.  This product feels like soccer-mom on your lips and looks like pin-up in the mirror.  My favorite shade it “Nobody’s Baby”.  Cost: about $26.  Purchase it here.

Ingredients:Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil*, Jojoba (Simmondsia Chinensis) Seed Oil*, Beeswax (Cera Alba)*, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Sesamum Indicum (Seasame) Seed Oil*, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter*, Tocopheryl Acetate (Natural Vitamin E), Pomegranate (Punica Granatum) Seed Extract, Grape (Vitis Vinifera) Seed Extract, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis (Orange) Fruit Oil, Jasminum Officinale (Jasmine) Oil, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Oil. May Contain: Mica, Titanium Dixoide, Iron Oxide (CI 77499, CI 77492, CI 77491), Red 7 CI15850, Red 28 CI45410, Yellow 5 CI19140. *Certified Organic Ingredients. Ingrédients Certifiés Biologiques.

Beautycounter’s Lip Sheers are incredibly hydrating and creamy and the color lasts.  I love “Twig”, a pinky-brown-rose-nude. It makes me look polished, but I can put it on without using a mirror.  Beautycounter formulated all their shades carefully so they would suit all skin tones.  Cost: about $28.  Purchase it here.

Ingredients: Diisotearyl Malate, Jojoba Esters, Octyldodecyl Ricinoleate, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Microcrystalline Wax, Vanilla Planifolia Fruit Extract, Calcium Sodium Borosilcate, Euphorbia Cerifera (Candelilla) Wax, Copernicia Cerifera (Carnuba) Wax, Tin Oxide. May Contain Titanium Dioxide, Iron Oxides, Yellow 5 Lake, Red 5 Lake, Red 7 Lake, Red 27 Lake, Blue 1 Lake.

Throw away your Chapstick.  Throw away your Rosebud.  Now.  I mean it.  Splurge Tinted Lip Buttah is all you need.  Nothing moisturizes better or longer and they taste minty.  My favorite color is “In Love”, which is super-sheer, but people ask what I have on whenever I wear it.   Cost: about $7.  Purchase it here.

Ingredients: babassu oil (orbignya oleifera), organic cocoa butter (theobroma cacao), beeswax (cera alba), sweet almond oil (prunus amygdalus dulcis), organic castor oil (ricinus communis), peppermint essential oil (mentha piperita), alkanet root powder (alkanna tinctoria), vitamin E (tocopherol) Fling: babassu oil (orbignya oleifera), organic cocoa butter (theobroma cacao), beeswax (cera alba), sweet almond oil (prunus amygdalus dulcis), organic castor oil (ricinus communis), peppermint essential oil (mentha piperita), alkanet root powder (alkanna tinctoria), vitamin E (tocopherol) Going Steady: babassu oil (orbignya oleifera), organic cocoa butter (theobroma cacao), beeswax (cera alba), sweet almond oil (prunus amygdalus dulcis), organic castor oil (ricinus communis), peppermint essential oil (mentha piperita), alkanet root powder (alkanna tinctoria), turmeric, vitamin E (tocopherol)

What’s your favorite Clean nude lip color?

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