It’s a taupey brown that works well with colors like Velvet Teddy, Yash, Honey Love and Cherish. I like it because its not overly brown which can look harsh on light skin Desi’s. It’s a brown beige that works well with Desi nude lipsticks. It’s a good nude lip pencil for NC20-Nc35 skin tones. Is described as creamy Brown Beige and I’d say that’s a correct description of the color.

It also works well to darken up my brighter purple lipsticks if I want to change them up a little bit. I like using it as a base with Russian Red or Ruby Woo, creates a beautiful shade of red that’s not so in your face but still prominent. It’s nice to use with any red lipstick when you want to tone it down. You can also wear this pencil with other cool tone reds if you want to warm them up to suit your skin tone better.īeet is a beauuuutiful reddish pink lip pencil. This color works will with not in your face reds that look good on desi’s like Chili and Viva Glam III. It’s good for lipsticks from MAC like Russian Red and Ruby Woo.īrick is an intense golden red. Think classic Desi bridal bright red lips – this is that color. If you follow MAC numbering system I’m an NC25.Ĭherry is a classic blue based red lip liner. To give you an idea of how each of the color looks, find a swatch below and I’ve also worn filled each color onto my lips without any base or anything on top. Get one or two from every color category and it’s enough for an entire lipstick collection. You don’t need a different or even an exact match to every lipstick you own. Lip liners are a must and lipstick doesn’t look the same without them. You can use a lip liner to help your lipstick last longer, to adjust the color of your lipstick and to make your lips appear a bit bigger or smaller.

Lip pencils can be used alone, under or on top of lip colors for shaping, lining, and color.

Mac captive lipstick on dark skin