Mauve lipsticks for light skin
Mauve lipsticks are muted shades between pink and purple, softened with grey or brown. Their low chroma makes them read quieter than a pink or a plum. A mauve with more red reads rosy, one with more violet reads cooler and dustier, and lighter mauves sit close to a natural lip colour. For light skin this page uses a reference lightness of L* 65. Contrast between lip colour and skin decides how strongly a shade stands out. Very light, light and medium shades are listed here; deeper shades make a much higher contrast against light skin and appear on the medium, tan and deep pages. Nudes are listed only when their lightness is within 18 L* points of the reference.
40 mauve shades listed for light skin, grouped by undertone.
Cool
- Galactic NYX
- Fearless NYX
- 601 HOLOGLAM Dior
- Castle NYX
- HD Pink Diamond Revlon
- Power NYX
- Baby Pink NYX
- Smoke Me NYX
- Emmy Boosh
- Gypsy Dream NYX
- Baby Pink NYX
- Twilight Coastal Classic Creation
- Like Glossier
- Santorini Cargo Cosmetics
- Supermodel Revlon
- Matte Blissful Milani
- POUT Smashbox
- PRETTY SOCIAL Smashbox
- 465 Shock Dior
- Ginger Snap Coastal Classic Creation
- Narcissus NYX
- Plum, Please Maybelline
- Creamatte Lip Cream - PC22 Coral Crush Emina
- Oh Snap ColourPop
- FAIR PLAY Smashbox
- Rose Femme Milani
- Colorfit Velvet Matte Lip Mousse - 01 Brown Dreamer Wardah
- Bound ColourPop
- Lumiere ColourPop
- Tea Rose e.l.f.
- Embellishment NYX
- Christie NYX
- Intense Matte Lip Cream - 010 Lux Make Over
- Pure Marienatie
- Creamatte Lip Cream - BR21 Caramel Drop Emina
- St. Tropez Cargo Cosmetics
- Luna Boosh
- 003 Sparkling Dior
- Wine to Five CoverGirl
- Nude CoverGirl
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