Back in the Summer I teamed up with a group of brown girl bloggers to bring you 50 Shades of MAC, a reference guide for women of color to show you how different shades of MAC lipstick looks on brown skin. I decided to create a reference guide with my current collection of MAC lipstick which includes 20 shades, 10 from the 50 SOM post + 10 more. This collection includes permanent along with limited edition shades and drugstore dupes where one is available. Keep in mind that I do not personally own all of the dupes and did research to find the best matches, so some may not be a 100% match but close enough in color to be considered dupe worthy. For reference I am NW45 in MAC. I am just including images of me wearing the lipstick to show you how it looks but if you would like to see my full review for each shade you can click the name.
Viva Glam Nicki (Satin)(LE)
Dupe: Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Pinkerbell
Ever Hip (Lustre) (Liberty of London LE)
Go For It (Cremesheen) (In The Groove LE)
Impassioned (Amplified Creme) (permanent)
Dupe: Milani Color Statement l/s in Flamingo Pose
O (Frost )(permanent)
Relentlessly Red (Retro Matte) (permanent)
RiRi Boy (Retro Matte) (RiRi Hearts MAC LE)
Dupe: Revlon Super Lustrous l/s in Berry Haute
Saigon Summer (Cremesheen) (permanent)
Viva Glam Gaga (Lustre) (LE)
Dupe: Rimmel Lasting Finish l/s in Pink Blush
Vegas Volt (Amplified Creme) (permanent)
Dupe: Revlon Super Lustrous l/s in Coral Berry
Heaux (Retro Matte) (RiRi Hearts MAC LE)
Dupe: Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Cherry Picking
Love Goddess (Satin) (Marilyn Monroe LE)
Dupe: Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Cherry Picking
Rebel (Satin) (permanent)
Dupe: Milani Color Statement l/s in Sangria
Spitfire (Satin) (Wonder Woman LE)
Lady Danger (Matte) (permanent)
Dupes:
Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Purty Persimmon
Milani Color Statement Matte l/s in Passion
Talk That Talk (Retro Matte) (RiRi Hearts MAC LE)
Dupes:
Milani Color Statement l/s in Black Cherry
Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Cherry Bomb
Freckletone (Lustre) (permanent)
Dupe: Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter in Creme Brulee
RiRi Woo (Retro Matte) (RiRi Hearts MAC LE)
Dupes:
Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Stoplight Red
Milani Color Statement Matte l/s in Confident
Up The Amp (Amplified Creme) (permanent)
Dupe: Revlon Super Lustrous l/s in Berry Haute
Flat Out Fabulous (Retro Matte) (permanent)
Dupes:
L’Oreal Colour Riche Moisture Matte l/s in Glamour Fuchsia
Milani Color Statement Matte l/s in Orchid
I hope that this MAC Lipstick Guide was helpful. If you know of any dupes that I missed, additional or better dupes feel free to leave it in the comments.
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They all look gorge on you and I pretty much buy any color you recommend. I’d been eyeing “o” for the past two weeks and I’m gonna go ahead and get it. I also love the color photo by MAC it’s the best true brown nude I’ve found yet.
Thank you. O was my very first MAC lipstick and still one of my faves. Get it! 🙂
Excellent post.
Thank you!
this is dope!!!
Thank you, Kelly!
Yes! They all look fabulous! At the moment I have the Flat out Fabulous… I have others that totally fits me but I definitely need to try “Talk that Talk” as well as “Rebel”. I actually tried it on but I went with flat out fabulous! What do you think of Cyber?
I don’t have Cyber but I do have Wet n’ Wild Megalast l/s in Vamp It Up which is a dupe and Sleek Makeup True Color l/s in Mulberry which is very close and I love them both.
This type of post is so very helpful (especially whenyou’re NW45 like me;) Thanks!
You’re welcome 🙂
Great post 🙂 I see a few I need to pick up!
Great post, Erica! All of these lippies look lovely on you. I’m loving Flat Out Fabolous right now. I’m wearing it all the time, everywhere I go lol.
lol thank you so much. I can’t wait to try Flat Out Fabulous with Nightmoth liner!
I wonder if Wet n Wild Rose bud a dupe for the beautiful Spitfire.
I looked it up, definitely not a dupe. Spitfire leans more purple.
You are ridiculously beautiful. Wow.
Thanks bunches 🙂
Fantastic and very useful post, many thanks 🙂 Perhaps blushes next? xx
You’re very welcome. That’s an idea! 😉
You are rocking all these colours. They all look amazing on you. I’m about the same complextion as you and didn’t think I could pull off certain colours, but you’ve given me so much inspiration.
Thank you so much. We can pull off any color we want, just rock it with confidence! 🙂