
Two cohorts with dissimilar skin hues aspire to improve your makeup shopping skills.
On TikTok, companions Wendy, and May initiated a showcase of themselves donning the same makeup to display how diverse coloured cosmetics appear against different skin tones.
This illuminates why if you admire a lipstick shade on a friend but end up disenchanted with the result on you, it’s crucial to grasp basic colour theory.
According to Jasmine Desouza, a makeup artist at 3INA, to Metro, ‘Colour theory fundamentally is a tool used by makeup artists to bring colours together in a visually appealing and harmonious way.
‘You might be familiar with colour correcting – a method to balance a specific colour with its exact opposite on the colour wheel like neutralizing redness using green.
‘However, people are progressively becoming conscious about how colour theory impacts the way a particular lip hue looks on them.
‘Especially concerning lips, the inherent undertones of your lips will significantly influence a lipstick’s appearance on you.’
Given that the pigment in Wendy and May’s natural lip colour differs significantly, it’s likely the same lipstick will render different outcomes.
You can observe this in their viral video, wherein a product appears brown on May but orange on Wendy.
Nonetheless, other colours like blue showed fewer contrasts when applied by both.
‘Lipsticks commonly integrate a blend of cool and warm tones, so if your lips have cold blue undertones, using a lipstick leaning towards the cooler side will intensify the purple or mauve hues of your lips,’ Jasmine elaborates.
‘In such circumstances, it’s recommended to choose a lipstick with warmer tones to neutralize the lips’ innate blue undertones.
‘If deciding on a suitable lip colour is confusing, I have a simple trick – position the lipstick over your lips and check the reflection. Does the colour enhance your mood? This method makes lipstick shopping significantly smoother.’
The contrast between the two friends stunned the online spectators.
One commenter on their brown/orange lipstick video noted: ‘It’s perpetually astounding how the same colour can produce radically different undertones on separate individuals!’
Another exclaimed: ‘It looks fantastic on both skin tones!! Exhibits differently on each! But wow!’
‘I adore the orangish tint it reveals on darker skin and the deep dark facade on lighter skin,’ commented another viewer.
Hence, the next time you consider buying the same lipstick as your friend’s, take into account the distinct pigment variations in your skins.