TikTok’s viral trick to instantly know which shade of ‘nude’ lipstick suits you best

A lot is said about how hard it is to find your tone when it comes to foundation, concealer, and powder (here are some tricks for finding the tone of foundation, in case it’s something that worries you), but where’s the talk? nobody about it it is hard to hit the color of the lipstick? Okay, if a lipstick doesn’t flatter us, it won’t be as noticeable as if we go too far or fall short on the base tone, but we do notice it.

Just as we are clear about which colors favor our skin, many of us apply colorimetry when dressing or choose the blonde shade based on our skin, we should start doing the same with lipstick, right? After all, as we well realized while wearing masks at all hours, lips are one of the most important parts of the faceso better take care of them and choose well what colors we wear in them.

That doesn’t mean there are forbidden colors or shades: if you like a lipstick, go ahead, all yours, who cares what the colors say! But yes, there is one trick to know what your lipstick color is exactly, that specific tone that you could wear 24 hours a day because it fits you like a glove. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Well, TikTok has -of course- worked its magic and taught us how to find that long-awaited lipstick shade:

It is a very simple trick that is based on our own body. The first step we need to do is lightly pinch a finger with a fingernail until the top turns pink (without hurting us of course). From there and holding the nail with a light pressure on the finger, we compare that pink color of the yolk with the shades of lipstick from the store: the one that is most similar will be the one that suits us best, there is no more science.

It is a very good method for those of us who are constantly behind lipstick naked to go 24/7 And we can never find that lipstick. Do you want to get the perfect finish? Add a lip liner of a shade similar to the chosen color for your makeup and you will notice the difference, we assure you.

Oh! And in case you’re interested, the tone used by the girl in the video is the tone Prime Beige (90) of Rouge pure couture by Yves St Laurent, a creamy lipstick with a radiant satin effect we found lowered for €41.14 30.85 euros.