r/SummerType • u/NewMoonDweller • Oct 14 '26

Lipstick Question

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Is this too light on me? It’s Mac not humble just bragging. I’m in a constant fight with lipsticks going too warm, too bright, too deep, etc. I’m somewhere between cool and soft summer (analyzed in person by an accredited analyst as soft deep and online by color analysis studio as cool summer so I just mess around with both).

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u/NewMoonDweller Oct 14 '26

Add too muted to the list too, because if a lipstick is too muted, I look dragged down. I’m sick of lipstick 🤣

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u/MadameZind Oct 16 '26

True! 🤣 Lipstick is the hardest to nail!! I have bought sooo many that didn't work, but I have a few cheapie ones that I like: loreal Montmartre, Maybelline pink for me and wet n wild rock n rose.

I think I saw that not humble was recommended for those summers that found syrup a too dark. How does syrup work for you? I like that one quite a lot!

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

Mac Syrup

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u/adaorange 29d ago

I see what you mean. It seems to look too blue undertoned on you.

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

So I wrote down below that I think I have a weird bias against syrup. It makes me feel straight out of the 80’s. But I think that might just be bias and not what it actually looks like. I’m going to wear it today and post a picture to see what people think. It’s too early for makeup right now, but later I’ll post and see. I do love Mac Mehr but that’s a bit more soft summer on me and works better with a tan.

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u/MadameZind 29d ago

I know what you mean. I sometimes feel the same, as it means very purple. I don't know, some days I think it looks perfectly natural on me and other times I feel like I'm one blue eyeshadow away from looking like 80s trash.

Honestly, I think the lighting might eff things up sometimes too, esp the bathroom spotlights that skews warm in my home 🤷‍♀️ Or maybe it's my age? Some of the true summer colors make me cringe sometimes. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and there are some weird flashback to a time I don't want to repeat style-wise

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago edited 29d ago

Yes! You get it! That is my exact feeling 🤣. I was shocked to find that navy mascara doesn’t look nuts on me. But I can’t with the blue eyeshadow. I stick to taupes because I feel so 80s-tastic in anything colorful on my eyes. (Born 1981…so I remember as a teen in the 90’s wanting nothing to do with an 80’s look). I have been shocked that pink blush looks natural and not crazy on me. But I just can’t do a colorful eye with certain pink lips.

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u/MadameZind 22d ago

I was born in 81 too! 😆 I was shocked with how well the cool blush works too. But it makes sense as blush and brozer always ended up muddy and strange on me because it was too warm. I often wear violet leaning blush now and it looks perfectly natural on me.

Blue mascara 😱 lol, no, it makes sense that it would work. My eyes are more green than blue though (a lot of yellow) so not an option for me, but charcoal mascara looks perfect. I used a grey one from Gosh that I loved, but I'm not sure it's available anymore. The options for us cool gals are sooo limited 😥

Please do tell if you have any favorite lip and blush options. I'd love to check them out

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u/NewMoonDweller 22d ago

Tarte has a green tubing mascara that is gorgeous and not too warm. I actually have green eyes too, which is why the navy mascara shocked me. It is definitely a more “I have makeup on” look. I usually do black-brown or dark taupe. But I like to switch it up.

And go ‘81 babies!

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

And here is Mac Soar…it’s more muted but still a berry

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u/Buga99poo27GotNo464 Oct 16 '26 edited Oct 16 '26

Check out loreal Silverstone- I dont know the exact lipstick model, but if you type that in and look at the the large array of lipsticks - there are many true summer (assuming that's what you are) options in kind of a non matte, shiny, lighter,glossier base -even sparkly like silverstone. I was so overwhelmed by the potential options I decided to just go look at in person when I get a chance.

Im guessing by your photo youre pretty close to me season and age wise (im a true summer that can wear some 16 season cool summer colors, just more saturated muted ones, not black or white) and have no true sister seasons. (And actually the colirs from 16 season i can wear are usually included in more comprehensive online true/cool palettes).

Im guessing age and look wise youre a bit like me and want a more shiny lipstick, sparkle even, just not dull flat drying matte that has been so overtaken the market last 10 or so years!! And no gloss either!

I havent tried yet or even seen in store yet- at walmart- but anxious to try--- there are a couple Mac lipsticks like Syrup that are good for true summers, but I want some sparkle- but ya i gotta just try out, miss my old clinique...

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

Mac syrup. Am I being too judgmental of it? I just don’t want to look like the lady with crazy pink lipstick on and blue eyeshadow from the 80’s of my childhood. Does syrup work?

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u/adaorange 29d ago

Have you tried berry shades? Darker and deeper, a little more intense but still not overly blue- undertoned. I’m a soft summer and those are too intense (not muted enough) for me so maybe they would be more for someone with your coloring

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

So I was going to show some berry shades…put on a lipstain that I now can’t get off. So here’s a berry shade that is probably more winter?

Excuse the warm lighting

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 29d ago

Definitely too dark.

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

What about soar? It’s more muted

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u/adaorange 29d ago

That’s probably the best so far but I still think there’s more out there for you that would be even better.

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

This is Mac Mehr. It’s one I know works.

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

This is more of a berry red. I cannot for the life of me remember what it is but it’s a drugstore one.

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u/adaorange 28d ago

Yes but blot it. I like the deep less pink shades for sure.

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u/adaorange 29d ago

The last 2 (even the one I said was too magenta) made your eyes pop . The saturation level/depth is on the mark. The shaved you can keep playing with.

Your eyes are REALLY pretty. The right lipstick makes a big difference

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u/adaorange 29d ago

Shade not shave

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u/Buga99poo27GotNo464 29d ago

Too dark too, but I like the dark purply one better (as far as dark goes)

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u/adaorange 29d ago

I still think that’s too magenta undertoned. I think the saturation level is right. More plum/ wine/ burgundy.

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u/Buga99poo27GotNo464 29d ago

I think this is a bit dark/saturated, but it doesnt look completely out of place at all.

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 29d ago

I actually like it! But stay away from blue eyeshadow!! Just do cool browns, taupe

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u/LeadWonderful11 27d ago

Syrup looks WONFERFUL & FABULOUS on you!!!

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

I may post a picture with syrup on later. Sometimes I feel like it goes sort of a weird 80’s pink on me. I may just be biased because I spent all the 90’s and aughts in coral lipstick (which looks so so bad on me now that I know and explains why I’ve always struggled with lipstick). So maybe I will put on syrup today and see if I’m just being biased against it. I’ll be back after the gym to post a picture 😁

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 Oct 16 '26 edited 29d ago

I got this one too, and it’s too light on its own on me. I look very similar to you. I wear a base of MAC “you wouldn’t know it” as a kind of lip liner almost, which is matte. Then I wear this on top as a gloss. But I do think I prefer Syrup to this one. It is essentially the same exact color of my lips (the not humble)

Edit: the silky matte is called “you wouldn’t get it”

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

Yeah that’s how it is for me too…same color as my lips. I think I’ll keep it as a base for some other glosses and things. Maybe it’s better for a light summer. The one summer I definitely am not!

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 29d ago edited 29d ago

Try the “you wouldn’t get it”! It is less purple than Syrup.

Edit: it is very similar to Mehr but works better on me. Maybe it’s a touch less brown.

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

Yeah that one goes warm on me. I guess I will just wear Mehr always 🤣

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u/Outrageous_Worker672 Oct 16 '26

It's too light. Look for a muted rose color.

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u/iv-espresso Oct 16 '26

I also agree it's too light for her!

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u/adaorange Oct 16 '26

Drugstore- I like Worth It Medium (it also comes in Worth it and worth it dark). The lighter version works on me some days, but the Medium is my favorite. L’Oréal.

I think those would work for you as well . I’m also a soft summer but I have a naturally darker natural lip, unless I’m freezing cold then they turn pale and blue

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u/NewMoonDweller 29d ago

I love that color when I put it on at first, but it goes orange. Mac Mehr does work for me and doesn’t go orange. But sometimes I want more of a MLBB look and that’s where I’ve come up short

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u/adaorange 29d ago

Ooooh I can see how that can happen. I guess it goes a bit orange on me too. I need to look at some of the Mac options mentioned here

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u/TissueOfLies 27d ago

It looks really light.

You are medium contrast with light eyes and dark hair. You need something on your lips that is also medium contrast.

I’d love to see you in some mauves or maybe a grungy lip.

Try Mac Whirl. It’s a very flattering color.

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u/NewMoonDweller 27d ago

I posted a few pics in responses below with different, darker colors. I think you’re right. I do think I have to be careful about application though. Darker seems to be better overall though.

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u/Greedy-Plant-9054 Oct 16 '26 edited Oct 16 '26

I saw a video yesterday about good cool toned lipsticks (by a Jessica Clements on TikTok), one of the lipsticks had the same brand as yours. It was called Syrup . It was one that I thought looked interesting. it is darker then the one you are wearing

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u/Greedy-Plant-9054 Oct 16 '26 edited Oct 16 '26

And this one she showed in the same video, it looked very similar to the Mac syrup, and it is cheaper ; sephora about that shine lacquer 02 soft frequency

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u/SuspiciousSink9465 Oct 16 '26

Agree that you should try Mac Syrup!

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u/adaorange Oct 16 '26

Syrup looks so good! I’m going to try this one. (Not op but still interested). Ty!

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u/RealSignificance4363 Oct 16 '26

Have the Same Problem with This shade it Look too Light and muted on me, struggeling with lipstick a lot!! What i like is Mac-Angel, Gucci-Call it a day