‘I Tried This One Super Weird Hack To The Perfect Nude Lip’

And it’s a little naughtier than you may think…

Abbey Lenton
WhimnOctober 2, 20181:14pm

It's a little weird, but very worth it. Image: iStock/Pantone.Source:Whimn

Last year, the beauty community lost their minds over the discovery that the key to your perfect neutral lip shade resides within your bra.

Yep, that's right. For the perfect nude lip, take a look at your nips.

It all began with an episode of The Doctors where they first brought this whacky theory into the limelight, suggesting that "nature knows best".

Nude + Lip = Nip. I don't know how we didn't stumble upon this earlier.

But as fun as it sounds, the theory copped a fair bit of backlash. Many people simply could not fathom a situation where they could both swatch some lippy and pop a titty. So naturally, it was written off as too good to be true and simply not practical.

Until now.

Have your delete buttons ready and your eggplant emojis eager. Because in the name of beauty, you're going to take a nude. But just hang in there, it's a lot less provocative than you think. As a woman who's done it herself, I promise.

The people over at Pantone practically invented colour. They're the world-famous "colour authorities" who are responsible for logging and naming practically every colour in existence. They have a nifty (and free) app that pinpoints the five most prominent shades in any picture. They say 'living room feature wall', I say 'nipples'.

Swatch your way to beauty greatness. Image: @tashoakley/Pantone.

Swatch your way to beauty greatness. Image: @tashoakley/Pantone.Source:Whimn

Here's how I did it: in the privacy of your own home, hover the app over your nipple. It will automatically generate five different compatible shades.

The best part is, you don't even need to take the picture. Simply screenshot your screen and crop it so all that remains in that image is your five colour matches.

Voila! Five nudey shades and no digital footprint. Checkmate, Mark Zuckerberg.

Free the nipple! Image: iStock/Pantone.

Free the nipple! Image: iStock/Pantone.Source:Whimn

Take your sweet sweet shades to the makeup counter and swatch your heart out. If the theory is correct, and it totally was for me, the secret to finally finding the perfect neutral shade belongs within that little spectrum of colours.

Happy nude-ing!

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