The lipstick matched under the store lights. By the window at home it went ashy.

Name, HEX, finish and base.
Makeup Kit
Matched in store light. Ashy at home.
The Makeup Kit puts your lip, blush and eye shades on your phone, each with its name and code, to hold next to the tester.
$12 once, for your season
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01 Before and with the guide
The lipstick matched under the store lights. By the window at home it went ashy.

Name, HEX, finish and base.
Berry rose#8B1F4F
The blush was a pink plum on the site. On your cheek it vanished.

Shades drawn over a deeper lip.
02 Two ways to wear it
Mix them: a soft eye with a bold lip, or a bold eye with a sheer lip.
QuietDay, office, errands
#B0215FLip, sheerDeep cool rose#A74468Blush, sheerCharcoal#33383ELiner, softA sheer lip and a soft liner.
ExpressiveEvening, events, photos
#A5122FLip, fullDeep cool rose#A74468Blush, fullCool burgundy liner#5A1030LinerA full lip. Let one thing lead.
Shown in Deep Winter. Each season's kit has this page in its own shades.
03 Softer or bolder
Deep raspberry, your everyday lip, two amounts. Pick the amount by the day, and the shade stays yours.
Softer
Deep raspberry#B0215FSheerOne dab, pressed in with a finger.
Bolder
Deep raspberry#B0215FFull coatA full coat.
Shown in Deep Winter. Each season's kit has this page in its own shades.
04 What you own
You do not need to replace anything today. Sort your lipsticks into three piles.
Keep
Same family as a palette shade, and about the same depth.
#8B1F4FRuby#A5122FPlum berry#6F2457Adapt
Press it on sheer with a fingertip, then put Berry on the center of the lip.
Replace later
Use it up. When it runs out, buy Berry.
#8B1F4FShown in Deep Winter. Each season's kit has this page in its own shades.
05 Inside, screen by screen
Drag sideways, or tap a page to see it larger.






06 What is inside
Also inside the Complete Guide, $29.
Shop these shades: a list picked by color for each season lives on this site, with a shade to look for if one is gone. See the finds and pick your season there
07 Before you buy
08 Asked often
No. It teaches you to read the shade: name, HEX, finish, base and the words to look for on a label. A list picked by color for each season is free on this site, on the Makeup pages.
No shade in the kit is called nude. Each is a named color with its HEX, picked for your season, and the deep-lip pages draw lip shades over a deeper, cooler lip as a screen estimate.
Not exactly: a page is a screen and a lipstick reflects light. Use the page for the name and the HEX, then check the tester at a window.
It is an instant download, so it is not refundable, and this kit has no swap. If a file does not open, I send a working copy.
Pick your season and the button says what you get. Nothing is sent.
Your season
Today
Save the pages, print the check.
This week
Its page, a window.
After that
No login, no expiry.
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