Makeup, Soft Summer

Soft Summer makeup,by name.

Soft and blended. Dusty rose, mauve and a muted berry.

Each shade family has a name and a HEX. Two tools check a shade before you buy, and the picks are sorted by color.

Dusty rose#C98393Lip
Dusty rose#C98393Cheek
Taupe#8E807BEye

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A flat lay of lipsticks, blush and an eyeshadow palette in Soft Summer colors, from dusty rose to taupe, on white paper. — Soft Summer lips, cheeks and eyes

01 Lips

Start with the lip.

Start with dusty rose. Mauve and soft berry give you more depth.

#C98393Dusty roseMuted and easy, the soft first pick.
#A9788FMauvePink-brown with a touch of gray.
#B35C7CSoft berryA muted berry, softly blended.

In the shade name, look for dusty rose, mauve, muted berry

Why, and how solid

Muted color matches your blended coloring. Neon and very bright shades are far more saturated and tend to compete with your face. Tradition

02 Cheeks

A cheek that reads like you.

Choose dusty rose or muted mauve and blend the edges soft.

#C98393Dusty roseSoft and blended, close to a flush.
#A9788FMuted mauveA little deeper, still muted.

In the shade name, look for dusty rose, muted mauve

Why, and how solid

Blush shows your palette fastest. Muted shades look like a flush, while bright ones can sit on top of blended coloring. Tradition

03 Eyes

Eyes, from lid to lash line.

Wear taupe on the lid and soft plum to define. Gray-green adds color.

#8E807BTaupeSoft, neutral and easy to blend.
#8A5E82Soft plumA quiet plum with gray in it.
#8FA79AGray-greenA soft green, kept muted.

In the shade name, look for taupe, soft plum, gray-green

Why, and how solid

Blended, muted shades keep your eyes in the same soft picture as the rest of your face. Tradition

04 Two lights

Same shade. Two lights.

A white base can turn a shade chalky. Swatch pale ones by a window first.

dusty rose, #C98393

Careful with milky, powdery, soft matte pastel

Why, and how solid

White pigment scatters light and adds a pale veil. On lighter skin that reads as a soft pearl, and on deep skin it can read as chalk. A pastel that goes ashy on you is often the formula and not you. Tradition

05 Eye look

Your eye look, in three steps.

Lid, then crease, then lash line. Tap a name to jump to its card.

Closed eyelid on fair skin with the Soft Summer day look: taupe on the lid, deeper taupe in the crease and soft plum at the lash line.

Closed eyelid on medium skin with the Soft Summer day look: taupe on the lid, deeper taupe in the crease and soft plum at the lash line.

Closed eyelid on tan skin with the Soft Summer day look: taupe on the lid, deeper taupe in the crease and soft plum at the lash line.

Closed eyelid on deep skin with the Soft Summer day look: taupe on the lid, deeper taupe in the crease and soft plum at the lash line.

Lid #8E807B
Sweep it over the whole lid with a flat brush.
Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Singles
Shade: Tastefully Taupe
Crease #635A56
Layer a little more of it in the crease and blend.
Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Singles
Shade: Tastefully Taupe, built up
Lash line #8A5E82
Draw it close to the upper lashes, as thin as you like.
Sisley Paris Phyto-Khol Perfect Eyeliner Pencil
Shade: 6 Plum

The Soft Summer eye look: Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Singles and Sisley Paris Phyto-Khol Perfect Eyeliner Pencil.

06 Your makeup bag

Start with your makeup bag.

Pick or paste the color of a lipstick or blush you already own. You get one answer: keep it, adapt it, or replace it later.

Keep itClose to a color of yours.
Adapt itWear it sheer or pair it with your colors.
LaterReplace it when it runs out.

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Or paste a HEX

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07 Three looks

Three looks to start from.

Lip, cheek and eye from one price level, picked by color.

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The Soft Summer drugstore makeup look: CoverGirl Outlast Lipstain in 62 Blushed Mauve, e.l.f. Camo Liquid Blush in Suave Mauve and Maybelline Expert Wear Eyeshadow Singles in Tastefully Taupe.

Drugstore look

From the drugstore aisle.

Start hereLipsTint
CoverGirl
Outlast Lipstain
Shade: 62 Blushed Mauve
Why
A liquid lip stain with a satin stained finish, named for mauve and.
How to use: Tap it on for a stain, or swipe for full color.
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve, tint.
See swatches on Amazon
CheeksLiquid
e.l.f.
Camo Liquid Blush
Shade: Suave Mauve
Why
A mauve liquid blush.
How to use: Dot it on and blend fast, then build for more color.
If it's gone, look for: a medium muted mauve, liquid.
See swatches on Amazon
Eyes
Maybelline
Expert Wear Eyeshadow Singles
Shade: Tastefully Taupe
Why
A taupe single from the same line.
How to use: Sweep it on the lid and blend the edges.
If it's gone, look for: a medium taupe.
See swatches on Amazon

The Soft Summer mid makeup look: MAC Lipstick Mini, Matte in Mehr, Lancôme Blush Subtil Powder Blush in 208 Cedar Rose and Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Shadow in Metallic Taupe.

Mid look

A step up, from the beauty counter brands.

LipsMatte
MAC
Lipstick Mini
Shade: Mehr
Why
A matte pink that a sibling listing tags with a neutral undertone.
How to use: Swipe for full color, or dab and blend for a sheer tint.
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve, matte.
See swatches on Amazon
Cheeks
Lancôme
Blush Subtil Powder Blush
Shade: 208 Cedar Rose
Why
A matte powder the listing describes as a cool dusty rose.
How to use: Sweep it on lightly, then build for more color.
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose.
See swatches on Amazon
EyesMetallic
Laura Mercier
Caviar Stick Eye Shadow
Shade: Metallic Taupe
Why
A metallic taupe cream stick.
How to use: Swipe it on the lid, then blend it with a fingertip.
If it's gone, look for: a medium taupe, metallic.
See it at Ulta Beauty

The Soft Summer luxury makeup look: Estée Lauder Pure Color Explicit Slick Shine Slim Lipstick in 321 Shhh, Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Blush Blur in Pillow Talk Medium and Sisley Paris Phyto-Khol Perfect Eyeliner Pencil in 6 Plum.

Luxury look

For a gift, or one lipstick you keep for years.

LipsGloss
Estée Lauder
Pure Color Explicit Slick Shine Slim Lipstick
Shade: 321 Shhh
Why
A slick-shine lipstick the listing describes as a mid-tone rosy mauve with cool undertones.
How to use: Swipe for full color, or dab and blend for a sheer tint.
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve, gloss.
See swatches on Amazon
Cheeks
Charlotte Tilbury
Airbrush Flawless Blush Blur
Shade: Pillow Talk Medium
Why
A powder blush that the listing calls a rosy matte pink with cool undertones.
How to use: Sweep it on lightly, then build for more color.
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose.
See swatches on Amazon
Eyes
Sisley Paris
Phyto-Khol Perfect Eyeliner Pencil
Shade: 6 Plum
Why
A plum eyeliner pencil with a smudge tip.
How to use: Draw it along the lash line, or smudge it soft.
If it's gone, look for: a medium soft plum.
See swatches on Amazon

How to read the cards

The color on each card is the color family a pick sits closest to, not the exact product shade. A picture shows that color on a plain, unbranded piece and not the product. Save picks with Add to my list, then open them all in one Amazon cart.

08 Find by color

All 21 picks, by color.

Every pick sits inside Soft Summer's colors. Tap one to see it.

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More lip picks (12)

NYX Professional Makeup
Soft Matte Lip Cream
Shade: Zurich (Matte Muted Rose)
dusty roseDrugstoreMatte
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose, matte.
See swatches on Amazon
NYX Professional Makeup
Soft Matte Lip Cream
Shade: Cannes (Matte Muted Mauve)
mauveDrugstoreMatte
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve, matte.
See swatches on Amazon
Revlon
Super Lustrous Lipstick
Shade: 463 Sassy Mauve
mauveDrugstore
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve.
See swatches on Amazon
Revlon
Super Lustrous Lipstick
Shade: 460 Blushing Mauve
mauveDrugstore
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve.
See swatches on Amazon
Maybelline
Super Stay Vinyl Ink Longwear No-Budge Liquid Lipcolor
Shade: Witty
mauveDrugstoreGloss
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve, gloss.
See swatches on Amazon
Maybelline
Super Stay Vinyl Ink Longwear No-Budge Liquid Lipcolor
Shade: Cheeky
dusty roseDrugstoreGloss
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose, gloss.
See swatches on Amazon
Milani
Color Statement Lipstick
Shade: Uptown Mauve
mauveDrugstore
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve.
See swatches on Amazon
Burt's Bees
100% Natural Moisturizing Tinted Lip Oil
Shade: Rustling Rose
dusty roseDrugstoreTint
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose, tint.
See swatches on Amazon
Revlon
ColorStay Longwear Lip Liner
Shade: 660 Mauve
mauveDrugstore
If it's gone, look for: a medium mauve.
See swatches on Amazon
NYX Professional Makeup
Slide On Lip Pencil
Shade: Bedrose
dusty roseDrugstore
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose.
See swatches on Amazon
NYX Professional Makeup
Slide On Lip Pencil
Shade: Alluring (Deep Rose)
soft berryDrugstore
If it's gone, look for: a medium soft berry.
See swatches on Amazon
MAC
M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick
Shade: Whirl
dusty roseMidMatte
If it's gone, look for: a medium dusty rose, matte.
See it at Ulta Beauty

09 Foundation

Foundation is different.

It follows your skin, not your season.

Match depth first, then the undertone words. If neutral fits best, go with neutral.
Neutral is a real undertone result. Foundation follows your skin, not your season, and daylight shows what a shade name cannot. Moderate

Soft Summer makeup for everyday looks.

Each lip, blush and eye shade on your phone, with its name, to hold next to the tester.

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Makeup for another season

Chips and swatches are color directions, not product shades.

Soft Summer makeup,by name.

Drugstore look

Outlast Lipstain

Camo Liquid Blush

Expert Wear Eyeshadow Singles

Mid look

Lipstick Mini

Blush Subtil Powder Blush

Caviar Stick Eye Shadow

Luxury look

Pure Color Explicit Slick Shine Slim Lipstick

Airbrush Flawless Blush Blur

Phyto-Khol Perfect Eyeliner Pencil

Soft Matte Lip Cream

Soft Matte Lip Cream

Super Lustrous Lipstick

Super Lustrous Lipstick

Super Stay Vinyl Ink Longwear No-Budge Liquid Lipcolor

Super Stay Vinyl Ink Longwear No-Budge Liquid Lipcolor

Color Statement Lipstick

100% Natural Moisturizing Tinted Lip Oil

ColorStay Longwear Lip Liner

Slide On Lip Pencil

Slide On Lip Pencil

M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick

Soft Summer makeup for everyday looks.