I found my perfect MLBB and a color dupe for the Prada lipstick
A week ago I asked for help trying to find a dupe for the Prada soft matte lipstick in caramel. The color was the perfect MLBB mauve-y nude on my warm medium olive skintone, with naturally pale mauve-grey lips. Unfortunately the Prada lipstick had a strong floral scent and taste that I did not like even though the color and formula were great.
I went to Sephora and swatched all the other options side by side with caramel and could not find a good match. I even ordered some Asian beauty lippies from yesstyle and none of them were close either. I tried several drugstore options as well. I didn’t want a liquid lipstick but ended up giving the Maybelline Teddy tint a try after seeing a TikTok for one of them.
When I looked at the Teddy tint colors I noticed the shade Kitten Heel looked very similar to Prada Caramel. And, I’m happy to report it’s almost an exact match!! Yes, it’s not a bullet lipstick, but it is also sheer/blurring like the Prada is. Asides from the differences in formula, color-wise it’s a near perfect match on my lips.
Maybelline Teddy tint in Kitten heel has a touch more brown in it while Prada Caramel has a touch more pink. On the lips the color is pretty neutral and doesn’t lean overly cool/warm. I swatched them side by side in different lighting and added a screenshot that does a better job capturing the color of kitten heel than my photo. Though my swatches don’t look like it, once it’s on the lips the color looks much more mauve. It’s such a natural looking color, I’m so happy to have found my perfect MLBB color. I’m overdue for a wax so I won’t be posting lip swatches, sorry 😅
Prada soft matte in caramel is on the left and Maybelline Teddy tint in Kitten Heel is on the right.
1st pic is indoor light. 2nd is natural light. Swatched on my inner wrist.
*updated to add swatches of the Asian beauty l/s for comparison:
These are the swatches from left to right:
Peripera over blur tint in 18 pinkish brown
Peripera over blue tint in 13 mocha house
Peripera mood blur balm stick in 08 reddish mocha
Peripera mood blur balm stick in 06 dear fig
Prada soft matte in caramel
Maybelline Teddy tint in kitten heel