Official description
light beige with gold shimmer
Standardised colour
Brown / nude · Light · Warm undertone Details
Shimmer finish · Buildable pigmentation · Liquid · Shimmer
Where to buy Lightning (1 store)
Similar to MAC Cosmetics Strobe Beam Liquid Blush Lightning
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other blushes. Price is never part of the score.
Lip colours to wear with Lightning
Open Complete My LookFive ways to coordinate with MAC Cosmetics Strobe Beam Liquid Blush Lightning, chosen on measured swatch colour, colour family, depth and undertone. “Colour match” means a close colour; “Combination” means a deliberate pairing.
Neighbouring colours with a compatible undertone.
Lipstick
Peachstock
MAC Cosmetics M·A·Cximal Sleek Satin Lipstick, shade Peachstock
- Neighbouring colour: peach with nude
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$25
Peach Daiquiri
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream, shade Peach Daiquiri
- Neighbouring colour: peach with nude
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$26
Lip gloss

Peach Glaze - glazed peach tint + sweet peach scent
OLEHENRIKSEN Pout Preserve Hydrating Peptide Lip Treatment, shade Peach Glaze - glazed peach tint + sweet peach scent
- Neighbouring colour: peach with nude
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$24

Kalahari Melon
Fenty Beauty Treatz Hydrating + Strengthening Lip Oil, shade Kalahari Melon
- Neighbouring colour: peach with nude
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$25
Lip liner
Light Brown
e.l.f. Cosmetics Love Triangle Lip Filler Liner, shade Light Brown
- Neighbouring colour: brown with nude
- Combination · Brown · Light · Warm
$5

Tan Leather
Haus Labs The Edge Long-Lasting Shaping Lip Liner, shade Tan Leather
- Neighbouring colour: brown with nude
- Combination · Brown · Light · Warm
$24
The same colour family across lips and cheeks.
Lipstick

600A
Valentino Spike Valentino Buttery Matte Lipstick, shade 600A
- Close match
- Colour match · Nude · Light · Warm
$48

Party Trick
MAC Cosmetics Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick, shade Party Trick
- Same colour family: nude
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$25
Lip gloss
900 It's Gold Outside
CoverGirl Clean Fresh Yummy Lip Gloss, shade 900 It's Gold Outside
- Close match
- Colour match · Nude · Light · Warm
$6.44

Citrus Sunshine - sheer tint + fresh citrus scent
OLEHENRIKSEN Pout Preserve Hydrating Peptide Lip Treatment, shade Citrus Sunshine - sheer tint + fresh citrus scent
- Same colour family: nude
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$24
Lip liner
High Point
Revlon ColorStay Multi-Liner, shade High Point
- Same colour family: nude
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$11.99
London
NYX Professional Makeup Suede Matte Lip Liner Velvet Soft Vegan Lip Pencil, shade London
- Same colour family: nude
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Warm
$6
A clear difference in colour or depth, on purpose.
Lipstick

Fleshpot
MAC Cosmetics M·A·Cximal Sleek Satin Lipstick, shade Fleshpot
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$25
Sky Line Pink
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, shade Sky Line Pink
- Contrast: pink with nude
- Combination · Pink · Light · Warm
$11.99
Lip gloss

N02 Iridescent Gold
Givenchy Perfecto Hydrating & Smoothing High-Shine Lip Oil Gloss, shade N02 Iridescent Gold
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$43
Earth Angel
Pat McGrath Labs Lust: Gloss, shade Earth Angel
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$29
Lip liner

Push - soft neutral beige
rhode Peptide Lip Shape Contouring Lip Shaper, shade Push - soft neutral beige
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$24
003 Dazed
Revlon PhotoReady Blur Lip Liner, shade 003 Dazed
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$12.99
Soft colours close to a natural flush.
Lipstick

Party Trick
MAC Cosmetics Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick, shade Party Trick
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$25
Acting Natural
MAC Cosmetics M·A·Cximal Silky Matte Lipstick, shade Acting Natural
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$25
Lip gloss

Blitz Gold
Pat McGrath Labs Lust: Gloss, shade Blitz Gold
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$29

Honey Kiss
Anastasia Beverly Hills Universal Luminous Tinted Lip Gloss, shade Honey Kiss
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$23
Lip liner
London
NYX Professional Makeup Suede Matte Lip Liner Velvet Soft Vegan Lip Pencil, shade London
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Warm
$6

Toasted Sienna
point of view. Trace it Precision Sculpting Lip Liner, shade Toasted Sienna
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$24
Saturated or deep colours that stand out.
Lipstick
100 BEL RESPIRO
Chanel ROUGE COCO Longwear Satin Lipstick Hydrating and Smoothing Lip Care, shade 100 BEL RESPIRO
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$53
Fire Peach
Revlon Super Lustrous Lipstick, shade Fire Peach
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$6.89
Lip gloss

Kalahari Melon
Fenty Beauty Treatz Hydrating + Strengthening Lip Oil, shade Kalahari Melon
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$25

041 Peachy
Dior Lip Glow Oil Hydrating High-Shine Gloss, shade 041 Peachy
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$42
Lip liner
Daybreak
Sacheu DoubleDown Lip Definer 2-in-1 Liner and Balm, shade Daybreak
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$16
Sensational
L.A. Girl Perfect Precision Lip Liner Pencil, shade Sensational
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Light · Warm
$4
Each pairing compares two shades’ colours as sampled from retailer swatch images, which are not calibrated and are not how a shade looks worn. It does not predict how the colours look together on you. Price never changes the order.
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Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #eab068
- L* 75.8 a* 13.2 b* 44.7
- Colour family
- Brown / nude
- from the description (“beige”)
- Colour depth
- Light
- from the description (“light”)
- Primary undertone
- Warm
- from the swatch colour
- Secondary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Colour description
- Not listed
- not stated
- Finish
- Shimmer
- this shade's description
- Pigmentation
- Buildable
- the product's attributes
- Shimmer
- Yes
- this shade's description
- Format
- Liquid
- the product's attributes
- Wear claims
- Not listed
- not stated
- Skin suitability claims
- Hydrating, For combination, dry, normal, oily, sensitive skin
- the product's attributes or description
- Data confidence
- Medium
- Swatch colour measured; little in the words to back it up
- Source
- Sephora, Ulta Beauty
- checked 4 Nov 2026
Description from Ulta Beauty, kept word for word; the standardised values are stored separately and never replace it. Swatch colours are read from retailer images, which are not colour-calibrated; images from the retailers named under each one.
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