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Official description
matte taupe brown
Standardised colour
Brown · Light · taupe Details
Matte finish · Stick
Price
$33
Sephora
SephoraWhere to buy Flax (2 stores)
Sephora$33View at Sephora
Ulta Beautyfrom $33 · product priceView at Ulta BeautySimilar to ILIA Eye Stylus Shadow Stick - Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow Flax
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other eyeshadows. Price is never part of the score.
Blush and lip colours to wear with Flax
Open Complete My LookFive ways to coordinate with ILIA Eye Stylus Shadow Stick - Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow Flax, 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.
Blush
103 Toffee
Dior Rosy Glow Blush Stick, shade 103 Toffee
- Neighbouring colour: brown / nude with brown
- Combination · Brown / nude · Light · Warm
$44
Nude Pop
Clinique Cheek Pop Powder Blush, shade Nude Pop
- Neighbouring colour: brown / nude with brown
- Combination · Brown / nude · Light · Warm
$32
Lipstick
Loyalist
Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink Liquid Lipstick, shade Loyalist
- Neighbouring colour: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Light · Neutral
$12.99
32 Iced Latte
Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain 10HR Liquid Lipstick, shade 32 Iced Latte
- Neighbouring colour: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$16
Lip gloss
Champagne
L.A. Girl Lumilicious Luminous Lip Gloss, shade Champagne
- Neighbouring colour: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$7
Happy Hour
Revlon Super Lustrous Glimmer Gloss, shade Happy Hour
- Neighbouring colour: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$11.99
Lip liner
Lean - warm medium brown
rhode Peptide Lip Shape Contouring Lip Shaper, shade Lean - warm medium brown
- Neighbouring colour: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Light · Cool
$24
02 Soft Suede
Sephora Collection Colorful 8HR Longwear Transferproof Lip Liner, shade 02 Soft Suede
- Neighbouring colour: nude with brown
- Combination · Nude · Light · Neutral
$13
The same colour family across lips, cheeks and eyes.
Blush
Taken
MAC Cosmetics Powder Kiss Liquid Lip & Cheek Mousse, shade Taken
- Same colour family: brown
- Sold as a lipstick · Brown · Light · Warm
$27
Lipstick
Hazelnut
Anastasia Beverly Hills Full-Pigment Matte & Satin Velvet Lipstick, shade Hazelnut
- Same colour family: brown
- Combination · Brown · Light · Neutral
$26
Voyeur
Lip gloss
N4 East Coast
Tom Ford Gloss Luxe Lip Gloss with Hydrating Jojoba Oil & High-Shine, shade N4 East Coast
- Close match
- Colour match · Brown · Light · Warm
$64
GIMME SPACE
Fenty Beauty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer, shade GIMME SPACE
- Same colour family: brown
- Combination · Brown · Light · Warm
$23
Lip liner
Tan Leather
Haus Labs The Edge Long-Lasting Shaping Lip Liner, shade Tan Leather
- Close match
- Colour match · Brown · Light · Warm
$24
11 Cinnamon Brown
Sephora Collection Colorful 8HR Longwear Transferproof Lip Liner, shade 11 Cinnamon Brown
- Close match
- Colour match · Brown · Light · Warm
$13
A clear difference in colour or depth, on purpose.
Blush
Diffused Heat
Hourglass Ambient Lighting Blush, shade Diffused Heat
- Contrast: coral with brown
- Combination · Coral · Light · Warm
$48
Tequila Sunset
Too Faced Cloud Crush Blurring Powder Blush, shade Tequila Sunset
- Contrast: peach with brown
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$32
Lipstick
Mudslide
Buxom Full-On Plumping Lip Cream, shade Mudslide
- Contrast: pink with brown
- Combination · Pink · Light · Warm
$26
07 ILLICIT NUDE
Yves Saint Laurent Lovenude Lip Blusher Soft Blurring Lip Color, shade 07 ILLICIT NUDE
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Neutral
$43
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
- Contrast: peach with brown
- Combination · Peach · Light · Warm
$24
Juicy Peach
Huda Beauty Faux Filler Ultra-Hydrating Tinted Jelly Lip Oil, shade Juicy Peach
- Contrast: lighter
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$21
Lip liner
Doux
Fara Homidi Smudge & Contour Lip Pencil, shade Doux
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Light · Cool
$36
Puffy Nude
Too Faced Lip Injection Extreme Lip Shaper Plumping Lip Liner, shade Puffy Nude
- Contrast: deeper
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Cool
$25
Soft colours close to a natural flush.
Blush
103 Toffee
Dior Rosy Glow Blush Stick, shade 103 Toffee
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Brown / nude · Light · Warm
$44
Nude Pop
Clinique Cheek Pop Powder Blush, shade Nude Pop
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Brown / nude · Light · Warm
$32
Lipstick
32 Iced Latte
Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain 10HR Liquid Lipstick, shade 32 Iced Latte
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Nude · Light · Warm
$16
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
Champagne
L.A. Girl Lumilicious Luminous Lip Gloss, shade Champagne
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Nude · Light · Warm
$7
Happy Hour
Revlon Super Lustrous Glimmer Gloss, shade Happy Hour
- Close match, soft colour
- Colour match · Nude · Light · Warm
$11.99
Lip liner
08 Perfect Beige
Sephora Collection Colorful 8HR Longwear Transferproof Lip Liner, shade 08 Perfect Beige
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Warm
$13
Créme
point of view. Contour it Long-lasting Lip Liner, shade Créme
- Soft colour, close to a natural flush
- Combination · Nude · Light · Cool
$20
Saturated or deep colours that stand out.
Blush
42S Sunlit Sienna
Armani Beauty Cheek Tint Longwear Lightweight Liquid Blush, shade 42S Sunlit Sienna
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Terracotta · Medium · Warm
$40
Paradise Venus
Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish Divine Blush, shade Paradise Venus
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Terracotta · Medium · Warm
$39
Lipstick
525 Cherie
Dior Addict Shine Lipstick, shade 525 Cherie
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Warm
$48
251 Wisteria Rose
L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche Original Satin Lipstick, shade 251 Wisteria Rose
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Cool
$7.97
View at WalmartLip gloss
Love Letter
Bobbi Brown Crushed Oil-Infused Tinted Lip Gloss, shade Love Letter
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Neutral
$33
Rose Glow
Revlon Super Lustrous Glimmer Gloss, shade Rose Glow
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Cool
$11.99
Lip liner
Sensational
L.A. Girl Perfect Precision Lip Liner Pencil, shade Sensational
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Light · Warm
$4
Pose
Urban Decay Lip Toy Staining Brush Lip Liner, shade Pose
- Saturated colour that stands out
- Combination · Rose · Medium · Neutral
$25
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Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #c39f93
- L* 68.4 a* 11.5 b* 11.3
- Colour family
- Brown
- from the description (“brown”)
- Colour depth
- Light
- from the swatch colour
- Primary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Secondary undertone
- Not listed
- not stated
- Colour description
- Taupe
- from the description (“matte taupe brown”)
- Finish
- Matte
- this shade's description
- Pigmentation
- Not listed
- not stated
- Shimmer
- Not listed
- not stated
- Format
- Stick
- the product's attributes
- Wear claims
- Up to 12 hours, claimed, Waterproof, Crease-resistant
- the product's attributes or description
- Skin suitability claims
- For 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 Sephora and 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.
All shades in this range (21)
ILIA Eye Stylus Shadow Stick - Long-Lasting Cream Eyeshadow- Adornshimmer neutral taupe
- Nectarmatte peach beige
- Bisquematte pale cream
- Faunmatte camel brown
- Flaxmatte taupe brown(this shade)
- Noblematte warm brown
- Relicmatte deep sienna
- Filigreematte mint green
- Nymphmatte lilac pink
- Beamshimmer peach pink
- Opulentshimmer soft pearl
- Jubileeshimmer warm gold
- Venetianshimmer cool pink
- Divineshimmer antique gold
- Gildedshimmer golden copper
- Brocadeshimmer rich bronze
- Regalshimmer plum bronze
- Patinashimmer golden olive
- Oscuroshimmer black pearl
- Vignetteshimmer seafoam green
- Single shadeNo retailer description