NARS · Explicit LipstickExposed – 800
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Official description
cool taupe
Standardised colour
Nude · Medium · Cool undertone · taupe Details
Satin finish · Opaque
SephoraWhere to buy Exposed – 800 (2 stores)
SephoraBest price$42View at Sephora
Ulta BeautyBest price$42View at Ulta BeautySimilar to NARS Explicit Lipstick Exposed – 800
The closest shade matches and closest overall alternatives in other lipsticks. Price is never part of the score.
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Shades from the other lip categories to wear with NARS Explicit Lipstick Exposed – 800, chosen on measured swatch colour, colour family, depth and undertone. “Colour match” means a close colour; “Combination” means a deliberate pairing. Price never changes the order.
Lip gloss or lip liner shades close to this lipstick's colour, family and depth.
Lip gloss
Dulce De Leche
Tower 28 Beauty LipSoftie Hydrating Tinted Lip Treatment Balm, shade Dulce De Leche
- Close match
- Colour match · Nude · Medium · Cool
$16
Sugar
Lip liner
Neutral Nude
Smashbox Studio Extreme Longwear Lip Liner, shade Neutral Nude
- Very close match
- Colour match · Brown · Light · Neutral
$25
Mocha Bean
Ulta Beauty Collection Sculpting Peptide Lip Liner with Brush Tip, shade Mocha Bean
- Very close match
- Colour match · Brown · Medium · Neutral
$13
Lip liners slightly deeper than this lipstick, in the same or a neighbouring colour family, to define the edge.
Lip liner
Mixed Berries
Tarte Maracuja Juicy Lip Liner, shade Mixed Berries
- Slightly deeper for definition
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Cool
$23
topline
R.E.M. Beauty At The Borderline Lip Liner Pencil, shade topline
- Slightly deeper for definition
- Combination · Nude · Medium · Cool
$20
A noticeably different depth or a neighbouring colour family, on purpose, with a compatible undertone.
Lip gloss
Taupe
Refy Lip Gloss with Hyaluronic Acid, shade Taupe
- Contrast: brown with nude
- Combination · Brown · Light · Cool
$20
Cinnamon Roll
NYX Professional Makeup Butter Gloss Non-Sticky Lip Gloss, shade Cinnamon Roll
- Contrast: brown with nude
- Combination · Brown · Medium · Neutral
$6
Lip liner
608C Limitless Brown
Make Up For Ever Artist Color Pencil Long-Lasting Lip Liner, shade 608C Limitless Brown
- Contrast: brown with nude
- Combination · Brown · Deep / dark · Cool
$26
Bespoke
MERIT Signature Lip Sheer Lip Liner, shade Bespoke
- Contrast: brown with nude
- Combination · Brown · Medium · Cool
$24
Glosses to wear over this lipstick. A sheer gloss changes the colour less than an opaque one; a clear gloss adds shine only.
Lip gloss
Dulce De Leche
Tower 28 Beauty LipSoftie Hydrating Tinted Lip Treatment Balm, shade Dulce De Leche
- Sheer gloss: adds shine, small colour change
- Colour match · Nude · Medium · Cool
$16
Triple X
NARS Afterglow Lip Shine Gloss, shade Triple X
- Clear gloss: adds shine, no colour of its own
- Combination · Clear
$32
What this can and cannot tell you: each pairing compares two shades' colours as sampled from retailer swatch images, which are not calibrated and are not how a shade looks on lips. It does not predict the colour you get when you layer them. A sheer gloss lets more of the colour underneath show than an opaque one, and your natural lip colour shows through sheer products.
Shade details
- Swatch colour
- #b26e64
- L* 53.5 a* 25.8 b* 17.0
- Colour family
- Nude
- from the description (“taupe”)
- Colour depth
- Medium
- from the swatch colour
- Undertone
- Cool
- from the description (“cool”)
- Colour description
- Taupe
- from the description (“cool taupe”)
- Finish
- Satin
- the product's attributes
- Opacity
- Opaque
- the product's attributes
- Shimmer
- Not listed
- not stated
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 (22)
NARS Explicit Lipstick- Envy – 830mauve pink
- RAVENOUS - 808cherry brown
- Blame – 829neutral pink
- Adulterous – 828blush pink
- Liaison – 821tan rose
- Devious – 831rosy pink
- AFTER PARTY - 883bright plum
- Indecent – 801warm beige
- Dirty Talk – 822rose pink
- SEDITIOUS - 887cool berry rose
- Exposed – 800cool taupe(this shade)
- No Rules – 885cool berry
- Body Heat – 803tea brown
- Decadence – 832warm berry pink
- Excess – 806auburn brown
- On Top – 807deep chestnut
- Rendez-vous – 805Mahogany red
- Bewitched – 809chocolate brown
- Unrestrained – 886deep garnet
- Desirous – 867burnt red
- Unauthorized – 863classic red
- 361 — Moroccowarm cinnamon