Milani Teddy Bare Lipstick Dark Skin

I've stood in the aisles of drugstores and watched women of color pick up a tube of Milani Teddy Bare Lipstick Dark Skin with a look of pure hope, only to see that same hope turn into a grimace the moment they hit the natural light of their car’s rearview mirror. The mistake starts before you even open the cap. You see a beautiful, warm, medium-toned nude on a display and assume the pigment is dense enough to mask the natural two-toned transition of your lips. It isn't. I’ve seen this play out dozens of times: a woman spends her money, swipes the product on bare skin, and within five minutes, the formula has settled into the fine lines of her mouth, turning a sickly, ghostly mauve-gray that looks like she’s fighting off a cold. You aren