Lakerain Lip Liner Tattoo Set Shades: The Complete Guide to All Four Colours

Rose Pink, Neutral Mauve, Brown or Cool Cocoa? Match every Lakerain lip liner shade to your undertone, skin tone and occasion, with a decision table.

The Lakerain Lip Liner Tattoo set includes four shades: #1 Rose Pink flatters cool, fair-to-light complexions; #2 Neutral Mauve works on almost every undertone; #3 Brown suits warm, medium-to-tan skin; and #4 Cool Cocoa gives deep skin tones the richest natural stain. This guide matches each shade to your undertone, occasion and application technique.

First, find your undertone (a two-minute check)

Buying lip colour online means you cannot swatch it on the back of your hand the way you would at a Boots or Superdrug counter, so undertone theory has to do the work instead. Your undertone is the fixed hue beneath your surface skin colour: warm (golden, peachy or yellow-leaning), cool (pink, red or blue-leaning) or neutral (a genuine balance of the two). Surface tone tans in July and fades by December; undertone stays put for life, which is why makeup artists treat it as the more reliable guide.

Three quick checks, best done in daylight by a window rather than under warm bathroom bulbs:

• Vein test. Look at your inner wrist. Green-looking veins point to a warm undertone; blue or purple veins point to cool; a mix you cannot call either way suggests neutral.
• Jewellery test. If gold makes your skin look healthier than silver, you are probably warm-toned. If silver wins, cool. If both look equally good, neutral.
• White paper test. Hold a sheet of plain white paper beside your bare face. Skin that reads golden or yellowish next to it leans warm; pink or rosy leans cool.

Lip colours carry undertones too: shades built on peach, orange or golden pigment read warm, while shades built on pink, purple or blue pigment read cool. The core professional rule is to match the temperature of the lip shade to the temperature of your skin — get that right and the whole face looks clearer.

The four shades in the Lakerain set, one by one

The Lakerain Peel-Off Lip Liner Tattoo set contains four 2.5 ml liners: #1 Rose Pink, #2 Neutral Mauve, #3 Brown and #4 Cool Cocoa. Despite the word “tattoo”, this is a £9.99 at-home peel-off stain, not permanent makeup: you paint on a thick, even layer — along the lip line only, or across the whole lip — leave it untouched for five to ten minutes, then peel it away from the corner to reveal a matte tint. Every shade can therefore be worn two ways: as a precise liner or as a full-lip stain.

#1 Rose Pink — the cool-toned brightener

Rose Pink is the coolest shade in the set: a clear, fresh pink. Pink- and blue-based colours are the classic recommendation for cool undertones, so this is the natural first reach if silver jewellery suits you and your wrist veins run blue. It performs best on fair-to-light skin, where a full-lip application gives an English-rose flush that reads healthy rather than made-up.

How to wear it: full lip for daytime freshness, or liner-only to define your lip line under clear balm. One caveat from shade theory: pale, dusty pinks are the colours most likely to look washed-out or ashy on deep skin, so on deeper complexions treat Rose Pink as a centre-of-lip blending shade rather than a solo colour.

#2 Neutral Mauve — the everyone shade

Mauve sits in the overlap between pink and brown, which is why professional shade guides so often recommend dusty roses and mauves to people with neutral undertones — and why Neutral Mauve is our answer whenever someone asks which Lakerain shade to choose first. On fair skin it reads as a polished, slightly deepened natural lip; on medium and olive skin it behaves as a true my-lips-but-better nude; on deep skin it gives a soft, everyday wash of colour.

How to wear it: full lip for the office and video calls, or liner-only under a nude gloss when you want subtle structure without obvious colour.

#3 Brown — the warm ’90s liner

Brown is the set’s warm shade, sitting in caramel-chestnut territory. Warm undertones are conventionally steered towards caramel, toffee and earthy browns, so if gold jewellery flatters you and your veins look green, start here. It is especially good on medium, olive and tanned skin, where a full-lip application lands as a warm toffee nude.

How to wear it: this is the shade for the revived ’90s contour lip — trace the outline, then keep the centre lighter with #2 Neutral Mauve or a touch of #1 Rose Pink. On fair, cool-toned skin a solid lip of Brown can read stark; kept to the lip line with a lighter centre, it becomes wearable for almost everyone.

#4 Cool Cocoa — the deep-skin hero

Cool Cocoa is the deepest shade: a brown with a cool base. Guides to lip colour for dark skin consistently point cool-undertoned deeper complexions towards cocoa- and taupe-leaning browns rather than pale beiges, which can turn grey or chalky. On deep skin a full lip of Cool Cocoa gives the richest, truest nude in the set; on medium skin it doubles as a sharp contour liner.

How to wear it: full lip on deep skin, finished with gloss for dimension; on lighter skin keep it strictly to the lip line over #2 or #3, blending the border while the product is still wet.

Skin tone × occasion: the party-season decision table

Because the set includes all four liners, the real question is not which shade to buy but which to reach for on the day. Here is our December cheat sheet — cross-reference your colouring with the occasion:

Treat the table as a starting point rather than a law: natural lip pigmentation changes how any stain develops, and personal preference beats theory every time. For the general principles behind matching stain colours to complexions, see our guide to choosing a lip stain shade for your skin tone.

Layering and mixing: four liners, a dozen colours

Because the formula goes on wet and peels away as a single film, you can blend shades before they dry:

1. Two-tone ’90s lip. Trace #3 Brown or #4 Cool Cocoa along the lip line, fill the centre with #1 or #2 while both are still wet, and soften the join with the applicator tip. Dry for the usual five to ten minutes, then peel as one piece.
2. Custom mid-tones. A pass of #1 Rose Pink worked into #3 Brown builds a rosewood; #2 Neutral Mauve into #4 Cool Cocoa deepens towards berry-brown.
3. Ombré. Concentrate the deeper shade at the outer corners and fade towards the centre of the mouth for a K-beauty-style gradient.

Two practical rules apply to every combination. First, keep the total layer thick and even — thin, patchy areas are the most common cause of a patchy peel. Second, exfoliate before you start, because the pigment grabs onto chapped patches of skin. For step-by-step photos, see our tutorial on blending two lip liner shades.

Value and the practical bits

At £16.99 including VAT, the four-shade set works out at £16.99 per 2.5 ml liner, with free UK delivery from Lakerain’s Manchester hub and 30-day returns under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. Lakerain states each application wears for up to 12 hours — its own FAQ gives 8–12 hours as typical, with oily food shortening the stain’s life — and the store lists a 4.8/5 average from 478+ reviews. We treat all of those as manufacturer figures until we have measured them ourselves. For our hands-on verdict on the formula, read our Lakerain peel-off lip liner review; and if you are weighing an at-home stain against salon-applied liner, our permanent lip liner buyer’s guide covers costs, pain and healing.

Frequently asked questions

Which Lakerain shade should I choose if I can only wear one?

Neutral Mauve (#2). Because mauve balances pink and brown, it flatters warm, cool and neutral undertones alike and looks appropriate everywhere from the office to dinner. Fair skin gets a polished natural lip, medium and olive skin a true nude, and deep skin a soft everyday stain. Since the set includes all four shades anyway, you can test that theory against your own mirror rather than taking our word for it.

Is Rose Pink or Neutral Mauve better for cool undertones?

Both lean cool enough to work, so the choice is really about depth. Rose Pink is lighter and fresher — the daytime pick on fair, cool-toned skin — while Neutral Mauve is deeper and more polished, holding its own in evening light and photographs. If your veins look blue and silver jewellery suits you, wear Rose Pink by day and Neutral Mauve for everything after dark.

Can I wear Brown or Cool Cocoa on fair skin?

Yes — as liners. A full lip of either can look stark against fair skin, but traced along the lip line with #1 Rose Pink or #2 Neutral Mauve blended through the centre, they create the ’90s contour lip that is everywhere again. Blend the join while both shades are still wet, let everything dry for five to ten minutes, then peel the whole design away as one film.

How long does each shade last?

Lakerain states up to 12 hours of wear, and its FAQ gives 8–12 hours as typical, with oily foods shortening the stain’s life. Those are manufacturer figures rather than our measurements, and we have not yet tested whether the four shades fade at different rates — deeper pigments may simply show fading less than paler ones. Reapplying is quick: exfoliate, repaint, dry and peel again.