Beauty brands—they’re basically another language. Consider this your translation guide to a (very beautiful) foreign land.
As a beauty editor, I’m supposed to be pretty well versed in all things beauty. But truth be told, I still can’t pronounce every one of the thousands of beauty brands on the market. I’ve even wandered the aisles of Sephora scouring the colorful tubes for certain products in absolute confusion, because I was too embarrassed to ask a salesperson for fear I would mispronounce the brand name. In order to help out my fellow beauty junkies, we’ve put together this handy pronunciation guide so you never have to lurk around the makeup counter again. We love these brands too much for you to miss out.
Borghese: bor-gay-zeh
Balmain: ball-mahn
Caudalie: co-dah-li
Chantecaille: shan-tuh-kigh
Christian Louboutin: Christian loo-boo-tan
Ciaté: see-ah-tay
Clé de Peau: clay duh poe
Decléor: deh-clay-or
Dolce & Gabbana: dol-chey and gab-ana
Dr. Hauschka: doctor howsh-kuh
Frédéric Fekkai: fred-er-riq fehk-eye
Givenchy: zjee-von-shee
Guerlain: gair-lahn
Illamasqua: ill-ah-moss-kwa
Kérastase: ker-ahh-stass
La Roche Posay: la row-shh po-say
Lancôme: lahn-comb
Laura Mercier: laura mers-yay
L’Occitane en Provence: lox-ee-tahn uhn pro-vaunce
Lierac Paris: lee-rack paris
Lorac: luh-rock
Ole Henriksen: Ooh-lah hen-rihk-sehn
Oribe: or-bay
Ouidad: wee-dahd
Shiseido: she-say-doe
Shu Uemura: shoe oo-eh-moor-ah
Stila: stee-lah
St. Tropez: saint tro-pay
Tocca: toe-kah
Vichy: vee-shee
Yves Saint Laurent: eve san laur-on