Are you one of those people who enjoys finding out about new beauty products and experimenting with trends, but when it comes to dictating which brand your divine new highlighter is from, you're at a loss because you don't know how to begin pronouncing it? Don't worry, us too.
Or, when you're in SPACE.NK and the sales assistant asks you what you're looking for, do you avoid possible embarrassment by not guessing those hard-to-pronounce brand names and just point at the stand instead? Totally understandable.
Keeping up with new beauty brand names, beauty techniques, trends and lingo is tricky enough, but when the words themselves are obscure and French - or even made-up altogether - looking like you know what you're on about is a hard task.
So, to help you out we've put together a quick phonetic guide for you, so you can order like a pro at all the beauty counters and confidently ask your salon for the hair-do you desire.
Get studying...
Avene
(the cult French pharmacy skincare brand)
ah-ven
Batiste
(haircare brand, responsible for the creation of our favourite dry shampoo)
bat-east
Balayage
(free-painting highlights onto the hair for a naturally sunkissed look)
bah-lay-arj
Caudalie
(French skincare brand beloved by stars, powered by grapes)
koh-da-lee
Chantecaille
(luxury French skincare brand)
shan-tuh-kigh
Décolletage
(your neck, collarbones and upper chest)
day-col-lah-tarj
Guerlain
(the luxurious French beauty brand)
gur-lan
Illamasqua
(British makeup brand)
ill-uh-mass-cuh
Kérastase
(luxury haircare brand)
care-a-stahs
Kiehl's
(speciality skin and body brand)
keels
Korres
(luxury Greek skincare brand)
core-rez
L’Occitane
(French body and skincare brand)
lox-ee-tan
La Roche-Posay
(French cosmetics company)
la roushe po-ZAY
Ombre
(dip-dyeing hair for a gradient effect at the ends)
omm-bray
Oribe
(the hairstyling supremo who launched a must-have haircare range)
or-bay
Phyto
(natural French haircare brand)
fee-toe
Shiseido
(Japanese cutting-edge beauty brand)
she-say-doh
Shu Uemura
(makers of the world's best lash curlers, among other things)
shu-ooh-e-mer-ah
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