15 Beauty Brands You Might Be Mispronouncing

Oribe

The wrong way: Oh-ree-bay
The right way: Or-bay

What half of Hollywood uses on their hair.

Kérastase

The wrong way: Kera-stace
The right way: Care-a-stoss

What the other half uses.

Phyto

The wrong way: Phy-toe
The right way: Fee-toe

Rhymes with neato.

Glossier

The wrong way: Gloss-i-er
The right way: Gloss-i-yay

As in, “Yay, my back-ordered lip balm is finally here!”

Lancôme

The wrong way: Lan-comb
The right way: Lahn-comb

Pass the eye cream, dahhling.

Givenchy

The wrong way: Give-en-chee
The right way: Gee-von-shee

Designer lipstick > designer bags (or so we tell ourselves).

Chantecaille

The wrong way: Chan-te-kale
The right way: Sean-tuh-kye

We’d applaud anyone who got that on their first try.

L'Occitane

The wrong way: Loc-say-tane
The right way: Lox-ee-tan

French is hard, oui?

Guerlain

The wrong way: Goor-lane
The right way: Gare-lahn

You’ll feel more sophisticated just saying that.

Caudalie

The wrong way: Caw-daly
The right way: Ko-da-lee

One of the original purveyors of fancy face mists.

Shiseido

The wrong way: Shih-say-doe
The right way: She-say-doe

Or say it really fast so no one notices the difference.

Shu Uemura

The wrong way: Shoe-yoor-ma
The right way: Shoe-ooh-ay-moo-ra

Arigato, Mr. Uemura, for your bomb lash curler.

Stila

The wrong way: Still-ah
The right way: Steel-ah

Stealin’ our hearts with those liquid lipsticks.

Ciaté

The wrong way: See-uh-tay
The right way: See-ahh-tay

Emphasis on the ahh.

Korres

The wrong way: Coors
The right way: Coh-rezz

So as not to be confused with the boozy beverage.