Let’s  learn something today, shall we? Did you ever go past the checkout counter without pronouncing your favorite cosmetic well? Unless you are purchasing them online, then there is no reason to get embarrassed by a saleslady because you wouldn’t even have to go through that phase.  I’ll wager your best guesses are the easiest ones such as Maybelline or Max Factor! This is your cheat sheet to reading and pronouncing our favorite beauty and makeup brands or names. Not your usual tongue twister, I promise. ♥

Almay (al-may)
Anna Sui (Anna-Swee)
AVON (ay-von)
Bare Escentuals (bear-esen-twal)
Benefit (be-ne-fit)
Bobbi Brown (bobi-brown)
Body Shop (bodee-shop)
Caudalie (kow-da-lee)
Chanel (sha-nel)
Chantecaille (shan-te-kigh)
Clairol (clay-rol)
Clarins (cla-rahns)
Clinique (cli-nik)
Cover Girl (coh-ver-gerl)
Dior (dee-yor)
Dr. Hauschka (doctor how-shka)
Du Wop (doo-wop)
ELF (elph)
Elianto (el-yan-to)
Estee Lauder (estay law-der)
FASIO (fas-yo)
Forever 21 (for-e-ver-twen-tee-wan)
Guerlain (gor-lan)
Jane Iredale (jane-eere-dale)
Jurlique (zjur-leek)
Kanebo (ka-nee-bo)
Kevin Aucoin (kevin ow-kwan)
Kiehl’s (keels)
Kinerase (kigh-ner-ace)
Korres (kor-res)
La Cross (la-krohs)
La Mer (la-mehr)
La Prairie (la-prayr-ree)
Lancaster (lahn-cas-ter)
Lancome (lan-comb)
Laura Mercier (laura mers-yay)
Liz Clairborne (Liz-clay-born)
L’Occitane (Lox-i-tayn)
Lorac (la-rock)
L’oreal (lor-yel)
MAC (mak)
Makeup Forever
Max Factor (macks-fac-tor)
Maybelline (may-be-lin)
Missha (mis-sha)
NARS (nahrs)
Natura Bissé (natura bi-sey)
Neutrogena (nyoot-ro-gee-na)
Nyx (nix)
Origins (oh-ri-gins)
Omorovicza (omoro-veet-za)
Philoshophy (fi-lo-so-fi)
Physicians (fi-sishans)
Prescriptives (pres-krip-teevs)
Prestige (pres-teej)
Revlon (rev-lon)
RéVive (rey-viv)
Rimmel London (rim-mel)
Sephora (se-for-ra)
Shisheido (she-say-do)
Shu Uemura (shu-e-mura)
Skin Food (skin-fud)
Smashbox (smash-bocks)
Stila (stee-lah)
Sue Devitt (su-devit)
T. LeClerc (t-le-klerk)
Tocca (tow-ka)
ULTA (ool-ta)
Urban Decay (er-ban-dee-kay)
Victoria’s Secret
Yves Saint Laurent (eev-sahn-lorant)

photo taken from the internet.