While handling the cases of “designer” products, the pronunciation doesn’t exactly roll themselves off the tip of our tongue. In a situation where you would be stuck conversing to a fashion designer or beauty stylist, try to save yourself the embarrassment by learning the correct pronunciation of the 15 most popular mispronounced words.

Although butchering a name wouldn’t have a consequence while on a grocery run, or skimming across the word in a magazine, it’s still nice to know how to correctly pronounce something - and mentally laugh at the next idiot who comes across the word.

Caudalie - koh-da-lee

Clé de Peau Beaute - clay duh poe BO-tay

Décolletage - day-cole-ay-taj

Frédéric Fekkai - fred-er-riq fehk-eye

Givenchy - zhee-von-she

Guerlain - gair-lahn

Illamasqua - ill-ah-moss-kwa

Issey Miyake - EE-say me-AH-kay

Kérastase - care-a-stoss

La Roche-Posay - la roshe po-ZAY

L’Occitane - lox-ee-tan

Oribe - or-bay

Rochas - ro-SHOSS

Shiseido - she-say-doe

Shu Uemura - shoe-eew-ay-murah

Which words did you find the hardest to pronounce?