I'll never forget how mortified I was when, as a teenager, I wanted to go to Sephora but I couldn't figure out whether it was pronounced "SEFF-or-ah" or "seh-FORR-ah" or "sepp-orr-ah." I'd always say, "Let's go to the big makeup store" rather than call it by name. Finally I figured out how to say the name, and it was such a relief!
How well do you pronounce the names behind the makeup counter? Wager your best guesses now in this quiz, and dust off your high-school French—it'll come in handy. If there's a brand name you've been trying to figure out, leave a note in the comments and I'll address it when I post a pronunciation cheat sheet tomorrow. Ready to test your knowledge? Go on and read more
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thats a mouthful of a quiz! but i managed to get a you pronounced perfectly score!
1HA HA! When I was in design school, a girl in my class did a project on Sephora, and she called it "Seferra" throughout her entire presentation!
2I really liked this. I usually never think of how I pronounce these names (thankfully I have been doing it correctly) but it was interesting to see.
3Haha I had a troll of a french teacher who gave us crazy diction lessons and how to say words spelled in a certain way lol didn't think it would make me god at at saying comsmetics though, but apparently i pronounce perfectly. Where's my gold star.
4right on track, i'll get there. i thik pronounciations also depend alot on accents.
5I pronounce perfectly!
6Got it all perfect, but I guess being French helped!
7Let's just say I need some practice.
8I did very good. Of crse, I'm a product junkie
9Yay!
10umm, i pronounce it perfectly even though i've never heard of three of them.
yay i can read!
11Got em all.. you should have put Shu Uemura on there.
12Oh, Shu Uemura is definitely in tomorrow's cheat sheet--it's a tough one for people who have no exposure to the Japanese language! Let me know if there are others you want me to include!
13Ahah, even if i pronounce Channel and Yves Saint Laurent perfectly in french (i'd better do !) i had a hard time spelling out the english pronounciations
14I guess I'm on the right track, I didn't see the answer key...how do I know what I got wrong?
15CamillaCat, I'll post a cheat sheet with all the answers tomorrow -- plus a bunch of other pronunciation hints.
16Yay I got perfect score!! Delighted since I've never heard some of them pronounced like Sephora
17Woohoo! Perfect score...helps me feel a little better when I'm trying to bite my tongue and not correct other people's pronunciations!
18I did great
19Thank you!
20woot! I talk good!!!
21did was fun!
22But you got me confused abt sephora- obv its not sepp but whats the real difference between the other 2 options??? :S
I pronounce it perfectly.
23that was too easy!!!!! perfect score
it's really annoying when people say Ye-ves Say-nt Lo-ron-t
24"You Pronounce Perfectly"
That's a first. SUCCESS!!
25tongue-tied.... but right on track...!!!
26Hooked On Phonics helped me pronounce perfectly.
27I'm on the right track.
28I pronounce perfectly
I also like to see the pronounciations of Shu Uemura, Issey Miyake, L'occitane, Versace, Guerlain, Givenchy, Kryolan, Bourjois...
29Pronounced perfectly...YAY ME!!!
30Pronounces perfectly. Not very difficult though : I'm French and there were quite a lot of French brands among the tested ones.
31I actually found it not natural to read those American pronounciation terms. Sha-nell : it's more a riddle to me than seeing Chanel.
wow, i got perfect results, but... i would've liked to see Loewe in the quiz, have no idea how to pronounce it correctly..
32I wish I could make my aunt take this lol. She likes to pronounce Estée Lauder as "ess-tee."
33I looked up pronunciations online before I went to Sephora and asked where the Shu Uemura eyelash curlers were located.
34By the way, it's the best curler EVER!
Yay I pronounced them perfectly!
35Pronounced perfectly!!!
36Does anyone know how to pronounce Shu Uemura?
37i'm so proud, i got a perfect score!!!! it really drives me up a wall when people pronounce certain designers incorrectly (burberry, for some reason, is like my pet peeve!), so I'm really glad i'm not guilty of it myself! although, i swear by stila makeup (i have for years now) and spend farrrr too much time in sephora/on their website, so if i pronounced those incorrectly, i would have to be very ashamed!
38Goood
I pronounced them perfectly & i'm on the right track 
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