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Home • ESSENCE Beauty Carnival

Watch 'Vivrant Thing:' 'The Lip Bar' CEO Melissa Butler Tries 3 Different Shades On 2 Melanated Beauties

Get your tickets now to see Melissa Butler, along with Iman, Ciara, Jackie Aina, Justine Skye and more at the ESSENCE Beauty Carnival in NYC!
By Rachaell Davis · Updated December 6, 2020

The Lip Bar is one of our favorite cosmetics brands on the market, so of course we jumped at the chance to have CEO Melissa Butler put three of the brand’s most popular shades to the test on two different melanated beauties of varying skin tones.

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Check out the video above to see the results and then be sure to grab your tickets to join Melissa, along with Iman, Ciara, Jackie Aina, Sevyn Streeter, Justine Skye, Yandy Smith and many more as we celebrate all things Black beauty at the ESSENCE Beauty Carnival in NYC.

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