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'Go There' Wednesdays: Ice Pink Lips

Conventional wisdom says that Black women (or brown-skinned women, in general), should go for deeper lipsticks and glosses -- like berries, plums, bronzes and browns. Well, pshaw! Garcelle Beauvais all but explodes that myth with her paler-than-pale, matte pink lip. Stunningly chic in an early Supremes kind of way, this shade is poised to be our new everyday neutral. To rock the look at home...
'Go There' Wednesdays: Ice Pink Lips
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By Tia Williams · Updated October 29, 2020
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Conventional wisdom says that Black women (or brown-skinned women, in general), should go for deeper lipsticks and glosses — like berries, plums, bronzes and browns. Well, pshaw! Garcelle Beauvais all but explodes that myth with her paler-than-pale, matte pink lip. Stunningly chic in an early Supremes kind of way, this shade is poised to be our new everyday neutral.  To rock the look at home, try L’Oreal Endless Lipstick in Pink Powder ($8.97, Drugstore.com) or if you’re in a splurging mood, go for Givenchy Rouge Interdit Satin Lipstick in Paradise Pink ($28, Sephora.com). Think pink!