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2011: The Year in Coral Lips

Coral was one of 2011's hottest lip hues!
Coral Cuties
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By Tia Williams · Updated October 28, 2020
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Not quite red and not quite pink, coral has become the go-to lip shade for Black women.

The sultry shade has warm, golden-y undertones which make brown skin look vaguely sun-kissed and impossibly radiant.

From pale peaches to vivid melons, these A-listers worked every hue on the coral spectrum in 2011.