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Sofia Coppola’s New Lip Balms Are Girly and Perfect


Sofia Coppola is many things: an award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, author, and incredible visual storyteller, just to name a few accolades. But Sofia Coppola has also become an adjective of sorts, an identifier for all things girly and romantic. Case in point: Search “Coppolacore” on TikTok, and you’ll be greeted by hundreds of hyper-feminine bedrooms and coquette imagery meant to replicate the filmmaker’s one-of-a-kind sets and unique POVs from her leading female characters.

“My work is girly and pretty natural,” she tells me on the bustling Beauty Floor of Bergdorf Goodman, where she’s celebrating the launch of her new tinted lip balm collaboration with Augustinus Bader. “I feel like the balms reflect that, because they just feel natural and easy, but hopefully pretty.”

Augustinus Bader x Sofia Coppola Tinted Lip Balm

They absolutely are. The collection contains three sheer yet buildable shades, all meant to deliver a subtle, berry-stained effect: Shade 1, a deep pink inspired by a discontinued lipstick Coppola had always loved; Shade 2, a bright coral; and Shade 3, a rich plum. Each glides on the skin like silk (thanks to shea butter, vitamin E, and candelilla wax) and deposits a wash of color that instantly diffuses any harsh lip lines.