\u201cCarolyn Bessette-Kennedy was my red lipstick icon: She wore it nonchalantly with a bare face and scraped-back hair,\u201d Annabel Jones famously wrote in The Telegraph <\/em>of the timeless style muse. \u201cBut no matter how hard I tried to emulate her insouciance, on me red has always felt too conspicuous, too sultry. I know I\u2019m not alone\u2014finding the right red is full of challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n In a quest to find the \u201cright shade,\u201d a quick gander on Google shares that Bessette-Kennedy\u2019s enduring beauty inspiration\u2014currently on many mood boards with the release of FX\u2019s Love Story<\/em>\u2014reportedly rotated between MAC and Bobbi Brown options. Now, Swedish-based FACE Stockholm can confirm exactly<\/em> what nail-and-lip combo Bessette-Kennedy regularly bought at its New York brick-and-mortar store.<\/p>\n \u201cWe were so honored and are still extremely proud to have had Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy as a frequent customer at our SoHo store in the \u201990s,\u201d the brand exclusively told us. \u201cHer favorites were Nail Polish #13, a sheer opal\/iridescent shade, and of course, Cranberry Veil Lipstick.\u201d<\/p>\n While the mother-daughter brand sadly no longer carries nail polish, its Cranberry Veil is still its best-seller in the lipstick category, and often number one across all categories. The sheer wash of buildable cream color has been described as \u201cuniversal\u201d and like \u201ccranberry sauce out of the can.\u201d<\/p>\n BUY NOW \u2013 $30<\/p>\n \u201cThe color formula has remained unchanged since it launched in 1990,\u201d FACE Stockholm shares. \u201cIt is still the same warm-berry shade that she wore so gracefully and made quite iconic. We still get many, many inquiries about Mrs. Kennedy and Cranberry Veil. It made such a strong impression on women\u2014particularly here in New York. And, as time goes by the interest doesn\u2019t waver. We are still greatly impacted by her small, seemingly simple choice of our lipstick shade. A butterfly flapping its wings indeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"FACE](\"https:\/\/cdn-cjhgk.nitrocdn.com\/CXxGixRVyChwAxySbAyltuCiQXRKaWDN\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-9dad235\/www.newbeauty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Face-Stockholm-Cranberry-Veil-Lipstick-1024x1024.webp\")
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