Pamela Anderson goes for a less-is-more approach when it comes to makeup these days. But in the late ’90s and early aughts—when the star was in her glam era complete with Baywatch blonde hair and pencil-thin brows—she was known for wearing the most perfectly-lined, frosted pink lipstick. The distinctive pairing had many of us rushing to the drugstore to find shimmery dupes, and solidified Anderson as the ultimate Y2K beauty icon.
Without social media and before the rise of the celebrity makeup artist, the products behind Anderson’s pearly lip combo remained a mystery … until now. Thanks to makeup artist and vintage cosmetics collector, Erin Parsons, we know the exact shades she used in the late ’90s—and their 2026 equivalents.
Parsons’ shared on Instagram that her search began after tracking down a 2002 newspaper article detailing celebrities’ favorite lipsticks (Halle Berry, Jennifer Lopez, and Julia Roberts were also on the list). Using a website called thelipstickpage.com as her source, the reporter wrote that Anderson’s favorite lip products included Lancôme Amandelle Lip Liner (a deep brown), Lancôme Lipstick in Naif (a frosted ballet pink), and Clinique Honey Gloss Lipstick (a pearlescent pinky-peach). Now, these shades and formulas have long been discontinued, but being the beauty sleuth that she is, Parsons tracked down all three products on eBay to the tune of $300.
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In her initial video, Parsons recreates Anderson’s exact combo using the original formulas. First, she overlined her lips with the Lancôme Lip Liner in Amandelle. Then, she applied Lancôme Naif Lipstick all over and tops it off with the Clinique Honey Gloss Lipstick. The result is pearly, frosted, nostalgic perfection.
Having the originals in hand, Parsons then went on to find modern equivalents you can easily buy at the drugstore or your favorite beauty store. “40 frost lipsticks and a month later, I have found the dupes,” Parson says in a second video that includes a breakdown of the near-perfect matches she found and a tutorial on how to layer them.
To find a dupe for the Lancôme Lip Liner in Amandelle, “I must have tried 100 brown lip liners,” Parsons explains. The product she landed on is the Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Liner in Chai, a cinnamon-brown lip pencil that’s “a little warmer” but that “definitely gets the closest,” she explains.
Out of the 40 frosted lipsticks she tried, L’Oréal Paris Colour Riche Satin Lipstick in Mauved was the closest shade and finish to the original Lancôme Lipstick in Naif. “Personally, I like this formula a lot better than the Lancôme because it’s much more glossy,” she adds. “This one has a little more silver inside of it as far as the frost.” Finally, CoverGirl Continuous Color Lipstick in Sugar Almond was the best dupe for Clinique Honey Gloss Lipstick, which Parsons added as the final layer for this modern version of Anderson’s pearlescent pink hue.
