At the end of every year, Pantone chooses a color to define the year ahead. The color choice is often incredibly apt. Last year, Viva Magenta seemed to perfectly predict the Barbiecore moment that 2023 was about to go through for the majority of the year. In 2021, Pantone chose two shades (Illuminating, a vibrant yellow, and Ultimate Grey, a classic slate) that encapsulated the hope and fear the world felt in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
This year, Pantone chose Peach Fuzz, a light, effervescent shade of peach. Peach Fuzz feels like the natural progression from millennial pink—it's a bit warmer and feels more inviting.
"Peach Fuzz is a heartfelt peach hue bringing a feeling of kindness and tenderness, communicating a message of caring and sharing, community and collaboration," Pantone shared in their announcement. "A warm and cozy shade highlighting our desire for togetherness with others or for enjoying a moment of stillness and the feeling of sanctuary this creates, Peach Fuzz presents a fresh approach to a new softness. An appealing peach hue softly nestled between pink and orange, Peach Fuzz inspires belonging, recalibration, and an opportunity for nurturing, conjuring up an air of calm, offering us a space to be, feel, and heal and to flourish from."
Keep reading for our favorite peachy beauty products to celebrate 2024's color of the year.
This moisturizing lip product has all the color payoff of a sheer lipstick with all the shine of a gloss.
Tom Ford's Bitter Peach offers a spicy twist on a peach-forward scent.
A creamy peach nail polish is the perfect way to try out the Color of the Year.
This warm peach shade flatters every skin tone.
This peachy lip gloss delivers major plumping effects to the lips.
Byroe's Peach Kombucha Tea Purifying Clay Mask draws out impurities and absorbs oil.
These limited-edition peach makeup sponges couldn't be cuter.
This peachy eye shadow stick is easy to use and looks good on everyone.
The peach packaging for this hydrating shampoo couldn't be cuter.
Meet Who What Wear Beauty Director Erin Jahns's favorite Parfums de Marly scent, Cassili. It's a well-balanced, juicy fruity-floral that feels appropriate 365 days a year. At its base lies rich sandalwood, tonka bean, and vanilla, but the bursts of red currant, Bulgarian rose, transparent white flowers, plum, mimosa, and plumeria keep it fresh and unlike any other fragrance you've smelled.
Formulated with peach extract, this cleansing balm melts off makeup in a cinch.
