You’d struggle to find a woman who thinks more about beauty and make-up than Charlotte Tilbury. And chances are, if you have even a vague knowledge about her you would have heard the stories: how she sleeps in her eye-make up, won’t open the door without a full face on and how her husband has never seen her without it. With such a vehement passion for all things beauty, the success of Tilbury’s eponymous beauty range was no surprise. The last time we met, she was surrounded. Women had flocked on mass to the launch of range in Bergdorf Goodman in New York, the first time the line was available to buy in the United States. Make-up artists were busy at work painting women’s faces in one of Tilbury’s 10 signature make-up looks and many of the celebrities that inspired them were out in full force showing support. Meeting today on a damp afternoon in West London, Charlotte is still is staring at my face. It’s grey and lifeless and, remembering that we were meeting, I hurriedly applied some make-up on the train on my way from a shoot: in other words, not my finest work.
‘You are getting your make-up done aren’t you, darling?’ sheshouted across the cosy suite she’d hired for the day at London member’s club, Home House. ‘I’m going for the Glastonbury lipstick and a subtle smoky eye,’ I respond, waiting for her approval, as I jump up into the make-up chair. ‘Wait until you see it on yourself – that colour is perfect on your complexion.’ She was right. A short while later and, after spending most of the afternoon avoiding catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror – that’s what sleep deprivation does to you, guys – I looked, and felt like a new person. And that’s part of Tilbury’s charm. For the past 20 years as a make-up artist, she’s been transforming the faces of countless and models and celebrities who sit in her make-up chair. She’s the maestro who Kate Moss counts on for her signature feline eye and nude lip, and she’s also made a name for herself giving the likes of J-Lo, Jennifer Lopez and Penelope Cruz a goddess-like glow.
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stimulate collagen and hydrate the skin and her Magic Cream has quietly enjoyed cult status among fashion industry insiders for some time now.
The good news is that she’s expanding her skincare offering over the next two months with a whole host of new launches. For Charlotte, it’s a no brainer: ‘I’m just as obsessed about skin as I am with make-up. If you don’t have a great canvas, you cannot make a beautiful painting, it’s the same with make up. If you have beautiful bouncy and plump skin, the make-up just goes on like a dream.’
Taking inspiration from Ibiza again, hitting shelves in March is Charlotte’s new Goddess Skin Clay Mask, a new mask inspired by the original recipes she grew up using on the Spanish island she grew up.
Bursting full of rich nutrients to help improve the skins elasticity, boost collagen and initiate DNA repair, after just 10 minutes you’ll see a considerable difference and better still, if you won’t get that dry feeling you normally get in clay masks.
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butter and beeswax to stimulate the remove all dead skin and moisturise lips in the process. Lip Magic is the soothing balm. Expect to see more lip pencil colours coming next month to match the new lipsticks from her Matte Revolution collection too.
If you haven’t tried her make-up yet, you really need to. Apart from actually doing what they promise to do, what makes Tilbury’s range stand out from the crowd is that it’s just so easy to use. Products are named after what they do, such as the feline flick eyeliner and she has curated the 100+ range into ten faces, from Rock Chick a la Kate Moss or The Golden Goddess a la Farrah Fawcett, so you know what products you need to achieve each look. It’s like a take-out menu for make-up, she says.
To make it that little bit easier, Charlotte’s website offers video tutorials on common make-up questions like how to achieve killer cheekbones or how to create the perfect brow. And now, she’s incorporated those video tutorials into gift boxes you get, when you purchase on of the 10 make-up looks. If only all make-up were this easy.