CHRISTMAS WITH CHARLOTTE TILBURY

Where will you be spending the festive season?

“Ibiza! It’s where I grew up and my parents still live there. It feels like home to me. It is such a magical place. I go every year with my family to relax and unwind.”

Favourite Christmas traditions/ memory?

“My perfect holiday traditions are quintessentially British with a dash of vintage festivity!! I love nothing more than a symphony of festive Christmas crackers, delicious food, glasses chiming, Champagne bubbling, dogs barking, friends tinkering on the piano, stockings filled with treats and treasures and engraved pots of Magic Cream for everyone–a Tilbury tradition! It is always warm, beautiful, homely and cosy–the way it should be!”

What is your favourite party make-up look?

“Darlings, I’m known as the Queen of Glow! I love gorgeous, glowing skin with a smoky eye and timeless red lip for the ultimate party look. After applying my Magic Skincare routine, I mix my iconic Hollywood Flawless Filter glow primer with my Airbrush Flawless Foundation, for a flawless, poreless looking finish with a lit-from-within glow. A smoky eye is a must for the party season! My new Instant Eye Palette in Smokey Eyes Are Forever has 12 hypnotic shades to make every eye colour pop."

“My mother Patsy always says, ‘A red lip will take you anywhere’, this is especially true for the holidays! She has always been one of my biggest beauty icons – she introduced me to the powerful, magical world of makeup as a young girl. I created my NEW! Cherry Dreams shade in the Limitless Lucky Lips Collection for this Christmas, which is the perfect party red this season!”

Best celeb party you ever attended?

“I’ve been lucky enough to party with so many incredible stars! My favourite party of all time was probably my own birthday party a few years ago. We got snowed in, so everyone had to stay until 5am. We danced around my kitchen table to tracks like Candi Staton’s ‘You Got the Love’, which was fabulous!”

Instant glamour fix?

“My Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! mascara is instant glamour and confidence in a tube! This mascara is like a push-up bra for the lashes. The pro precision paddle brush innovation means it fans out your lashes and you can even use it vertically to paint every lash. "

“I’ve always been obsessed with lashes and mascara – my Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! was created from my 28-year study of the best lash DNA. I wanted a mascara that cared for your lashes as well as gave you the lashes of your dreams, so I infused the formula with Keratin to give everyone healthier-looking lashes. In the first 48 hours of launch, FOUR Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! mascaras were sold every minute!”

Favourite indulgence at this time of year?

“A margarita with Casamigos Tequila. Chiltern Firehouse in London does the best! I love meeting friends there for festive drinks as it’s got this really old-school bar and you feel like you’re on a 1930s film set.”

Can you recommend any skin saviours for the party season?

“My Magic Cream is your skin saviour in a jar. Party season is like a giant hangover for your skin. We overindulge in rich food and Champagne, and we don’t get enough sleep, which leaves our complexion looking dull and dehydrated. My iconic, award-winning Magic Cream moisturiser contains my ‘Magic 8’ matrix of Bionymph Peptide, Hyaluronic Acid, Camellia Oil, Rosehip Oil, Aloe Vera, Frangipani Flower Extract, Shea Butter, and vitamins C + E to instantly flood the skin with moisture. It’s incredible at turning around even the driest and dullest complexion. Another of my party season beauty secrets is my new Cryo-Recovery duo, which is inspired by the ice-tech of cryotherapy. My new Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum is a game-changer – it depuffs, smooths, brightens, lifts – and blurs fine lines! The Cryo-Recovery Face Mask creates the appearance of lifted, firmer-looking, refreshed, and revived skin! Inspired by the ancient art of acupressure, it has cooling gel pads to help relieve tension – perfect for a post-party pick-me-up! Together they immediately wake up tired-looking skin. It’s like an ice gym for your face!”

Do you have any go-to gifts?

“I always say, don’t gift flowers – gift Magic Cream! It’s guaranteed happiness – the gift everyone wants under their tree! I’m giving a pot of my award-winning, best-selling Magic Moisturiser to all of my friends and family – it’s the perfect gift for everyone on your list! You can even have them engraved with your loved ones name for a magic touch!”

What are you most looking forward to in 2022?

“Darlings, there is so much more magic coming! I have so many ground-breaking NEW! SKINCARE and MAKEUP launches to come and as we expand the brand further across the globe, I couldn’t be more excited about 2022!”

There's something for everyone at Charlotte Tilbury this festive season...

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