Charlotte’s Skincare Routine Order: 4 Easy Skincare Steps for a Magic Glow
Discover the correct order of skincare steps and fine-tune your skincare routine order for magic results.
- 5th March 2025
- By Charlotte Tilbury
11 minute read
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1. Prep with Multi-Miracle Glow
92% agree skin felt instantly REFRESHED*
100% agree skin looked and felt SMOOTHER*
Begin your skincare routine by applying a gentle cleansing balm that will cleanse and moisturise your skin without feeling stripping or abrasive. I recommend my Multi-Miracle Glow as the perfect first step in your skincare routine order; it’s a nourishing miracle balm that acts as a soothing cleanser and a moisturising mask, giving skin a gleaming facialist-like finish and leaving it feeling baby-soft. Smooth Multi-Miracle Glow onto your skin to smooth the feel of skin and brighten the look of your complexion, then rinse away to reveal squeaky clean spa-like radiance.
Key ingredients:
Arctic Cloudberry Oil to moisturise for softer-feeling skin.
Vitamin A and C to brighten the appearance of dull and tired skin.
Rosehip and Camelia Oil to revitalise the look of skin with a dewy glow.
Tilbury Tip: An extra step you can add to your skincare routine is a facial toner like my Glow Toner that helps to even and brighten the appearance of skin tone. Apply Glow Toner to cleansed skin with a soft cotton pad and skin will appear smoother and naturally radiant.
2. Target with Charlotte's Magic Serum Crystal Elixir
Skin barrier boosted by 43% after 1 hour!**
Skin appears firmer by 49% in 8 weeks**
Once you are fresh faced, the next step in your skincare routine is to reach for a face serum that will provide all-around hydration while targeting specific skin concerns. I recommend Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir because it’s a multi-action formula that helps your complexion to appear younger, brighter and more even. The expert elixir feels so silky on your skin and is my secret to looking like the most magical version of you, every morning! Just 4-6 drops will enhance the look of your complexion with my iconic Tilbury glow! Just like that, skin looks healthy and hydrated, and over time skin tone appears more even and wrinkles can appear reduced.
Key ingredients:
REPLEXIUM™ to target wrinkles and help skin appear younger.
Golden™ Vitamin C to brighten the look of your complexion.
Niacinamide to even and improve the appearance of skin tone.
Polyglutamic acid to quench skin with hydration
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Tilbury Tip: You can use both face serum and eye serum in your skincare routine. Eye serums like my Cryo-Recovery Eye Serum specifically target skin concerns around the eyes like puffiness, dark circles and fine lines. Apply eye serum to give your under eyes a refreshed, bright-eyed look.
3. Moisturise with Charlotte's Magic Cream
In 28 seconds… SKIN IS INSTANTLY 2X MORE HYDRATED***
In 28 days… 97% AGREE SKIN LOOKS SMOOTHER****
Following face serum, it’s important to hydrate and moisturise skin with a high-performance moisturiser that’s suitable for your skin type and skin wish. Darlings, speaking for myself, not a day goes by without applying Charlotte’s Magic Cream – it’s immediate skin revival in a jar! My skin looks glowing and makeup always looks better after smoothing on my iconic, award-winning moisturiser. The Cushion + Lift Mesh Technology™ that powers the formula helps skin to look lifted and luminous while creating a cloud-like, cushioning effect that helps your complexion appear smoother and works as a priming layer for makeup to sit beautifully on top of. Magic Cream is Magic Skin, darlings! Use my Tilbury Tap facial massage technique to work Magic Cream into your face and neck – tap, tap, tap and witness immediate skin revival before your eyes!
Key ingredients:
Cushion + Lift Mesh Technology™ to help skin appear smoother, softer and perfectly primed for makeup.
Vitamin C + E to brighten the appearance of skin and even the appearance of skin tone.
Plump-Effect Peptide Complex to smooth and plump the look of skin and help reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
Hyaluronic Acid to boost moisture and keep skin feeling hydrated.
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Tilbury Tip: To moisturise your eye area, reach for a rich, hydrating eye cream like Magic Eye Rescue. This magic formula is formulated to smooth, firm and brighten the appearance of delicate skin around the eyes, reducing the appearance of dark circles and eye wrinkles.
4. Finish with Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer SPF50
HYDRATES for up to 24 HOURS‡
FINE LINES and WRINKLES appear reduced by 51%‡
Sun protection is essential in every skincare routine order – a high-factor sunscreen should be the final skincare step in your routine after moisturiser. No matter the season or climate, protecting your skin from harmful UV rays will help to protect against sun damage and sun spots, even on cloudy days. I created my Invisible UV Flawless Poreless Primer to combat preconceptions about sunscreen – so many SPFs leave a white cast, feel greasy, or don’t sit nicely under makeup – so I created a hydrating, blurring formula with an invisible finish that looks so flattering and primes flawlessly for makeup. Finish your skincare routine by smoothing SPF primer into moisturised skin, making sure to get optimal coverage all over your face, ears and neck. This primer is a game-changer, darlings… Think of it as your beauty shield! It’s skin prep and protection in one!
Key ingredients:
UVA + UVB Filters and SPF50 to shield skin from the harmful effects of the sun.
CITYSTEM to defend against urban pollution.
Collalift 18 to blur the appearance of pores, enhance skin elasticity and even the appearance of skin tone.
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Tilbury Tip: I love to use a face mist in my skincare routine to help skin stay hydrated and dewy looking. Mist Charlotte’s Magic Hydrator Mist over your face at the end of your routine as a final burst of moisture for a glowing, glass skin finish, or use it between steps as a refreshing, hydrating beauty booster.
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1. Prep with Charlotte's Magic Hydration Revival Cleanser
Skin is immediately 2X more hydrated!***
Pores appear reduced by 4X in 14 days!***
Skin appears 97% clearer + smoother in 7 days!***
The first step in your overnight revival skincare routine should be a high-performance facial cleanser that cleanses your skin of impurities and excess oil while removing any lingering makeup or sunscreen. Charlotte's Magic Hydration Revival Cleanser is designed to cleanse to the power of three, transforming from a comforting cream texture into a frothing foam into a silky milk that delivers a hydrating, deep cleanse. It bathes skin in a powerful lather that washes away makeup and leaves your complexion looking and feeling fresh faced with a magic skin glow.
Key ingredients:
Biomimetic Barrier Shield Technology to boost skin barrier and help prevent water loss.
Hyaluronic Acid to boost moisture and help skin appear smoother + plumper.
Peptide Complex to reduce the appearance of pores.
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Tilbury Tip: It’s important to exfoliate your skin regularly to help remove dead cells from the surface of your skin. Once or twice a week, reach for an exfoliator like Super Radiance Resurfacing Facial to help skin appear smoother and more youthful. The powerful blend of AHAs, BHAs and PHAs is designed to hydrate and exfoliate for gleaming skin that looks reborn!
2. Target with Charlotte's Magic Serum Crystal Elixir
Skin barrier boosted by 43% after 1 hour!**
Skin appears firmer by 49% in 8 weeks**
Overnight is the perfect opportunity to target skin concerns as your skin has reprieve from environmental stressors and has the time to replenish and revive. Face serums are an effective way to provide targeted skin benefits during the night, and Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir is my secret to waking up to your best skin future! It’s a hydration powerhouse formulated to even the appearance of skin tone and reduce the appearance of wrinkles while giving your complexion a magic glow! Massage this silky-smooth serum into your skin before bed for a complexion that looks radiant and reborn!
Key ingredients:
REPLEXIUM™ to target wrinkles and help skin appear younger.
Golden™ Vitamin C to brighten the look of your complexion.
Niacinamide to even and improve the appearance of skin tone.
Polyglutamic acid to quench skin with hydration
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Tilbury Tip: Wearing eye patches for 10 minutes before bed can help your eye area to appear smoother and brighter. Charlotte’s Hollywood Skin Secrets Immediate Eye Revival Patches are perfect for pampering your under eyes. The non-slip, non-drip, hydrogel design sits comfortably in the contours of your eye area, bathing delicate skin in hydrating, eye-reviving serum that gives your eye area a beautiful Hollywood glow.
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3. Moisturise with Magic Night Cream
Wrinkles appear reduced by 67%‡‡
Skin appears 3X plumper!‡‡
In the evening, skin can benefit from a richer moisturiser formula that will provide overnight hydration. My Magic Night Cream is like beauty sleep, bottled! It’s the perfect night cream for the job, working throughout the night to feed skin hour by hour. The formula cushions skin with hydration and delivers time-released retinol to provide gradual smoothing and firming effects. Work the decadent cream formula into your skin with your fingertips and wake up to a beauty glow that appears fresh from a fairytale!
Key ingredients:
Time-Released Retinol to smooth and firm the appearance of skin.
Winter Daphne Stem Cell Extract to moisturise skin and help it to appear smoother and more youthful.
Tilbury Tip: If you are chasing the sunshine, island glow, my Beautiful Skin Island Glow Easy Tanning Drops are a perfect addition to your skincare routine order. Mix between 2-12 drops with your night cream to create a sun-kissed, streak-free bronzed glow that develops as you sleep!
4. Finish with Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil
Skin looks 4x more radiant, smooth + even‡
Skin feels 4x firmer‡
Visibly reduces the look of wrinkles by 80%‡
The final step in your skincare routine before bed should be a supercharged facial oil – this will give you that facialist-like finish and will leave your skin feeling extra pampered. I created my Collagen Superfusion Facial Oil with a sensorial cocktail of essential oils such as lavender, neroli and damask rose so that everyone can capture that aromatic, spa-like experience at home. It’s infused with a skin-loving collagen matrix and plant extracts to give your complexion a radiant spa glow while helping it to appear smoother and firmer. Massage facial oil into moisturised skin and get the glowing skin finish of your dreams!
Key ingredients:
Collageneer™ to improve the feeling of skin elasticity and firmness.
Essential Oils for a refreshing, relaxing, spa-like feel.
Vitamin-rich base to moisturise and boost natural radiance.
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Tilbury Tip: Once you have completed your skincare routine, show the skin on your body some love with Charlotte’s Magic Body Cream. My hydrating, smoothing, firming -effect body cream is designed to revive the appearance of skin and is infused with body-targeting ingredients like energising caffeine and ALGAKTIV™ Uplift that help to tone and contour the look of skin.
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Charlotte Tilbury
Founder, President, Chairman and Chief Creative Officer of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty
With over 30 years experience, Charlotte Tilbury MBE is the world's number 1 makeup artist and British beauty entrepreneur. Charlotte established Charlotte Tilbury Beauty in 2013, which is now a record-breaking beauty brand that has won over 400 awards.
