The Sophisticate - How To Create The Magic Matte Makeup Look

Effortlessly chic, discover The Sophisticate – for a classic, timeless and refined look to make hard work, captivating beauty, and endless socialising look effortless.

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Who Is The Sophisticate?

The Sophisticate exudes classic and timeless beauty. She’s effortlessly stylish, as her mantra is that style is always in fashion, but fashion is not always in style. The Sophisticate enhances her natural beauty with her low-key but always put-together look, topped off with a matte eyeshadow look that transcends the seasons.

How To Get The Sophisticate Look

  1. Pearly-white face cream in a glass jar, luminous face serum in a glass bottle with a dropper lid, light face cream in a glass bottle, and eye cream in a glass pot, all having gold-coloured lids.

    MAGIC STEP 1: PREP YOUR SKIN WITH SKINCARE INNOVATIONS

    Prep your skin to create a gorgeous, hydrated, plump-looking canvas using Charlotte’s skincare innovations*! Begin with Charlotte’s Magic Serum Crystal Elixir before moisturising your skin with Charlotte’s Magic Cream or the NEW! LIGHTWEIGHT moisturiser, Magic Cream Light! Finish your skin prep by applying Magic Eye Rescue eye cream to your under-eye area.

    Supercharge your routine and discover Charlotte's SCIENCE-POWERED skincare routine for all!

  2. An open, warm beige coloured-foundation in a frosted glass bottle in clear and rose-gold packaging with its metallic lid next to it.

    MAGIC STEP 2: APPLY AIRBRUSH FLAWLESS FOUNDATION FOR A FLAWLESS-LOOKING COMPLEXION

    Create a poreless flawless looking complexion using your shade of Airbrush Flawless Foundation*! Apply the full-coverage formula to your skin using Charlotte’s Hollywood Complexion Brush!

    Shop Airbrush Flawless Foundation

  3. An open, mirrored-lid quad eyeshadow palette with matte eyeshadows in chocolate, taupe, tan, and cream shades

    MAGIC STEP 3: PRIME YOUR EYES WITH RICH CHOCOLATE

    With the Luxury Palette in The Sophisticate, use the dreamy cream PRIME shade and sweep over your entire eyelid with the Eye Blender Brush*. Apply a little in the inner corner to open up your eyes and really make them pop!

  4. Eye-Blender-Back-Packshot-Reflection

    MAGIC STEP 4: ENHANCE WITH DIMENSION

    Using the same brush, blend the taupe ENHANCE shade from the outer corner through the crease to create dimension and depth to your look.

  5. Swatches of four eyeshadows in shades of cream, light brown dark brown, and grey-brown.

    MAGIC STEP 5: DIAL IT UP FOR EVENING

    Take your look up a notch by sweeping the ashy SMOKE shade in an exaggerated V-shape on the outer corner of your eye. Use an Eye Smudger Brush* to blend into your upper and lower lash-line for a more intense gaze.

  6. An open, mirrored-lid quad eyeshadow palette with matte eyeshadows in chocolate, taupe, tan, and cream shades

    MAGIC STEP 6: FINISH WITH A POP!

    Apply the sophisticated chocolate POP shade to the centre of your eyelid with your ring finger for an instant magic trick that takes your look from desk to disco!

  7. An open, soft dark-brown eyeliner pencil with the CT logo printed on it and its cap next to it.

    MAGIC STEP 7: CLASSIC BROWN DEFINITION

    Line and define your timeless eye look with a creamy dark brown eyeliner pencil. Draw The Classic Eyeliner in Classic Brown along your upper lash-line, extending up out at the outer corner to create a soft, subtle wing.

  8. An open mascara in dark burgundy packaging with the applicator next to it.

    MAGIC STEP 8: ADD LASHINGS FOR A SUPERMODEL FLUTTER

    Curl your lashes and apply a sweeping layer of Full Fat Lashes Mascara in Glossy Black for a gorgeous supermodel flutter through your upper and lower lashes for a dreamy and defined gaze. Apply a second coat for extra impact and drama.

  9. A highlighter and bronzer duo in a square compact with a mirrored-lid.

    MAGIC STEP 9: CONTOUR & HIGHLIGHT

    Sweep the contour shade from Filmstar Bronze & Glow* onto your temples, jawline and the hollows of your cheekbones for a gorgeous model-like facial architecture. Blend the highlight shade onto the tops of your cheekbones, the tip of the nose, and on your cupid’s bow to create a dipped in candlelight glow.

  10. The-Sophisticate-Lipkit-Packshot

    MAGIC STEP 10: CREATE A SUMPTUOUS KISS

    Use Charlotte’s lip icons to create the ultimate lip look for day or night. Line and define your lips with Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Pillow Talk. It’s the perfect barely-there nude pink lip liner for reshaping and resizing the look of your pout. Add the moisturising, light peach K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Yes Honey for an irresistible nude lip. When you’re ready to dial it up, layer Lip Lustre Lip Gloss in High Society for a sheer berry lip gloss to create a luxe, 3-dimensional pout.

    Tilbury Tip: For deeper complexions, Charlotte recommends Lip Cheat Liner in Pillow Talk Intense. It’s the iconic, nude-pink shade, but dialled up for a deeper, sweeter look! This tawny-brown liner looks extra dreamy on deeper skin tones. Layer Matte Revolution Lipstick in So 90s, a creamy, nude-brown lipstick, for a timelessly elegant soft, chocolate shade.

  11. An open, mirrored-lid two-tone powder blush in warm pink and brown-pink.

    MAGIC STEP 11: BLUSH AND GO

    Sweep on the iconic, tawny rose shade of Charlotte’s Cheek to Chic Blusher in Sex on Fire for gorgeous-looking skin.

    To apply, SWISH your brush around the outer shade, tap off any excess, and sweep the color from the apples of your cheeks up towards the top of your cheekbone. To add a POP of glow, dip your brush into the centre shade, and tap onto the apples of your cheeks. Swirl the two shades together for a dreamy dash of colour.

Who Will You Be?

The Sophisticate Fair, Light and Medium Look

  • Filmstar Bronze & Glow, Airbrush Flawless Foundation, makeup brushes and skincare products not included in The Sophisticate Look kit

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Author Details

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.