Charlotte Tilbury and Martha Stewart talk the power of makeup, building a beauty empire and what’s in Martha’s makeup bag on The Martha Stewart Podcast.
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Darlings, during my trip to New York City, I was so excited to sit down with the iconic Martha Stewart to record an episode of her chart-topping podcast, The Martha Stewart Podcast.
Martha always gets the most fascinating guests on her podcast from inspiring business moguls to talented artisans and entrepreneurs. It was an honour to sit down with her to discuss the beginnings of my beauty brand and to find out which of my legendary beauty secrets she loves (she was wearing Unreal Skin Foundation Stick and looked flawless!)
And darlings, make sure you listen until the end to unlock a magical discount code just for Martha’s podcast listeners!
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Reflecting on 13 years of Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, Martha and I had to talk about the secret cream that started it all, Charlotte’s Magic Cream! Magic Cream was the first product I ever created for my brand. It was born backstage where I needed a cream that would immediately revive the look of tired, exhausted skin. The celebrities and models in my makeup chair travel from London to Paris to Milan and their busy schedules take a toll on their skin. I created a face cream with Cushion + Lift Mesh Technology that immediately revives the look of skin in 28 seconds*, giving it a magic bounce and glow. Martha takes incredible care of her skin which explains why she looks so youthful and glowing. She also teased that men have discovered skincare – I always say it darlings, Magic Cream is for everyone, everywhere!
Makeup always looks better with Magic Cream. It’s a moisturiser and primer in one – I never do makeup without it!
I couldn’t wait to tell Martha how flawless she looked in her Sports Illustrated cover shoot, darlings. She was wearing my award-winning Pillow Talk Lipstick, giving her the healthy-looking, love-flushed look that made the world fall in love with Pillow Talk. When I launched my brand, I forensically studied the pigments in lips to create the perfect nude-pink that looks super-flattering and boosts your natural beauty. Martha and I agreed that makeup is powerful and inspires people to feel their most confident, and Pillow Talk is the secret to swiping on your most beautiful you!
Martha was also wearing my Pillow Talk Big Lip Plumpgasm in shade Fair/Medium which gave her lips a pouty, plump look with a glossy, glazed finish. This lip gloss is my beauty trick for bigger, fuller, plumper looking lips, instantly!
Martha loves my Unreal Skin Foundation Stick, darlings. I can always tell when someone is wearing the Charlotte Tilbury routine and as soon as I sat down, I could see the Unreal glow on her skin – she looked gorgeous! We agreed that when working in TV and being on set, lighting is everything. When I’m creating and innovating, I always harness the magic of light to make my products look super flattering – as if your skin is being cascaded in beauty light! Unreal Skin Foundation Stick is inspired by the megawatt glow of beauty lights – I call it a ring light effect in a foundation stick – which is why it looks so flawless on camera and in real life. Martha loves to wear this foundation to the Pilates studio because it gives her a super-fresh spa glow. I also shared with her the amazing skincare benefits it has – it’s 80% skincare ingredients and is clinically proven to boost your skin barrier!
You know you love a product when you use it all the way up, darlings, and Martha told me that she had hit the pan of her AIRbrush Flawless Finish compact! She had tried powders in the past that made her skin look dry and crepey and accentuated the appearance of fine lines, then she discovered my iconic powder and it changed her mind and her makeup! My powder is so finely milled that it never looks heavy or cakey. I didn’t invent powder, darlings, but I did reinvent it with AIRbrush Flawless Finish. Celebrities and stars can’t get enough of my award-winning powder because it veils over skin like cashmere to leave it looking airbrushed, flawless and poreless… Martha loves AIRbrush Flawless Finish so much she has been asking her makeup artist for more!
Martha is a sharp businesswoman and she was curious to know which of my beauty secrets are my bestsellers. I have created legendary products across multiple categories, but I had to introduce her to my AIRbrush Flawless Setting Spray. I told her about those viral videos of my setting spray passing the dunk test where people dunked themselves in swimming pools and emerged still looking airbrushed and flawless! Everyone needs a setting spray – it’s the product that makes your makeup look last – but my setting spray is special because it sets makeup up to 16 hours**, feels weightless on your skin and gives your makeup a natural, radiant finish. Gone are the days of spraying hairspray on your face, darlings… My setting spray is infused with hydrating green tea and aloe vera, applying in a fine mist and creating a fixing film that makes makeup last all night!
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When I was greeted by Martha’s team, the first thing I noticed was their Hollywood glow. I knew they were wearing Hollywood Flawless Filter because that gorgeous, red-carpet glow is unmistakable! Backstage at red-carpet events and fashion shows, I wanted a glow elixir that was like a filter in a bottle. I’ve always been inspired by the magic of light from ring lights to spotlights to diva lights; I took inspiration from the fabulous photographers and editors I’ve worked with, learning about the art of lighting and retouching to discover how I could manipulate light with makeup. Hollywood Flawless Filter is like a real-life Paris filter! It smooths and it blurs to give skin a radiant, movie star glow effect!
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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.
