You might think a lipstick is pretty innocuous but when you're a royal, it comes with its own rule book. While you won't find the royals swatching an entire lippy range on the back of their hand, you will find most of them following protocol – that means sticking to a neutral, natural shade to avoid any makeup mishaps.
Her Majesty's favourite beauty brands include Elizabeth Arden and Clarins. The Queen has always loved a classic lipstick.
Princess Kate
Kate looked stunning in her red dress coat, and even wore a red lipgloss for the occasion; something she rarely does. The mother-of-three is more of a subtle, natural nude kinda royal.
Royals like Middleton, Markle, and Queen Camilla often opt for more understated makeup, including nude or light-pink lipstick. But there's no official ban on bright colors like red. It's more about adhering to a level of decorum and avoiding anything too flashy or attention-grabbing.
She had a few favourite lipstick products, namely the Elizabeth Arden Moisturising Lipstick in the shades Pink Punch or Rose Petal. Elizabeth Arden held a Royal Warrant, which recognises companies that supply goods or services to the monarch.
Kate is a Bobbi Brown fan, and relies on the brand for her lip colour too. Princess Kate always, always wears a nude, natural lip with Bobbi Brown's Sandwashed Pink Lipstick her handbag essential.
Princess Diana did, on occasion, wear a reddish-orange tone, with hints of brown (a good copy would be NARS Audacious Lipstick in Jane) but more often than not, it was a much more natural lip that Diana sported. One colour we know she did wear, on an engagement shoot for Vogue, was Max Factor's Tint of Pink Lipstick.
Let's dispel a royal protocol rumor right off the bat: Duchesses Kate and Meghan are free to wear any shade of nail polish. “There's no actual protocol about dark nail polish,” royal correspondent Omid Scobie previously told BAZAAR.com in an interview. “It's simply about being appropriate.”
What exact shade is the signature Kate Middleton lipstick? According to reports, Kate's go-to shade is Bobbi Brown Lip Color in Sandwash Pink.
Queen Elizabeth was famously crowned wearing Clarins cosmetics, after commissioning the company to create a shade of lipstick that went with her coronation robes. It's rumoured that its Ever Matte powder was among the Queen's must-haves.
As one of the most photographed women in the world, her classic beauty regularly makes headlines. Veering towards natural lip colours she reportedly loves Bobbi Brown creamy, semi-matte lipstick in Sandwash Pink, which is thought to be the lipstick she wore on her wedding day.
What lipstick does Meghan Markle wear? Duchess Meghan's favorite lipstick is none other than Charlotte Tilbury's Matte Revolution lipstick in shade Very Victoria. The pinky-brown shade is flattering, chic, and understated enough that it's appropriate for just about any occasion, fancy or otherwise.
It depends on the shade and your outfit. A darker red is generally classier than a really bright bold one.
Particularly in recent years, Mills notes the Queen looks like she\x27s barely wearing any eye makeup at all. “A touch of mascara would be the ...
“I believe there's etiquette that ladies do not make their faces up in public,” the former royal footman explained, “but she had her bag over the side and she would take her lipstick out and put it on with no mirror or anything, and that was a signal to the ladies that she was ready to leave.”
Hair. The rumored royal shampoo of choice that keeps Kate's locks so bouncy? Kerastase Discipline Bain Oleo Relax smoothing shampoo. While the princess has never confirmed her use of the product, there are a few more potions that appear to have a more confirmed pedigree.
Couture Beauty Diamond Lipstick – $14 million. Could this be the most expensive lipstick ever sold? At $14 million, the H. Couture Beauty Diamond is no ordinary lipstick and not one that anyone can ever get their hands on again.
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If there's one person we should all be taking hair inspiration from, it's the royal highness herself – and no, while she is a Queen, I don't mean Beyoncé. Instead, The Princess of Wales stepped out just yesterday with a newly dyed hair look and we're crowning it (see what I did there) the colour of the season.
Over the years, plenty of royals have shown off some nifty tattoos; including Princess Eugenie who showed off her subtle ink while stepping out to a royal event in 2022.
Royal etiquette expert Myka Meier told Fabulous, "Underwear and bras are also considered private intimate wear, and for royals to put intimate apparel on display would simply not be done."
While it's not true that the Queen banned royal women from wearing coloured nail polish, she did come from an older school of etiquette that might have (snobbishly, classist-ly) regarded bright or bold nails as Not The Done Thing for ladies, and it's entirely possible there was a spoken or unspoken understanding that ...
“That's what Diana always did.” Her tips for pulling off bold ticks of eyeliner, no matter how bright or understated the shade, is to keep the rest of the face fresh and vibrant: Clean skin enhanced with sheer foundation and feather-light swirls of blush and bronzer “to bring out the flush” in the face.
first revlon's pink in the afternoon. this shade was rumored to be the exact. salmon pink. audrey wears in the film.
Princess Diana
The late Princess of Wales wore Houbiquant's Quelques Fleurs, a sumptuous blend of tuberose, jasmine, lily of the valley, and rose to marry Prince Charles. In his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry also revealed his mother's favorite scent—First by Van Cleef & Arpels.