Per week earlier than its launch date, Charlotte Tilbury’s new blush was already swirling on TikTok… such is the facility of all issues “Pillow Speak.” However do you have to purchase into the early hype across the Pillow Speak Matte Magnificence Blush Wands? Attract had three editors, with three totally different pores and skin tones, strive the brand new formulation to seek out out. We additionally talked to Tilbury herself: mom of the blockbuster Pillow Speak franchise, make-up artist to the celebrities (Kate Moss, Amal Clooney, Naomi Campbell, and extra), and — in her phrases — “an alchemist.” Tilbury advised us she’s within the enterprise of “stealing somewhat little bit of DNA right here, there, and all over the place” and this time the DNA in query is from infants. “You recognize when infants blush, and there is a sure pop of colour?” Tilbury says. “It’s lit from inside.” (Don’t fret — “DNA” is figurative for Tilbury. No youngsters had been harmed within the making of this blush.)
The Pillow Speak Matte Magnificence Blush Wands are the most recent addition to the Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Speak phenomenon that began a decade in the past with only a neutral-pink lip liner. The corporate says one product from the road — which now consists of numerous lip merchandise, eye shadow, and blush — is bought each six seconds someplace on planet Earth. When a franchise is that this profitable, extra is extra so this newest formulation is available in three shades on prime of the basic soft-rose Pillow Speak. There’s additionally Pillow Speak Pink Pop (a bubblegum pink), Pillow Speak Peach Pop (a daring coral), and Pillow Speak Dream Pop (a vibrant raspberry). “They do not sit on prime of the pores and skin and mix proper in,” Tilbury says of the formulation. Beauty chemist Marisal Mou explains that the formulation’s silica spheres are “essential to making a pure look” and “fill into the gaps of wrinkles and features to create a blurring impact.” And whereas that is actually not Tilbury’s first wand rodeo — she additionally has the Magnificence Gentle Wands, Hollywood Contour Wands, and Simple Eye Wands – the formulation in these wands stands out due to its skin-like end. “It’s distinctive as a result of psychologically, we virtually anticipate a cream or liquid product to provide a dewy look, and when it provides the sudden results of being matte, it might have a ‘wow’ impact,” says Mou.
