Several prominent makeup brands are British, ranging from luxury to affordable, including Charlotte Tilbury, Makeup Revolution, Vieve, ICONIC London, Glisten Cosmetics, and Made By Mitchell. These brands offer a variety of products, from high-end, celebrity-founded lines to viral, accessible, and often vegan or cruelty-free options.
In terms of colour cosmetics, many of the brands mentioned above featured in the top 10. Charlotte Tilbury also topped this list, followed by Huda Beauty, then e.l.f., Nars, MAC, Maybelline, Fenty Beauty, Armani Beauty, L'Oréal Paris, and Yves Saint Laurent Beauty.
The company was founded in Limoges, France in 1969 and is currently based in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Since 1996, Sephora has been owned by the luxury conglomerate LVMH.
Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Ltd is a British cosmetics company registered in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 2013 by Charlotte Tilbury, a British makeup artist who is also chair.
Quality Perception and Consumer Trust. According to one survey, the highest-quality beauty products come from Japan, the United States, and France (in that order). In this survey, 65 percent of those who used a wide variety of beauty products from different countries placed Japanese products in the number one spot.
No, L'Oréal is not a UK brand; it's a French multinational company, founded in Paris in 1909, but it has a very significant and long-standing presence in the UK, operating its UK & Ireland division since 1932 and establishing a major headquarters in London. L'Oréal is the world's largest cosmetics company, owning numerous brands, with its UK arm being one of its biggest subsidiaries.
ICONIC London are a beauty brand who embody everyday glamour and trend-led modernity. The brand empowers customers to use makeup to compliment (not cover) their natural beauty and use makeup to feel as good as they look.
Clinique Laboratories, LLC (/klɪˈniːk/) is an American manufacturer of skincare, cosmetics, toiletries and fragrances, usually sold in high-end department stores. It is a subsidiary of the Estée Lauder Companies.
Looking for some homegrown cosmetics? Britain is still a major player in the increasingly globalised beauty world, with absolute powerhouse brands like Jo Malone London and Charlotte Tilbury to shout about, alongside small independent brands utilising fresh British ingredients.
