More than an industry icon, Bobbi Brown is a game-changer: from pioneering the 1990s “no-make-up make-up” movement, to tirelessly promoting the idea that women should enhance not mask their individuality, her influence surrounds us. After giving full control of her namesake brand to Estée Lauder in 2016, Brown returned with Jones Road, a fresh, modern vision proving — again — that beauty should be effortless and authentic. Here, she shares her secrets.
My beauty icon is Ali MacGraw. When I was in my teenage years and terribly insecure about what I looked like, she made me realise I can be brunette with big eyebrows and natural skin and absolutely be attractive. I didn’t look like Barbie or a supermodel, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t be pretty.
