My beauty routine looked a lot different in 2017, when Burberry Beauty was last available in the United States. I was a recent college grad with little more than drugstore under-eye concealers and mascaras to my name. Anything I tried in the designer beauty space came from a Sephora savings event. Now, it's 2024, I'm a working adult with a Celine lipstick and Tom Ford makeup budget, and I'm so ready for Burberry Beauty to be back.
The makeup offshoot of London Fashion Week's crown jewel is stateside once again exclusively at Nordstrom. (The lineup is online-only for now, but will arrive in-store next March.) Burberry Beauty promises the sort of makeup wardrobe that's worth the investment, and maybe even an everyday routine overhaul. For a beauty base, there's a primer, concealer, foundation, and setting powder with hydrating long-wear ingredients; for a final zhuzh, there are three lipstick variations and a lengthening mascara. On paper, this stack is the cosmetics equivalent of a classic Burberry trench coat with formulas to match. A "Trench Protect Technology" in select products tries to mimic the effects of Burberry's outerwear, shielding skin from pollutants and makeup-unfriendly weather.
