Laura Mercier products, at the end of the day, want to accentuate your natural features, making you look beautiful without covering your skin. The Laura Mercier consumer just wants high-performing products that are also easy to apply, look natural, and deliver long-lasting results. Ahead, 10 of the most iconic Laura Mercier products. Want a full-blown eye look with minimal effort on your end?
Try the brand's Caviar Sticks, which offer long-lasting, one-swipe full coverage—great on their own or for creating the smokey eye of your dreams.
Find me a makeup artist that doesn't have this translucent setting powder in their kit. It'll take a while, but that's because it truly lives up to the hype. Promising to set makeup for up to 16 hours of wear, this powder will give you an airbrushed, matte finish. It also comes in two sizes, and the mini is perfect for on-the-go touch-ups.
Some matte lipsticks are ultra-drying and feel like they're sitting on top of your lips. Laura Mercier somehow managed to fix that problem with this moisturizing matte lipstick. Because it's a crayon, you can use it as a liner, or as lipstick—either way, the color payoff and long wear will stay with you literally and figuratively.
We're in love with this sheer, endlessly buildable cheek color. It truly does blend in with the skin nearly seamlessly, and you can continue to apply layer after layer and you won't look cakey or costumey. The brand claims the color lasts up to 10 hours, and because it's available in a whopping 14 shades, any skin tone can use this blush to create a natural, gently-flushed look. Die-hard Laura Mercier fans love this tinted moisturizer, which comes in two formulas depending on your skin type.
The oil-free version is great for those who are prone to getting oily—it melts into your skin beautifully and, despite its ultra-creamy texture, dries down without being cakey or tacky on the skin. If your goal when applying a highlighter is to look like a disco ball, this powder is perfect for you.
A diligent student with an innate eye for makeup artistry, Laura excelled in her classes and subsequently represented Carita as a makeup artist and teacher. Unable to find the formulas, colours, and textures she wanted, Laura began experimenting and mixing her own formulations to create the products she desired, but could not find.
Her signature flawless complexion was born. Laura personally created each and every shade to satisfy the needs of her clients, based on a modern and always-current palette.
In Laura established Laura Mercier Cosmetics, and during its year heritage she has changed the makeup world forever with her breakthrough innovations. Raised in Provence, Laura is intrinsically inspired by the classic French aesthetic: sophisticated yet effortless.
Spirited and bold, simple and intuitive, and definitely unlike anything else. Plus be the first to know about new product launches and offers. Join our mailling list now. Skin became my forte. It's about choosing the right foundation, getting the proper skin care, and treating your skin well. Skin is important, and you don't want to cover it like crazy to the point in which it doesn't look natural. I quickly began working with celebrities, who were noticing my work in editorial and booking me.
You work with these celebrities at chunks of a time, but then you have to move on. I passed from one to another on a continuous basis — besides Madonna. With her, it was eight years non-stop of videos and press junkets. Eventually, I was in this wheel where you don't have enough days in the week because you're in-demand left and right.
A Brand Is Born. Before the Laura Mercier brand launched in , the idea had been really strong in my mind for about three to four years. Today, I could create a website with a little chunk of money, start my own line, and see how it goes. Back then, you had to find someone who would be your business partner. I chose a partner, but we had to make a deal: I would continue to do my job — to a certain extent — but I wanted to be at the lab and create the products by myself with a chemist.
I told the partner, 'If you're not ok with that, then I'm not going to work with you. I'm not leaving the peak of my career for an adventure that's not going to match with what I want to do. They usually come and fetch you when there is buzz. I feel lucky that my partner gave me my chance. Growing Pains. I worked for three to four years as a makeup artist while also working on the brand, which made me completely crazy.
And no one was going to tell her no. She got the job, and today that rejection letter is framed in her home office in River Oaks. Tell me about starting your own company. My career is three parts.
The first part was retail. I left as a senior vice president and went to Neiman Marcus in Dallas and was executive vice president — that really was the game changer.
I met so many entrepreneurs from Giorgio Armani to Prada to David Yurman , and it hit me at the age of 40 that I wanted to do my own thing. I really wanted to create my own culture and my own brand. How did you team up with Laura Mercier? I definitely wanted a woman, and Laura was one of the few women in the business and had a melodic name.
I met her and she had never created any makeup, but she knew what she liked. So between the three of us — we hired a consultant from Mary Kay — we went to a lab and created Laura Mercier.
Why did you sell the company? They had only invested in my company and Kate Spade. So their deal was they had to own 51 percent. The same family had owned Neimans and Bergdorf for decades, and it never entered my mind they would sell it. In my 10th year, they got a phenomenal offer in and they did sell. Then Kate and I both had to sell. So I sold Laura Mercier in
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