A London-headquartered makeup, skincare and fragrance brand founded in 2013 by the make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury, with staff and beauty counters across the UK.
Charlotte Tilbury Beauty makes makeup, skincare, fragrance and beauty tools. Its best-known lines include the Pillow Talk and Hollywood ranges, the Magic Cream and Magic Serum skincare products, and the Beauty Light Wands. The brand also builds digital tools, such as virtual try-on, shade matching and skin analysis, and the company says its app has more than 3.4 million users and that it has an in-house technology team of over 200 people. Those figures are the company's own. It launched in September 2013 with a collection of around 200 products.
The brand was founded by Charlotte Tilbury, who was born in London in 1973 and raised in Ibiza. She trained at a make-up school in London, then worked as an assistant to the make-up artist Mary Greenwell, whom she names as a key mentor. She went on to a career of more than 30 years working on runways, magazine shoots and red carpets, and has worked on hundreds of Vogue covers. Her stated mission is to "empower everyone, everywhere through the magic of confidence". She has also said her ambition was to create the biggest British beauty business of all time. The company supports causes including Women for Women International and The King's Trust, and since 2024 it has partnered with F1 Academy, which supports young female racing drivers.
The company's registered address and London headquarters are on Surrey Street, off the Strand in Covent Garden, London WC2R 2ND. In the UK, the brand sells through its own website and through department stores and beauty retailers, and a recruitment listing shows beauty counter roles at places such as H Beauty in Chester and Selfridges Trafford, plus listings in Greater London. We could not confirm a full list of UK stores and counters from the pages we read. Beyond the UK, products are sold in dozens of countries, with Wikipedia giving 76 and the company's own jobs page giving 50 or more markets.
On culture, the company calls its staff the "Dream Team" and says that over 3,000 people are part of it. It describes its retail teams as the heart of the brand and says new starters get a structured induction programme, career development support, and wellness and social benefits. It describes itself as bold, disruptive and driven by creativity and innovation. These are the company's own descriptions and we have not checked them independently.
A beauty brand like this employs many different kinds of people. In stores and on counters there are make-up artists, advisers and business managers who lead a team. At head office there are product developers, marketing and social media teams, buyers, supply-chain and finance staff, and the technology team that builds the app and online tools. If you enjoy creativity, talking to people or working with data and technology, there are roles across all of those. The company's own website and recruitment listings are the best place to see what is open now.
Website: www.charlottetilbury.com/uk
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