Despite being Queen, Elizabeth II still loved a number of cheap beauty staples. From nail polish to hairspray, lots of the products she relied on are still available today.
While not much is published about her dressing table ritual, there are a handful of well-documented, non-extravagant beauty essentials we know she used for many years. One of her staples was an £8.99 nail polish. Essie’s Ballet Slippers, a barely there pale-pink sheer nail polish, was reportedly worn by the Queen for 30 years and is a classic shade often chosen by brides today. The colour was created during Essie’s second year in business, 1982, as an homage to the brand creator’s childhood at ballet lessons. It has since become an icon in the beauty industry and is still beloved 44 years later. Another reported staple of the late Queen was No 7 Stay Perfect Lipstick in Gay Geranium (£11.95), a bright coral, first launched in 1962. Even when “off duty” and riding in Windsor Great Park, lipstick and a headscarf were staples.
Queen Elizabeth and her sister, Princess Margaret, were introduced to Cyclax Vitamin E face cream (£4.49) in their teens by make-up artist Thelma Holland and rumour has it that Elizabeth was still a fan in later years.
She awarded them the Royal Warrant in 1961 and was also rumoured to use Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream (£31), a richer moisturising balm, both in the morning and at night.
The Queen’s senior dresser, Angela Kelly, wrote in her biography about how during Covid she was required to set Elizabeth II’s hair and was so nervous, she used a whole can of hairspray to make sure it lasted. L’Oréal Elnett (£3.29) was used in the salon of the late Queen’s usual hairdresser, Ian Carmichael.
Clarins was granted the Royal Warrant in 2007. The product Elizabeth II reportedly liked was the Hand and Nail Treatment Cream (£29), and the company made a special version for her Diamond Jubilee.
Floral scent British firm Floris was the late Queen’s perfumer, and she loved the White Rose Eau de Toilette (£90) and reportedly enjoyed the matching soaps and bathing products.
She also wore her mother’s favourite scent, L’Heure Beue by Guerlain (£111), which is a beautiful classic and dries down to a soft, powdery iris.
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