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When you think of royal fashion and beauty, typically you imagine a higher price tag. After all,\u00a0high-profile figures like Kate Middleton lead lavish lifestyles after marrying into the royal family<\/a>. However, that doesn’t mean that every aspect of the British royals’ lives are over-the-top; Queen Elizabeth II was actually quite modest in terms of her beauty regimen. While her impressive jewelry collection was staggeringly expensive,\u00a0the late Queen’s go-to beauty products only add up to less than \u00a3150 (or around\u00a0$200 USD).\u00a0<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth’s beauty routine was more relatable than you’d expect<\/a>. According to\u00a0Hello!<\/a>,\u00a0the Queen favored brands like Clarins and Elizabeth Arden for hand and face cream respectively; she commissioned Clarins to design a custom lipstick color for her coronation back in 1953, evidence of the Queen’s impressive sense of brand loyalty. According to Glamour UK<\/a>, one of Queen Elizabeth’s beauty secrets was to apply Elizabeth Arden’s Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant<\/a>\u00a0(\u00a331) twice each day. Other staples in Queen Elizabeth’s beauty collection include soaps from British brands\u00a0Bronnley (which cost in the range of \u00a38.50) and Yardley (\u00a311.99 for three of royal favorite English Lavender<\/a>), both of which have received Royal Warrants (a formal recognition of brands\/individuals who provide goods and services to the royal family).\u00a0<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth II kept her makeup streamlined as well. The Queen used Clarins’ Ever Matte Compact Powder, which has since been widely discontinued (though\u00a0Make Up For Ever’s HD Skin Blurring & Perfecting Pressed Powder is a solid dupe for the Queen’s go-to powder foundation). Queen Elizabeth’s iconic red lip was often courtesy of\u00a0Elizabeth Arden’s Beautiful Colour Lipstick in\u00a0discontinued shade Fig, but she also enjoyed Elizabeth Arden’s\u00a0Moisturizing Lipstick in the understated blush pink shade\u00a0Rose Petal\u00a0($32), which is still available today.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Queen Elizabeth reportedly insisted on doing her own makeup for her 1953 coronation<\/p>\n
Heritage Images\/Getty<\/p>\n Despite being the UK’s longest reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II was seemingly no-frills when it came to her makeup. While you’d expect a woman preparing to ascend the British throne to find the most skilled makeup artist possible for her 1953 coronation (the first in history to be televised), then-27-year-old Queen Elizabeth did her own makeup. According to Merlin Holland, the son of Queen Elizabeth’s beautician\u00a0Thelma Besant, the Queen apparently requested that Besant be at Buckingham Palace early as a precaution: “in case anything goes wrong” (via The Telegraph<\/a>).\u00a0<\/p>\n Holland told The Telegraph that Queen Elizabeth having done her own coronation makeup was kept hush-hush until he discovered his mother’s unpublished memoir manuscript detailing the entire affair. “She wrote about the lead up to the Coronation. She went off to [tailors] Ede & Ravenscroft to get a sample of the Coronation robe because the lipstick [and makeup needed to match,]” Holland said, referencing Queen Elizabeth’s custom-made Clarins lipstick.<\/p>\n
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