LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 09:  (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been converted to black and white) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attends the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 on March 09, 2020 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)
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These are all the beauty products that the Duchess of Sussex swears by and has spoken about over the years

This story was first published on September 4, 2019, and updated on August 6, 2021.


Whilst we might not all be able to bag the fairy-tale wedding to a prince, we can at least share in a little bit of the Duchess of Sussex’s regal sparkle by using her favourite luxury beauty products.

With that in mind, we uncovered some of Meghan’s tried-and-trusted make-up and skincare products for getting her trademark natural glowing look.

1. Laura Mercier Pure Canvas Primer

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Back when she was still a working actress on the set of Suits, Meghan was a fan of Laura Mercier’s now-discontinued Illuminating Primer. She reportedly wore it on her days off instead of foundation. Try this new formula by the brand, as it also offers a light and dewy finish that is perfect for casual days. 

Available at Cult Beauty.

2. Kate Somerville Quench Hydrating Face Serum

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This powerful face serum aims to deliver ample hydration to give you a luminous and dewy complexion. It also minimises the appearance of fine lines, leaving the skin feeling velvety soft and smooth. Meghan is a fan of both Kate Somerville's facials as well as her skincare line.

Available at Amazon.

3. YSL Beauty Touche Éclat

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YSL’s iconic all-in-one highlighter, concealer and luminiser is one of the brand’s best-sellers—six Touche Éclat pens are sold every minute worldwide—and it seems the Duchess is a big fan too.

“It blends, it’s compact and if you’ve worked a 17-hour day and have nothing else on, you will still look relatively alive,” she told Beauty Banter, calling it her all-time favourite beauty product.

Another of her top tips, as revealed to beauty subscription company Birchbox: apply Touche Éclat in the inner corner of your eyes to open them up when you “need to look bright-eyed and bushy-tailed”.

Available at Tangs.

4. Nars Blush in Orgasm

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Above Image: Nars

Another cult product that’s a firm Meghan Markle favourite is the Nars Orgasm Blush, the top-selling blush in the United States.

With a subtle peachy-pink shimmer famed for flattering all skin tones, Meghan enthused that Orgasm was “a perfect rosy flush”, which she used both on and off camera because “it gives you a nice glow from within”.

Available at Nars, Ngee Ann City

5. Mac Eye Kohl in Teddy

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Every good make-up kit needs a good eyeliner, and Meghan swears by this bronze beauty from Mac. “If I’m going to amp it up for the night, I use Mac Teddy Eyeliner, which is a really beautiful brown that has some gold in it,” she told Allure.

Meghan’s former long-time make-up artist Lydia Sellers confirmed that Teddy was a Markle go-to. “I use it on her inner waterline for a bronzy finish, and it really frames her eyes,” she explained to beauty site Byrdie.

Available at Mac counters

6. Oribe Dry Texturizing Spray

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Meghan is well known to be obsessed with this cult haircare brand that finally arrived in Singapore last year. The former actress previously shared that her favourite product by the brand is the Oribe Dry Texturizing spray. Her personal tip? Flick your hair forward and then backwards, as you use the mist to give your hair more body.

Available at Cult Beauty.

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Above Image: Fresh

7. Fresh Sugar Lip Treatment Advanced Therapy

This moisturising lip treatment is one of the American brand's best-selling products, with Meghan being amongst its many devotees.

“I have searched high and low and tried every kind of lip balm but this is the very best,” she declared, naming it as one of her top five can’t-live-without beauty products. “Soft, kissable, buttery lips. I swear by it.”

Available at Sephora

8. Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation

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Above Image: Giorgio Armani Beauty

Meghan’s sun-kissed freckles are one of her defining features—she previously commented that seeing them airbrushed out in photoshoots is her “pet peeve”—so using lightweight foundations like this allows her natural complexion to shine through.

“I’d use the Giorgio Armani Luminous Silk Foundation with a Beautyblender [on Meghan] because it’s really easy to sheer out,” Lydia Sellers told Refinery29. “Every time I’d do her makeup, she'd say, ‘Can we just make sure my freckles are peeking through? I don’t want a ton of foundation.’ It was more about the amount of product that went on her skin and keeping it really fresh and dewy, rather than caking it on.” Lydia recommends mixing two different shades of foundation to get a perfect colour that matches the “complexity and depth of the skin”.

Available at Tangs.

9. Revitalash Serum

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Well known for her clean and minimalist make-up looks, it is no wonder that Meghan keeps her lashes healthy and strong by using the highly-raved Revitalash serum. The product is so popular that it has over 3,000 positive reviews on Amazon. 

In 2014, she told Allure: “I use RevitaLash on my eyelashes, and I swear they are as long as they could ever be."

Available at Net-a-porter.

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Above Image: Tatcha

10. Tatcha The Silk Canvas Filter Finish Protective Primer

For her wedding day, the Duchess turned to another make-up artist BFF, Daniel Martin. “She kind of showed the world that you don’t need a lot to be comfortable in your own skin,” he explained about her radiant natural wedding look.

Whilst Daniel has never gone on the record with the exact products he used to create Meghan’s bridal look, he has waxed lyrical about several of his must-have products that chime with the Duchess’ low-key beauty aesthetic—including Tatcha’s The Silk Canvas Primer. “It blurs out imperfections and creates this nice luminosity to the skin,” he enthused to Insider.

Given that Meghan was already a big Tatcha fan (she also loves their Rice Enzyme Powder exfoliator), it seems highly likely that their primer made the cut for her big day.

Available at Sephora.

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Above Image: Sarah Chapman

11. Sarah Chapman Skinesis Overnight Facial

London’s most sought-after facialist Sarah Chapman was responsible for prepping Meghan’s skin pre-wedding, and is now the Duchess’ “exclusive skincare professional” for both facials and skincare products.

If you don’t fancy the flight to London (where there’s a three-month waiting list to see Sarah anyway), get in on the action with the facialist’s line of highly-effective skincare products. “I use the Skinesis Overnight Facial for every face massage I do,” Sarah revealed to Town & Country, “The jasmine smell is incredible. It’s like a cashmere blanket for the skin.”

Available at Net-A-Porter

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