And while I usually try to stray away from matte finishes, I was pleasantly surprised by how light it looks on the skin. It feels lightweight, too, and although I usually prefer light coverage to show off my freckles, I couldn’t deny that it made my skin look great—plus, it actually stayed in place all day. “Our best foundation for long wear, it’s the makeup that keeps up—no matter where your day takes you. Apply once and don’t think genifique twice,” Estée Lauder’s website reads. The difference between this anti-aging cream and many on the market is that you can use it morning and night. Essentially, it’s lightweight enough to wear under makeup during the day while rich, creamy, and hydrating enough to use as a night cream, too. The formula has powerful ingredients that boost your skin’s collagen and elastin while also adding a dewy, radiant glow to your complexion.
After more than 76 years in the skincare biz, it’s safe to say the pros in the laboratory at Estée Lauder know what they’re doing. And it’s also safe to say their cult-favorite Advanced Night Repair Serum is the brand’s pièce de résistance. From there, her formulas gained traction across the country and then the world. Between creams with velvety, luxurious textures and scents with impeccable, balanced notes, Lauder was rightfully seen as a pioneer in the beauty space. Throughout the second half of the twentieth century, she was lauded as a master of her craft, earning prestigious awards like the Spirit of Achievement Award from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
The decades-old favorite withstands the test of time, not only delivering impressively youthful results, but in maintaining its position as a best-selling serum since its debut in 1982. It’s a formula that defined the times with a laundry lists of firsts, and paved the way for skin care innovations which led each of its five upgraded iterations to triumph the version that came before it. Tom Ford Beauty was developed, in concert with Lancome makeup experts, by Tom Ford, a leading beauty and fashion designer and expert.
The boycott has generated an anti-boycott campaign by supporters of Israel. In October 1992, the BCA campaign was launched by Evelyn Lauder (Estée’s daughter in law) who co-created the “Pink Ribbon” with SELF magazine as a symbol of breast health. Since then, millions of people globally have heard the message about the importance of breast health and early detection can save lives. The Estée Lauder Companies’ annual Breast Cancer Awareness campaign involves all of the 19 brands that make up the Estée Lauder Companies. They collectively represent The Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s first and largest corporate supporter. For fiscal year 2016, the Estée Lauder Companies achieved net sales of $11.26 billion, a 4% increase compared with $10.78 billion in the prior year.
Her first real order was from Saks Fifth Avenue for $800 worth of products—all of which sold out within two days. MAC Cosmetics is the first US beauty brand to partner with the same-day delivery app. Leonard Lauder’s autobiography is an exciting chronicle of his life. He was CEO of for 5 decades and created an international leader in beauty.
Eventually, when she launched her perfume empire with her husband, she added an accent mark to make her name look French and began pronouncing it the way her father had in his Hungarian accent. ESTÉE STORIES Behind the scenes of our brand, & the inspiration that brings it to life.