That’s right, we’ve got our very own Gen Z at the lovely Charlotte Tilbury brand, and she recently made a pit-stop to Dubai. Bella Tilbury is the niece of renowned beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury and is a brand ambassador of Charlotte’s eponymous brand.

In our exclusive interview with Bella Tilbury, she’s given us all the beauty deets, some embarrassing makeup moments (we’ve all been there, amirite?), and how Charlotte has been a powerful inspiration to her.

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Cosmo ME: Could you tell us about your role at Charlotte Tilbury?

Bella Tilbury: I have a dual role in the marketing team. I take care of campaigns, store launches, exclusive Charlotte Tilbury projects, and also work on Sophie and Charlotte Tilbury’s masterclasses.

C: What was your first-ever memory of makeup?

B: My first-ever memory of makeup was actually during shoots when Charlie used to shoot Kate with Matt and Marcus. Sophia and I used to love going to the set and playing with makeup. This was obviously before she had the brand, and she used to do, amazing creative looks.

C: What’s a beauty product that you always stole from your mum or even from Charlotte?

B: I think I probably stole lipstick from my mum because lipsticks are so pretty and so much fun. From Charlotte, I think I stole an eyeliner when I was around eight years old.

C: Have you always dreamed of a career in makeup?

B: Yeah, definitely. Charlotte has always been incredible with makeup, and I’ve always been so inspired and amazed by the work she does.

C: Has the passion for makeup always been a part of the Tilbury family?

B: Yeah, no, totally. Because I think it’s just like it’s the family business, and Charlotte is so inspiring. Also, my mum also works at the company, and she’s like a creative genius in terms of her marketing, PR, and activation ideas. I’m so inspired by her creativity, Charlotte’s creativity and for Charlotte, I just don’t even know how she does it.

She’s like an artistic genius, a business genius, and a bit of everything. I think they’re such an inspiration to me and that drives me to be like them. My grandmother is also such an inspiration, she’s all about female empowerment and used to work as a set producer.

C: Could you tell us your most embarrassing makeup moment?

B: For me, it would be how I used to apply foundation, I’m such a foundation girl, and like sometimes when I’d be really, really tired, I used to get some really thick, like very, foundation and just literally slap it on thinking, “no one can tell I’m wearing foundation.”

C: Could you tell us the most expensive beauty product that you’ve ever bought?

B: I bought this product from the Neo Elegance brand, and it’s like this LED device. It helped me a lot because I’m quite prone to break out and it helped me when I had bad spots.

C: According to you, what’s the best budget buy from the brand, Charlotte Tilbury?

B: In the new holiday collection, there is this one thing that is actually just such a steal. It’s the ‘Pillow Talk Mascara & Eyeliner Beautifying Eye Filter’. Everyone wants to have these great lashes and everyone loves to flare lashes. The Pillow Talk Mascara really makes a huge difference to your lashes.

The ‘Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream’ is also going to be refillable so that is a forever budget-saver. We’ve got mini eyeshadow, mini mascara, mini lip liner, and mini lipsticks. So these are great savings and also last really long. What more could you want?

C: Which product would you say has become a part of your signature look?

B: My complexion is really important and to make my complexion pretty great, I couldn’t do anything with makeup on my face without ‘Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream’. But then I also couldn’t see my complexion without the ‘Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter.’

They both just like kind of illuminate your skin, ‘Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream’ you use on a daily basis and it is a really important part of your skincare routine while also acting as a priming partner. The ‘Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter’ is this dewy glow product, it’s like a hybrid of primer and filter.

C: And, what’s the product that you can’t go a single day without wearing?

B: On the practical side, SPF Primer because it’s so important to take care of your skin. It’s kind of the missing step that a lot of women and men don’t do.

C: What is a miracle product that you think every woman needs to own?

B: Wow. I’d say, a giant tub of ‘Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream.’