It's not been a quiet week for legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath. On Monday, it was announced that she has joined Edward Enninful's stellar line-up at British Vogue as beauty editor-at-large, bringing her expertise, innovation and global audience to the publication, alongside other heavyweight contributors Val Garland, Sam McKnight and Charlotte Tilbury.
And today, even more excitement: the Pat McGrath Labs makeup collection has launched globally on Net-A-Porter, meaning the brand is available in the UK for the first time. There's been industry buzz around the line since the sell-out Gold 001 back in 2015, which generated copycats from drug stores and luxury brands alike and began, as most smart brands do, on social media. "Something is coming" may mean as little to you as "Winter is coming" does to those oblivious to Game of Thrones, but to McGrath's 1.4 million Instagram followers, it means one thing: a new launch.
Featuring highly pigmented product with plenty of shimmer, the sequinned packaging is almost as covetable as the items themselves. Click ahead to see all the beauty buys we'll be snapping up from Pat McGrath Labs, now it's finally landed in the UK.
Remember when McGrath gave makeovers to the likes of Bella Hadid and Hailey Baldwin in Paris' Tuileries Garden back in 2015? She adorned their eyes with the original glittering finish, Gold 001. Now, the cult hit (have you seen its Instagram coverage?) has returned, this time in a four-piece set. Made up of a pressed powder, creamy eyeshadow, a mixing liquid and an inky eyeliner, you can get the kit in gold, copper, bronze and silver. You'll be able to recreate the looks seen on McGrath's feed at home.
Pat McGrath Labs Metalmorphosis 005 Kit – Gold, £55, available at Net-A-Porter
McGrath swept this electric blue over models' eyes at Anna Sui's AW17 show. Blue in all shades and tones will be front and centre of your makeup kit this year, so make your eye colour pop with the interstellar-inspired kit. In it, you'll find four highly pigmented eye colours, a clear eye gloss, and kohl liner. You can also choose Dark Star in UltraSuede Brown, which McGrath used at the Versace AW17 show – on Gigi Hadid, no less.
Pat McGrath Labs Dark Star 006 Kit – UltraViolet Blue, £120, available at Net-A-Porter
Renowned for giving skin an inimitable glow, McGrath's Skin Fetish is perhaps the most coveted product of them all. Twenty-five years in the making, this kit (along with its Nude counterpart) combines a pressed powder highlighter with violet and magenta tones, a champagne highlighter and clear balm duo stick, and a buffing brush. If you thought you had highlighter down to a T, it's time to reassess: we got a sneak preview of this on Valentino's SS17 catwalk, and the ethereal radiance is real.
Pat McGrath Labs Skin Fetish 003 Kit – Golden, £70, available at Net-A-Porter
Single-handedly convincing customers that glitter lips needn't mean a sequins-stuck-in-teeth situation, McGrath introduced us to this back in AW16 at Versace. Including six matte lipsticks – ranging from nude to plum and red – a clear gloss that doubles up as adhesive, and four glitter pots, this one has sold out (already!) on Net-A-Porter but we have everything crossed for a restock.
Pat McGrath Labs Lust 004 Everything Kit, £135, available at Net-A-Porter
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