Queen Camilla is known for her regal style and elegant glow, but she was once a far cry from her refined personality. The 77-year-old’s transformation is partly thanks to her trusty makeup artist Marina Sandoval.

The Queen is a big fan of the outdoors and a patron of gardening. Since becoming a member of the royal family, she has been involved in several gardening-related organizations alongside her husband, King Charles III.

Like many of us, she’s been loyal to the same hairdresser for years, and that goes for many of her courtiers. The Queen has visited Jo Hansford for 35 years.

That’s where she met Maria – she initially started as a manicurist at the salon. For 15 years, Marina has been part of the Queen’s glam team and offering her expertise. She was the catalyst that transformed her into the stylish woman she is today.

In an interview with the Telegraph, she revealed some of her biggest beauty secrets on how she creates the classic Queen Camilla look. Camilla is known for her signature feathered bob and follows the rule that less is more when it comes to her makeup.

Top of her list was the By Terry Hyaluronic Global Face Cream – which you can buy it here now on LOOKFANTASTIC for £68.

This will replenish your complexion with its softness and lightness that hydrates the skin and adds a visible glow.

It has received rave reviews, with one customer saying: “I really can’t rave enough about this moisturizer. If you want glowing glass skin, this is the one for you, even with my dry skin, it Leaves me feeling glowing and hydrated all day long.

Marina shared: “Having a glow is what many of us want and skincare under makeup is very important. During winter and especially around Christmas, use the most enriching face cream available to you, as we tend to be more dehydrated due to cold, wind and indoor heating.

Next up is the Guerlain Abeille Royale Minimizing Multi-Wrinkle Eye Cream which costs £72 – you can buy it here now, by clicking this link. Maria said it’s important to make it part of your makeup routine and not just at night, as it will help make under-eye wrinkles less visible.

When it comes to your skin tone, Marina continues, “I advise my clients, after a certain age, to switch to a tinted moisturizer or one of the new liquid skin tints. » Her main recommendation was to set it with Laura Mercier Translucent Loose Setting Powder. . If you want to buy it, click here as it’s on sale for just £28.

Marina is totally against using any form of shimmer or highlighter on Queen and suggested it’s not suitable for mature skin, so she opts for a bronzer.

She said she often uses Anastasia Beverly Hills bronzer, available at Boots for £24.

Her final tip was to not match your eyebrows to your hairstyle. You have to shop around to find a “color that flatters you.”

The elf Cosmetics Instant Lift Brow Pencil comes in a set of two and costs just £5. It features a double-ended precision eyebrow pencil that you can brush your features onto – you can buy it now if you click here.