Best Pat McGrath Labs Products: Foundation, Mothership Palettes, Eye Essentials and Lips from the Dame of Makeup

Best Pat McGrath Labs Products: Foundation, Mothership Palettes, Eye Essentials and Lips from the Dame of Makeup

The best Pat McGrath Labs products to buy first, organized the way a makeup artist builds a face.

The best Pat McGrath Labs products, from Skin Fetish foundation to Mothership palettes, eye essentials, lipsticks and brushes. Shop 32 favorites from the world’s most influential makeup artist.

What are the best Pat McGrath Labs products to buy first

The best Pat McGrath Labs products to start with are Skin Fetish Sublime Perfection Foundation and Concealer, a Mothership palette and LiquiLUST lipstick. Dame Pat McGrath has been Beauty Editor-at-Large for British Vogue since 2017 and launched her line in 2015, when her debut product, Gold 001, sold out in record-breaking time. For the face, Skin Fetish is the base, with Sublime Perfection Foundation, Concealer and the Blurring Under-Eye Powder. Divine Skin Rose 001 Hydrating Glow Cream and The Essence prepare skin, and Divine Bronzer, Divine Blush and Divine Cream Blush finish it.

 

Mothership palettes are the clearest way into Pat McGrath’s eye artistry. The line numbers them in Roman numerals: Mothership I Subliminal, III Subversive, VII Divine Rose, X Moonlit Seduction and XII Petalmorphosis. For a single statement, the Gilded Nirvana Mega Eye Shadow Palette and the Divine Decade Edition of Gold 001, her debut product, are the two to look at, and Venus in Fleurs Luxe Quad is the smaller option for a first purchase.

Model with glossy lips for Pat McGrath Labs
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Pat McGrath Labs face products: foundation, concealer, powder, blush and bronzer

Rose shimmer eye makeup by Pat McGrath Labs
Pat McGrath Labs. Photo: Pat McGrath Labs

Pat McGrath Labs Mothership palettes, Gold 001 and Luxe Quad

Pat McGrath Labs eye essentials: liner, mascara, brow and quads

For everyday eyes, Pat McGrath Labs makes a primer, two liners, a mascara and a brow gel. IntensifEYES Longwear Primer sits under shadow, PermaGel Ultra Glide Eye Pencil and Perma Precision Liquid Eyeliner draw the line, Dark Star Volumising Mascara adds volume, and Invisibrow Gel sets the brow. W Magazine named Invisibrow Gel one of the best new beauty launches of August. The Backstage Artistry Luxe Eye Quad, Blitz Astral Quad and Divine Bronze Luxe Quad cover the lid.

 

Pat McGrath Labs lip products come in four finishes on this page: LiquiLUST Legendary Wear Lipstick, MatteTrance Lipstick, SatinAllure Lipstick and LUST: Gloss. I would choose by finish first and shade second, since the finish decides how the color wears. Pick LiquiLUST for a long-wearing lip, MatteTrance for a flat matte and LUST: Gloss when you want shine.

 

Four Skin Fetish brushes cover the base: the Sublime Perfection Powder Brush, Foundation Brush, Blurring Brush and Concealer Brush. A brush is how a makeup artist controls coverage, so if you buy the foundation and concealer above, add the matching brushes.

Navy glitter eye makeup by Pat McGrath Labs
Pat McGrath Labs. Photo: Pat McGrath Labs

Pat McGrath Labs eye primer, liner, mascara, brow gel and quads

Green and gold eye makeup by Pat McGrath Labs
Pat McGrath Labs. Photo: Pat McGrath Labs

Pat McGrath Labs lipsticks, gloss and Skin Fetish brushes

Where I would start with Pat McGrath Labs

Buy the foundation and concealer first, then one Mothership palette or a Luxe Quad, then a lipstick in the finish you will actually wear. That is a full Pat McGrath face in three decisions. Everything else on this page can wait.