Gucci Westman
The makeup artist behind two decades of red-carpet 'no-makeup makeup' for Cameron Diaz, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jennifer Aniston — and former global artistic director at Lancôme and Revlon — launched Westman Atelier in 2018 as a clean-luxury color line built around skin-first formulation and refillable Art Deco compacts.
"I wanted clean to feel like luxury, not a compromise."
— Gucci Westman
Gucci Westman trained as a makeup artist in the 1990s and built a three-decade editorial and red-carpet career, including stints as global artistic director at Lancôme (2002–2008) and Revlon (2009–2014). Her signature look — luminous, lightly worn, skin-first — predated the 'no-makeup makeup' wave by a decade.
She launched Westman Atelier in 2018 on Net-a-Porter with the tagline 'Consciously Crafted Beauty', built around skin-care-grade actives, refillable compacts, and a tightly edited shade range. The Vital Skincare Foundation Stick and Baby Cheeks Blush Stick became defining products.
Westman runs the brand with her husband, photographer David Neville (co-founder of Rag & Bone), as creative director. The brand has remained independent and is sold at top-tier prestige retail globally.
Skin-first formulation — color cosmetics built on a skincare base.
Clean as a craft standard, not a marketing claim — refillable, traceable, conscious.
- 1990sTrains as a makeup artist; builds editorial / red-carpet career
- 2002–2008Global artistic director, Lancôme
- 2009–2014Global artistic director, Revlon
- 2018Launches Westman Atelier on Net-a-Porter
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