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Five hundred at a time.

We make colour in small runs, in one place, and put it out when it’s ready. When a run sells out it stays out until we make the next one.

Small runs, on purpose.

Most colour is made a year ahead, in quantities somebody had to guess at. Ours is made five hundred units at a time, which is small enough that we can change our minds and honest enough that it runs out.

That means a shade arrives when it’s right rather than when a season says so, and it means a shade you like can be gone for a few weeks. We’d rather give you the date than pretend the stock is endless.

Everything we make is cosmetic. Colour, oil, polish. Nothing that claims to treat anything.

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The number on each one is the run it came from.

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  • Two cream-coloured lip lacquer tubes on a wooden table in afternoon light.
    Run 014

    The Lip Lacquer

    Six shades$24

    A thick, slow gloss that stays put through a coffee. Cherry Cola is the one that goes first.

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  • A small glass pot of clay-coloured cream blush with its lid resting against it.
    Run 012

    The Cheek Cream

    Four shades$26

    Cream to skin, blends with one finger. Built to sit under or over anything else.

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  • A glass bottle of deep red nail lacquer on a wooden table.
    Run 015

    The Nail Lacquer

    Eight shades$16

    Two coats, no ridge filler, no top coat needed. Dries in the time it takes to make tea.

    See shades

  • A tall glass bottle of body oil with a metal pump, beside a small pool of oil.
    Run 009

    The Body Oil

    One shade$34

    Squalane and apricot with a faint fig note. The only thing we make that doesn't leave colour.

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How a run works.

Three steps, in this order, every time.

  1. 01

    We make five hundred

    One lab, one formula, one batch. The run number printed on the box is the batch it came out of, so if a shade shifts slightly between runs you can see exactly where.

  2. 02

    The list hears first

    Everyone on text alerts gets the date and time before the run goes live on the site. That is the entire reason the text program exists.

  3. 03

    It sells out, or it teaches us something

    Gone in a day means we make it again. Slow means we change it. Either way the next run is different and the number goes up.

What we don’t make.

Short list, and we’re not planning to grow it.

Anything in these categories is regulated as a drug or a medical device in the US. They’re not off-limits because they’re bad — they’re off-limits because doing them properly is somebody else’s job.

  • No SPF or sun protection.

    A sunscreen is an over-the-counter drug here, tested to a standard we don't run.

  • No acne, blemish or dandruff treatments.

    Same reason.

  • No devices.

    LED masks, microcurrent wands, the whole shelf of them.

  • No supplements, detox or whitening.

    Not a category we belong in.

  • No claims about what colour does to skin.

    It sits on top and it looks good. That's the job.

Beautytob SMS

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The Drop List: run dates, restock notes and offers. Recurring messages, roughly 4 to 6 a month. You hear the date before it goes on the site.

Full program terms and sample messages

Must be 18+ and a U.S. mobile subscriber.