The Estee Lauder x The Met 150 Collection has just been announced as a collaboration between Estee Lauder and The Met to celebrate the 150th anniversary of New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s definitely an unexpected collection for sure, but it’s a beauty of a collection now.
Estee Lauder x The Met 150 Collection
In addition to creating a collection, Estee Lauder are making donations too;
“Estée Lauder is donating 100% of the purchase price of each item within the Estée Lauder x MET Collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from August 2020 through March 2021, or while supplies last.“
The Estee Lauder x The Met 150 Collection includes three different products;
- Estee Lauder x The Met Pure Color Envy Full-Size Lipstick Trio $90
- Estee Lauder x The Met Collectible Powder Compact $300
- Estee Lauder x The Met Pure Color Envy Eyeshadow Palette $52
The campaign is being fronted by model Carolyn Murphy, and the promotional imagery is stunning. Very simplistic, but it showcases the ornate enamel casing on the pieces perfectly.
The Estee Lauder x The Met 150 Collection Pure Color Envy Eyeshadow Palette has the most amazing design on the lid, and contains eight colourful powder eyeshadows.
Estée Lauder marks the 150th anniversary of New York City’s world-renowned Metropolitan Museum of Art with this limited-edition eyeshadow palette.
The striking design and rich shades of the palette and gleaming, giftable box are inspired by the shapes and colors of a dynamic Cubist painting from The MET collection: The Village by Fernand Léger.
Now, set your inner artist free with 8 Pure Color Envy Sculpting EyeShadow shades. Create endless looks in pearl, matte and shimmer finishes.
Next up is the Estee Lauder x The Met 150 Collection Collectible Powder is a very expensive $300, and has a very weighty gold metal compact. It even comes with a collectible storage box too, making it even more special.
The striking design and gleaming, giftable box are inspired by the shapes and colors of a beloved Cubist painting from The MET collection: The Village by Fernand Léger.
Intricately designed, exquisitely crafted, this collectible compact is filled and refillable with Perfecting Pressed Powder (.09 oz./2.8g).
A beautiful work of art, yours to keep forever. Approximately 2″/5cm diameter and just over .5″/1.3cm thick.
The last piece in the collection is this beautiful three piece lipstick set, with three full sized lipsticks. The Estee Lauder x The Met 150 Collection Pure Color Envy Lipstick Trio is special because it comes in a cute, patterned box and the lipsticks themselves have a special design ont the casing.
These rich hues in their strikingly design metallic cases and gleaming, giftable box, are inspired by the shapes and colors of a beloved Cubist painting from The MET collection: The Village by Fernand Léger.
Now, set your inner artist free with 3 full-size Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipsticks. Includes shades 450 Insolent Plum, 520 Carnal and 561 Intense Nude—a trio of colors inspired by the original painting’s palette, with a modern flair you can make all your own.
If you like the look of this special limited edition collaboration, the products are available right now.
All images belong to Estee Lauder.
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