Bobbi Brown x The Met carries a museum’s walls onto the dressing table. For the holidays, the brand has taken some of its best-loved formulas and wrapped them in details from paintings held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Monet’s sunflowers on a lip balm, a Klimt portrait on a blush, a starry Henri-Edmond Cross landscape set inside a gilded frame. It’s makeup you’ll want to leave out rather than tuck away, and below we walk through every piece and every shade you can buy in the UK.
£32 to £45 a piece · 5 pieces · the palette plus 6 single shades · limited edition · at John Lewis
The numbers
Two pieces are for eyes, one is for cheeks and two are for lips. Odilon Redon’s Pandora joins Monet, Klimt and Cross on the lipstick, and Cross’s Landscape with Stars appears twice, on both eye pieces. John Lewis carries all five; Fenwick has them too, and Selfridges stocks three.
Every piece, framed
01. Starlight in a gilded frame
Bobbi Brown x The Met 8 Eyeshadow Palette
£45 · 8 shades
The compact is the showpiece: a detail of Henri-Edmond Cross’s Landscape with Stars (1905–1908), pale blue scattered with gold, set inside an ornate gilded frame so it looks lifted straight off a gallery wall. Inside, the shades lean warm and easy to wear, with a deep matte blue for evenings that ask for a little more, and four of them carry a pressed design.
Shades: Tapestry (shimmering soft true gold), Gilded Frame (shimmering light champagne), Glimmering Gallery (shimmering soft yellow gold), Sculpted Bronze (shimmering neutral bronze), Graphite Glimmer (twinkling black brown), Artist’s Easel (matte beige), Sketch (medium matte warm brown), Midnight Ink (matte deep blue).
Perfect for: anyone who wants one palette to take them from daytime neutrals to a smoky party eye.
02. A single shade of sparkle
Bobbi Brown x The Met Luxe Eyeshadow Single, Rose Illusion
£32 · 1 shade
The same Cross landscape, this time on a small case that slips easily into an evening bag. Rose Illusion is all multidimensional shimmer, made for that instant catch of light, and it’s just as happy worn alone over a bare lid as it is pressed on top of a palette look.
Perfect for: a small, beautiful gift for someone who loves a lit-up lid.
03. Klimt on the cheek
Bobbi Brown x The Met Brightening Blush, Blushed Burgundy
£42.50 · 1 shade
The compact carries a detail from Gustav Klimt’s portrait Mäda Primavesi (1912–1913), all soft florals and pale, dreamy colour. Inside is a three-in-one blush, three tones pressed side by side to give cheeks a lit-from-within glow. In the UK it comes in Blushed Burgundy.
Perfect for: anyone who likes their blush to bring a little glow along with the colour.
04. A red worth framing
Bobbi Brown x The Met Luxe Lipstick
£36 · Neutral Rose, Parisian Red
Odilon Redon’s dreamlike Pandora (1914) wraps around the case, which makes reaching for it in a restaurant mirror feel like a small occasion. The lipstick itself is Bobbi Brown’s skincare-infused formula, with 10-hour hydration and a rich satin finish. Neutral Rose is the everyday one; Parisian Red is the classic red for the party season.
Perfect for: a gift that feels far more considered than its size.
05. Monet’s sunflowers, in your handbag
Bobbi Brown x The Met Extra Lip Tinted Balm
£33 · Bare Rose, Bare Mahogany
A detail from Claude Monet’s Bouquet of Sunflowers (1881) brings a burst of warm yellow to the case. Inside is sheer, balmy colour that plumps lips with hydration and adjusts to your lips’ pH, so the flush it leaves is your own. Bare Rose is the softer of the two; Bare Mahogany goes deeper.
Perfect for: the friend who never quite commits to lipstick but always has a balm to hand.
Paintings that set the palette
The art isn’t only on the outside. Each colour story was built around its painting, so the palette’s golds and that single deep blue echo Cross’s starry sky, while Monet’s sunflowers sit on the warmest-feeling lip in the line-up. It gives the collection a quiet coherence: you could buy one piece or all five and they would look as though they belong together on a shelf.
The formulas are ones Bobbi Brown fans already know well, which takes the guesswork out of gifting. A Luxe Lipstick or an Extra Lip Tinted Balm is a safe pair of hands; the difference here is that it arrives looking like something from a museum shop.
The spread of pieces helps too. The eyeshadow single and the balms make lovely smaller gifts, while the palette has the presence of a main present.
Our Pique Verdict
Perfect for: art lovers and Bobbi Brown regulars who want formulas they trust in cases worth displaying
Best product: the 8 Eyeshadow Palette, gilded frame and all
Biggest drawback: there’s no face product to complete the look
Value for money: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
Shop the Bobbi Brown x The Met collection at John Lewis
Frequently asked questions
What’s in the Bobbi Brown x The Met collection?
Five pieces are on sale in the UK: the 8 Eyeshadow Palette, the Luxe Eyeshadow Single in Rose Illusion, the Brightening Blush in Blushed Burgundy, the Luxe Lipstick in Neutral Rose and Parisian Red, and the Extra Lip Tinted Balm in Bare Rose and Bare Mahogany.
Where can I buy Bobbi Brown x The Met in the UK?
John Lewis stocks all five pieces. Fenwick carries them too, and Selfridges stocks the palette, the eyeshadow single and the lip balm.
How much is Bobbi Brown x The Met?
Prices run from £32 for the Luxe Eyeshadow Single to £45 for the 8 Eyeshadow Palette. The Luxe Lipstick is £36, the Extra Lip Tinted Balm £33 and the Brightening Blush £42.50.
Which paintings are on the Bobbi Brown x The Met packaging?
Henri-Edmond Cross’s Landscape with Stars (on the palette and the eyeshadow single), Gustav Klimt’s Mäda Primavesi (the blush), Odilon Redon’s Pandora (the lipstick) and Claude Monet’s Bouquet of Sunflowers (the lip balm).
Is Bobbi Brown x The Met limited edition?
Yes, every piece in the collection is limited edition.
