Celebrities can't get enough of Clé de Peau Beauté
And now you can shop the Japanese brand in Australia
If you're a beauty buff, then you've likely come across the name Clé de Peau Beauté.
The brand is frequently mentioned by celebrity makeup artists and celebrities alike as their desert island, holy grail must-have, but despite its popularity, you'd be hard pressed to find it in your usual go-to beauty retailers.
The luxury skin care and makeup brand is distinctly elusive and expensive in Australia.
But, if you're the kind of beauty lover who only buys the best that money can buy, there's no better brand to invest in than Clé de Peau Beauté.
Want to know what the best Clé de Peau Beauté products are and how you can get your hands on them? Keep scrolling, BEAUTYcrew has all the answers...
What country is Clé de Peau Beauté from?
Clé de Peau Beauté was founded in Japan in 1982 by the Shiseido group, but its name is French, and translates to 'the key to skin's beauty'.
What is so special about Clé de Peau Beauté?
Clé de Peau Beauté utilises a range of Japanese technologies and ingredients to improve the skin's intelligence and reactions to external stimuli to maintain ideal skin conditions. But they also offer colour makeup and base makeup products too. Most notably their sell-out stick concealer, which is beloved by celebrity makeup artists and their A-list clientele alike.
Which celebrities use Clé de Peau Beauté?
Clé de Peau Beauté's celebrity ambassador, Dakota Fanning, recently wore a full face of Clé de Peau skin care and makeup to the 2024 Emmy Awards, and she's frequently sharing her favourite products with her Instagram followers.
"Can’t live without this Clé de Peau Beauté Firming Serum Supreme ($458.80 from Amazon Australia) in my daily routine," Fanning told her followers in 2023.
"The Clé de Peau Beauté Eye Contour Cream Supreme ($376.40 from Kogan) keeps my skin looking bright and rested," she said in February. "The bonus is this adorable sparkly platinum eye massager I get to use to apply it."
However, its the Clé de Peau concealer ($116.82 at Cult Beauty), which has an undeniable cult following in Hollywood, because it gives a flawless, full-coverage finish that blends seamlessly, and looks so natural it's barely detectable on the skin.
As someone who doesn't wear foundation, Halsey has said that the concealer is her holy grail makeup product.
"I use it in the colour 'Ivory', or sometimes I’ll use 'Buff', and I’ll mix them together a little bit depending on what my skin tone is like at the time," she told Allure in 2021.
Jenna Dewan called the same concealer "magic" in a makeup tutorial she shared via her YouTube channel in 2018.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley named the concealer as one of her favourites in a 2017 interview with W, and she never leaves the house without it. "I'll go in and get in any of those areas where there's blemishes or impurities or under the eye," she told the magazine.
And Margot Robbie's makeup artist Pati Dubroff told Town & Country in 2014 she was "hooked from first use".
Is Clé de Peau Beauté cheaper in Japan?
The luxury brand is considerably cheaper in Japan than the rest of the world, and is even more affordable at duty free stores. So if you're planning a trip to Japan in the not-too-distant future, it would be worth stocking up while you're there to save a bit of money on your favourite products.
Where can I buy Clé de Peau Beauté in Australia?
Australians can shop Clé de Peau Beauté online at various retailers including Cult Beauty, Fresh Beauty Co., and YesStyle.
What are the most popular Clé de Peau Beauté products?
1/ Clé de Peau Beauté The Foundation
from $489.60 at Fresh Beauty Co.
Luxurious, lightweight and infused with a slew of skin care ingredients, this foundation helps to smooth and blur fine lines, imperfections, and wrinkles for a flawless radiant finish that lasts up to 24 hours.
2/ Clé de Peau Beauté Volumizing Cream Supreme
from $603.40 at Fresh Beauty Co.
This anti-ageing face cream promises to add volume back into the face for a filler-like effect and a more youthful-looking complexion. It plumps, firms, enhances radiance, and moisturises the skin for up to 24 hours.
3/ Clé de Peau Beauté The Precious Lipstick
from $195.33 at YesStyle
This is Clé de Peau's most advanced lipstick formulation, and it took seven years to develop. The innovative pick has a serum-like texture and is infused with a blend of diamonds, 24-karat gold and superior skin care ingredients, which plump and moisturise the lips, as well as enhancing the richness and radiance of the lipstick shade itself.
4/ Clé de Peau Beauté Radiant Corrector For Eyes
from $112.86 at Cult Beauty
Enriched with microscopic pearl particles, this nourishing undereye corrector targets dark circles and dullness by illuminating and enhancing radiance. Advanced optical and counterbalancing glow technology helps to conceal dark circles, dullness, and uneven tone, while the sheer-to-medium buildable coverage promises eight hours of hydrating wear.
5/ Clé de Peau Beauté Concealer SPF 27
from $112 at Fresh Beauty Co.
This multi-tasking concealer stick smooths imperfections, promises a seamless and natural finish, and provides flawless, full-coverage. It can be used to spot conceal, correct dark circles or diffused as an all over complexion product that deliver six hours of hydration and visibly improves the appearance of skin in four weeks.
Main image credit: @dakotafanning
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Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).
