By Katherine Tinsley
7:24pm PDT, Oct 2, 2025
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"I did not do her makeup. I wish I did," Bobbi Brown said on the "Breaking Beauty" podcast, shutting down long-standing rumors that Kate Middleton did her own wedding glam. "It was one of my artists, Hannah Martin, who's become quite a sensation in the U.K."
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"Hannah [Martin] did give me some information that I should set my alarm and watch," Bobbi Brown continued. "And we were texting back and forth, and she's like, 'Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god.'"
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Kate Middleton's big day was quite special for Bobbi Brown. "I did get a note … that I have hanging now in my office — not from Kate but from the person that wrote her letters saying how much she appreciated the makeup," Brown said.
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An estimated 1 billion people watched Kate Middleton's wedding, but Bobbi Brown chose not to exploit the event for her own promotional purposes. "We didn't as a company use it — no one did that back then. It wasn't the right thing to do," she said.
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Along with her glowing skin, Kate Middleton's hair also stole the show. "We came up with a unique concept for securing it," hairstylist
James Pryce told
The Telegraph of how he created her unforgettable half-up 'do. "We backcombed the top to create a foundation for the tiara to sit around, then did a tiny plait in the middle and sewed it on. I've never seen anything like it in my life."
