Bobbi Brown x The Met: Try Every Shade on Your Own Photo First
Bobbi Brown x The Met turns museum paintings into holiday makeup, and every shade in it deserves a test on your own face before you buy, because a red that glows on one person can fall flat on another.
The collection in one frame: museum art packaging, holiday shades, and the try on step before any money changes hands.
Direct answer
Try every Bobbi Brown x The Met shade on your own photo before you buy it, because the collection is built from paintings, not from your skin, and only your face can tell you whether Parisian Red, Neutral Rose, Blushed Peach, or Blushed Burgundy actually flatters you.
The collection pairs five Bobbi Brown formulas with paintings from The Met's European Paintings and Drawings and Prints collections, and every shade below is one the brand itself has published on its own collection page. A further drop is reported for 12 November 2026, but the brand has not published what is in it, so this guide covers the confirmed shades you can try now, and says plainly where the reporting ends and the guessing would start.
Key takeaways
- Try the confirmed shades on your own photo first. Parisian Red, Neutral Rose, Blushed Peach, Blushed Burgundy, Rose Illusion, and the four named palette shades are all published on the brand's own page.
- Start from your undertone, then let the photo decide. Yellow reds and peach golds lean warm, burgundy and deep blue lean cool, and neutral rose suits most.
- The 8 shade palette is the centerpiece, and the brand's page names four of its shades in a featured look: Artist's Easel, Glimmering Gallery, Sculpted Bronze, and Midnight Ink.
- A further drop is reported for 12 November 2026, but its contents are not published by the brand. Do not wait for it to try the shades that are confirmed now.
- Your first preview needs no account. Upload one photo to /makeup-try-on and see the shade on yourself.
What is the Bobbi Brown x The Met collection?
Bobbi Brown x The Met is a limited edition holiday collaboration between Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each product pairs a signature Bobbi Brown formula with a painting chosen, in the brand's own words, for the harmony between the painting's palette and the product's finish. The brand's Global Pro Artist Cassandra Garcia created the looks, designed to move from soft and neutral to bold and dramatic inside a single collection.
The collection covers lips, cheeks, and eyes, with two Luxe Lipsticks, two Brightening Blushes, a Luxe Shimmer Eyeshadow, an 8 shade eye palette, and Extra Lip Tinted Balms. The paintings behind them are Henri-Edmond Cross's Landscape with Stars, Gustav Klimt's Mäda Primavesi, Odilon Redon's Pandora, and Claude Monet's Bouquet of Sunflowers. If you are unsure which makeup families suit you at all, start with our makeup guide: /blog/what-makeup-suits-me, and if you do not know your undertone yet, find it first: /blog/find-your-skin-undertone.
Which lipstick shades should you try first?
Start with the two Luxe Lipsticks, because lipstick is the shade you will see most and the one undertone decides fastest. Parisian Red is, in the brand's own description, a true yellow red. Yellow reds lean warm, so Parisian Red is the first test if your skin leans warm or olive, and the boldest test if it leans cool. Neutral Rose is a neutral pinky rose, and neutrals are the safest first test for anyone unsure of their undertone, since they sit between warm and cool rather than pulling hard either way.
Try both, not one, because the two reds answer different questions. Parisian Red answers whether a true red lifts you. Neutral Rose answers whether a soft rose is your everyday shade. Run both through /makeup-try-on on the same photo, in the same light, and keep the one that makes your skin look clearer at arm's length, not just close up. A lipstick that wins close up but washes you out at conversation distance is not the winner.
Which blush shade suits you, Blushed Peach or Blushed Burgundy?
The Brightening Blush is a three in one blush in a limited edition compact carrying a detail from Klimt's Mäda Primavesi, and it comes in two shades. Blushed Peach is matte peach complemented by soft gold and light bronze satin shades, in the brand's description. Peach with gold leans warm, so it is the first test for warm undertones and for anyone who wants a lit from within glow rather than a strong cheek color. Blushed Burgundy is matte soft burgundy complemented by soft champagne satin and golden shimmer shades. Burgundy with champagne leans cooler and deeper, so it is the first test for cool undertones and deeper skin, and for evening looks where peach would disappear.
Each compact holds three coordinating shades in one pan, which can be worn alone or blended together, so test the blush the way you will wear it: one shade alone for a soft flush, then blended for depth. Judge it on your own photo through /makeup-try-on against the lipstick you just chose, because blush and lipstick share the same undertone decision, and a peach blush with a yellow red lip is a different face from a burgundy blush with a neutral rose lip.
Which eyeshadow shades are in the palette?
The Met Holiday Eye Shadow Palette is an 8 shade palette in a limited edition compact carrying a detail from Cross's Landscape with Stars in a gilded frame. The brand's own collection page names four of its shades in a featured look: Artist's Easel, Glimmering Gallery, Sculpted Bronze, and Midnight Ink. Golds and bronzes lean warm and are the easiest entry point, while Midnight Ink, a deep blue, is the cool smoky end of the palette, the shade that turns a daytime gold eye into an evening look.
Beside the palette sits the Luxe Shimmer Eyeshadow in Rose Illusion, a rose gold with gold sparkle, in a compact carrying the same Cross detail. Rose Illusion is the one shade wonder of the collection: worn alone for a holiday eye, or layered over any palette shade for shimmer. Test the palette shades and Rose Illusion together on your own photo through /makeup-try-on, because eyeshadow is where a shade that looks gold in the pan can read bronze or brown on your lid, and only your eye shows which.
What about the two lip balms?
The Extra Lip Tinted Balms are the lowest risk entry point to the collection: a hydrating tinted balm whose color adjusts to your lips' pH for a healthy looking flush, in a limited edition case carrying a detail from Monet's Bouquet of Sunflowers. The two shades are Bare Rose and Bare Mahogany. Balms suit everyone trying a collection without committing to a full lipstick, and they suit the shopper who wants the Met packaging with the most wearable product underneath it.
Try both balms on your own photo through /makeup-try-on even though they are sheers, because a sheer tint still shifts with your natural lip color, and Bare Mahogany will read deeper on some lips than on others. If you are choosing between a balm and a lipstick from this collection, test the balm first: it tells you your undertone's answer in the gentlest form, and the lipstick decision gets easier after it.
What is actually coming on 12 November?
One November roundup reports that additional exclusive drops from this collection release globally on 12 November 2026, after a first phase that is available now. That is the full extent of what is confirmed about the date: the brand's own pages checked for this guide do not publish what the further drops contain, which shades they add, or whether they repeat the shades above in new packaging. This guide therefore does not describe the 12 November shades, because describing them would mean inventing them.
The practical answer is simple: do not wait for 12 November to try the shades that are confirmed now. Test Parisian Red, Neutral Rose, Blushed Peach, Blushed Burgundy, Rose Illusion, and the named palette shades on your own photo today, and check the brand's own collection page when the drop lands to see what is actually new. If the drop adds shades, they join the same test: upload one photo, try the shade, and let your face decide.
Source: Bobbi Brown, "Bobbi Brown x The Met Brightening Blush": the two blush shades and their descriptions
How do you try every shade on your own photo?
Open /makeup-try-on, or start at /tools if you want the full picker, and upload one clear photo of yourself in daylight, facing the camera, with no heavy filter on it. Pick a shade, see it on yourself, and judge it at arm's length as well as close up, in daylight, against the clothes you actually wear. Work through the collection in order: lipsticks, then blush, then eyes, then balms, saving the winners as you go.
Your first preview needs no account, and you only sign up to save or download a look. Save the winning photo for each shade: it shows the shade on your skin instead of describing it in words, and it is the most useful thing you can take into a store when you buy the collection. If a shade loses on your photo, you spent a minute, not the price of a limited edition compact you will never open.
A try on shows the shade on your photo, not a promise
A photo try on shows you the shade on your own face, which is far more information than a bottle or a swatch gives you. It is not a guarantee: screens and lighting shift color, and a shade can read differently in daylight than under shop lights. Check the winning shade in daylight before you buy it. Also note that the 12 November drop is reported, not confirmed by the brand's own pages, and its contents are not described here; the hero image is an AI generated illustration of a holiday makeup collection, not a photograph of the actual products.
Take the theory out of it.
The collection is makeup, so the makeup try on is the direct test. Upload one photo, try Parisian Red, Neutral Rose, the blushes, the palette shades, and the balms, and buy only the winners. The first preview needs no account.
Questions people ask
Is Bobbi Brown x The Met still available?
The collection is a limited edition holiday collaboration, and its first phase is on sale now through the brand and its retailers. Limited edition means it is made for the holiday season, not restocked like a permanent shade, so availability depends on what is left when you shop. Try the confirmed shades on your photo first, then buy the winners while they are listed, rather than waiting for a restock that may never come.
Which Bobbi Brown x The Met lipstick suits warm skin?
Parisian Red is the first test for warm skin, because the brand describes it as a true yellow red, and yellow reds lean warm. Neutral Rose is the safer test if you are unsure of your undertone, since a neutral pinky rose sits between warm and cool. Run both through /makeup-try-on on the same photo and keep the one that makes your skin look clearer at arm's length.
Should I choose Blushed Peach or Blushed Burgundy?
Blushed Peach leans warm, with peach complemented by soft gold and light bronze, so it suits warm undertones and soft daytime glow. Blushed Burgundy leans cooler and deeper, with soft burgundy complemented by champagne satin and golden shimmer, so it suits cool undertones and evening looks. Test both on your own photo beside the lipstick you chose, since blush and lipstick share the same undertone decision.
What is coming from Bobbi Brown x The Met on 12 November 2026?
One November roundup reports additional exclusive drops on 12 November 2026, after a first phase that is available now. The brand's own pages checked for this guide do not publish what those drops contain, so this guide does not describe their shades. Check the brand's own collection page when the drop lands, and test any new shade on your photo before buying it.
Do I need an account to try the Met shades on my photo?
No. Your first preview needs no account: upload one photo to /makeup-try-on, pick the shade, and see it on yourself. You only sign up when you want to save or download a look, which is worth doing for the winning shade, since the saved photo is the most useful thing you can take into a store.