About Lumen

Lumen is a fictional beauty brand, made to show the POLYMATH theme. We make a short list of formulas that let skin look like skin: sheer where it should be, buildable where you want it.

Why Lumen

Colour that lets skin show through

We started with one question: what if make-up looked like a better day, not a mask? Every formula is built in thin layers, so you decide how much.

Six foundation shades, matched in daylight, and a finder that asks three questions instead of fifty.

Find your shade

Our standards

Kind to skin, kind to shelves

Vegan and cruelty-free
No animal ingredients, and no testing on animals at any stage. (Demo copy.)
No added fragrance
Left out of every complexion formula, so the foundation smells of nothing.
Refills first
Serum and cream refills slot into the glass you already own. (Demo copy.)
Shades in daylight
Every shade photographed by a window, never under a ring light.