Awards season is a busy period for us editors, but I have no complaints—the red carpet provides the best sneak peek at the year's upcoming beauty trends, and crucially, whether we're going to be going all-out glam or more pared-back minimalism.
This time around at the BAFTAs 2025, it was muted glam that reigned supreme. Gone were OTT eyes and the avant-garde in favour of a real emphasis on skin, of the lit-from-within variety. This was paired with soft make-up defined by barely-there winged eyeliner, bronze shimmers and honeyed lips and cheeks.
And I'm saying it here first, but contouring has made its return to the mainstream—and not in the 2016 way, before you head out to Sephora.
On the red carpet, there were no harsh lines, but celebs were clearly bronzed and sculpted in all the right places, especially when it came to the eye sockets. Marie Claire UK was lucky enough to go backstage with Sex Education's Mimi Keene as she got ready for the awards, and she told us first-hand that bronzing and glazing were the two trends she predicts will dominate the beauty landscape this year. And she's not alone, Demi Moore, Ariana Grande, Letitia Wright all let their bone structure sing with the help of some very precise, carefully placed contour.
Ok, enough from me. Get your pencils at the ready as I break down this year's biggest BAFTAs beauty looks.
Selena Gomez
(Image credit: Getty Images John Phillips/BAFTA / Contributor)
Selena Gomez’s satin skin came courtesy of celebrity facialist Teresa Tarmey. This was perfectly counterbalanced by an uber-precise winged liquid liner from make-up artist Hung Vanngo, who used the star’s brand, Rare Beauty.
