The Best Beauty Trends From the 2026 Bafta Film Awards Red Carpet

From pixie crops to bold looks and more, here are the trend highlights from the 79th British Academy Film Awards red carpet.

The Baftas are back, and we’ve got the scoop on the event’s biggest beauty highlights! Held at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday, the 2026 Bafta red carpet saw pared-back looks take centre stage, with barely-there beats and undone tresses being a staple amongst the stars.

Of course, in the sea of safe, there are always the standouts, and we’ve rounded them up in our latest beauty recap. From Sadie Sink’s fluffy brows to Rei Ami’s blunt bangs to Gracie Abrams’ bixie, find our picks for the best beauty trends from the red carpet below:

Trend #1: Fluffy brows

Chase Infiniti

 

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While the sultry, smoky eye and radiant, second-skin base finish of this look are fabulous on their own, Chase Infiniti’s natural, brushed brows are what pull it all together. Makeup artist Amber D created this full look exclusively with Charlotte Tilbury Makeup products, using the Brow Cheat Brow Pencil in medium brown to define the actress’s arches.

Sadie Sink

 

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For her Baftas beauty look, the Stranger Things star leans into the barely-there vibe, but elevates it with a statement fluffy brow and diffused, brown cat-eye liner. Created by makeup artist Emma Day, Charlotte Tilbury Makeup products are also exclusively behind this ethereal look.

Trend #2: Full fringes

Rei Ami

 

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The Kpop Demon Hunters star has been known to rock a very intense bang, and she’s outdone herself for the Baftas. This bang-centric updo by Darren Hau plays up the bluntness of Ami’s fringe for a striking look.

Monica Bellucci

 

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If you’ve been looking for yet another sign to get bangs, perhaps Monica Bellucci can convince you. The Italian actress wore her hair down and blown straight, letting her long, eye-grazing bangs frame her face beautifully.

Trend #3: Bold liner, bold brows

Emma Stone

 

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Nina Park is the it-girl on every makeup-lover’s Pinterest board, and her work on Emma Stone for the 79th Baftas is as sensational as ever. Created using Louis Vuitton Beauty, Stone’s strong, defined arches and smoked-out cat-eye are a masterclass in subtle glam.

Teyana Taylor

 

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We would be remiss to not mention Teyana Taylor here! The One Battle After Another star has made a bold brow and liner her personal signature, bringing some much-needed head-to-toe drama to the red carpet. 

Trend #4: Pixies and bixies

Gracie Abrams

 

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The singer-songwriter may be at the Baftas supporting her beau, Paul Mescal, but she stole the show with this jaw-dropping look. Abrams has chopped her signature bob significantly shorter, and the gorgeous bixie (read: bob pixie) looks absolutely amazing on her.

Jessie Buckley

 

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Another iconic pixie from the evening comes from none other than Hamnet star Jessie Buckley. Created by hairstylist Jenny Cho using GHD Hair’s new Speed dryer and mini flat iron, this sleek, side-parted pixie is effortlessly chic.

Trend #5: Nude lips

Rose Byrne

 

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Yellow is not an easy colour to pull off, but Rose Byrne’s stunning glam does a lot of heavy lifting. According to makeup artist James Molloy, three products make up this stunning lip combo, all courtesy of Lisa Eldrige Beauty: the Sculpt and Shape Lip Pencil in the shade ‘ON’ and the Luxuriously Lucent Lip Colour in the shade ‘Kitten Mischief’, both topped off with the Lip Gloss in the shade ‘Affair’.

Kerry Washington

 

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Kerry Washington’s masterful take on the nude lip is the work of makeup artist Kenneth Soh. To define and plump the lips without going overboard, Soh used a grey-brown lip liner to etch out the edges of Washington’s pout, filling in the centre with a peachy-nude lippy.

Alia Bhatt

 

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For her debut Bafta red carpet, the British-Indian actress brought the glamour in spades, pairing her stunning sequinned Gucci gown with a radiant beauty beat, courtesy of makeup artist Puneet B Saini. Bhatt’s pink-nude lip matches perfectly with her blush, proving that you don’t always have to go bold to make a statement.

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