London Fashion Week was back this weekend for its bi-annual onslaught of the city, where the famous and fabulous spend the weekend travelling from designer shows to parties dressed in their very best. It is always a spectacle for the senses and whether you’re into fashion or not, it can be very tempting to get swept up in the glamour of it all if you visiting the capital during LFW.
As it draws to a close, and the fash pack head to Paris for the next designer display, I thought it would be fun to look at some of the trends the PS UK team have picked out as their favourite beauty looks tipped to be big for spring 2025. As a former beauty editor, I spent years travelling to all four fashion capitals, starting in New York, then back home to London before heading to Paris and Milan to see the trends being created in real time. This was the era of no social media and the only way we would see the beauty looks was by being there – which included many 5am starts and very little sleep for a month.
Things have changed somewhat now and you will receive show reports and images almost immediately, meaning you can save your soles (literally) and learn the trends from the comfort of your own home. You may still be wondering if these trends are relevant to you and so I turn to the words of Miranda Priestly in the Devil Wears Prada (quite frankly one of the most iconic characters of all time): “‘This stuff’? Oh. Okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You go to your closet and you select, I don’t know that lumpy blue sweater, for instance, because you are trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put on your back. But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise. It’s not lapis. It’s actually cerulean. And you’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns. And then i think it was Yves Saint Laurent, wasn’t it who showed cerulean military jackets? And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers. And then it, uh, filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin. However, that blue represents millions of dollars and countless jobs and it’s sort of comical how you think that you’ve made a choice that exempts you from the fashion industry when, in fact you’re wearing a sweater that was selected for you by the people in this room, from a pile of stuff.”
Well, it’s the same for beauty. The world doesn’t just wake up one day and think textured hair is out and now it’s all about the photo high-shine finish. This look would have been created by one of the geniuses backstage and after a while it filters down to the public. And with that, these are a few of our favourite LFW Spring 2025 looks we predict you will all be wearing next year.
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Brazilian Big Blow Out
“Big blow outs are back and as someone who doesn’t suit the slick back bun style, I couldn’t be happier,” says Chloe Dunn, senior content director at PS UK. “I’m a big fan of this style and I’m so pleased to see it looks set to continue into next year – especially as I now can actually replicate at home!”
The look was created by hair maestro Sam McKnight at the 16 Arlington Spring 2025 show and was inspired by the supermodels of the 90s. He has these tips for recreating the look at home: “Mist Sam McKnight Superlift Volumising Root Spray (£26) into roots and Sam McKnight Save The Do (£26) through lengths, blow-dry with a round brush for all over volume and movement. Mist hairspray onto each section for hold before rolling on a medium velcro roller (55mm), repeat through all hair, leave to cool before removing the rollers and brushing through.”
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Sunset Lips
“I love a contrasting lip combination so seeing sunset lips at the Ahluwalia show for LFW made my day,” says Lauren Gordon, editorial co-ordinator at PS UK. “I love that you can go as minimal or extreme as you’d like, or experiment with bold colours, like dark oranges, bright pinks and rich reds to create the sunset that suits you.
“I’ve had the pleasure of trying a sunset lip as a step outside of my comfort zone, using Mac Cosmetics lip Liner in Root For Me (£20) and Mac Cosmetics Macixmal Sleek Satin Lipstick in Call It Cozy (£25) – a shade I wouldn’t have even looked twice at initially – and I absolutely loved it.”
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Bejwelled Oversized Hair Clips
“I loved everything about the Simone Rocha Spring 2025 collection,” says Lauren Ezekiel, associate editor at PS UK. “It was all very playful and proved balletcore is going nowhere next year. The slicked back semi updo was a modern twist on the traditional slicked back bun and I really enjoyed the stark contrast between the oversized feminine accessories and the distinct centre parting.”
The look was created by Cyndia Harvey using Bumble and bumble, where she gathered the hair at the back and crisscrossed it at the crown, forming a dome-like shape. She recommends if you want your hair clips to stay in place to add a good spritz of Bumble and Bumble Thickening Dryspun Texture Spray (£25) to the area before placing the accessories to give hair additional grip.
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Modern Grunge Girl
“Seeing as my first foray into makeup was in the 90s, I’m obsessed with the 90s eye look at Mark Fast Spring 2025,” says Rhiannon Evans, content director at PS UK. “This is one trend I probably could actually pull off, given my former decade of experience. It’s giving me flashbacks to Just17 telling me how to get the perfect make-up look with just a kohl pencil and a tub of vaseline and I’m very into it. Now I just need to Oasis ticket to match and I’ll be fully reliving my youth next year.”
Lead Make Up Artist, Sharon Dowsett created the look for Mark Fast Spring 2025 show, and while the smokey eye might have a hint of grunge to it, she explained that the skin was then left completely free of foundation, with just a touch of concealer was used to even out skin tone, to give it this fresh finish. Dowsett created the smokey eye by mixing black eye shadow with the Weleda Skin Food Lip Balm (£8) which she explained gave the slightly glossy finish and the colour added staying power.
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Dark Lips
“You heard it hear first, dark lips are massive for Autumn and they look set to last well into spring too,” says Ezekiel. “This deep, dark lip is perfectly paired with glowing luminous skin, which makes it feel ethereal yet modern.”
It was created by Dominic Skinner at Mac Cosmetics for Roksanda and wanted it to look like the models were not made up, but instead perfectly untouched, very much real skin. To achieve this pillowy blackcurrant lip he used Mac Cosmetics Macximal Sleek and Satin Lipstick in Cyber (£25).
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Candy Coloured Eyes
“This fun eyeshadow look screams spring to me,” says Ezekiel. “I really like how it isn’t applied in a strict area, making it look playful and fun.”
Terry Barber Global Creative Director of Artistry Mac Cosmetics created the look for Marques Almeidaall Spring 2025 and described the eyeshadow shape as “a little bit wrong, a little bit clumsy and awkward.” He used the Mac Chromaline in Process Magenta (£22) to create the eyeshadow shade.
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Lauren Ezekiel is an associate editor at PS UK, where she writes about all things beauty and wellness. With a degree in journalism and 12 years’ experience as a beauty editor at a leading Sunday supplement, she is obsessed with skincare, hair and makeup, and is often found offering advice to innocent bystanders. Her work has been published in Grazia, OK, Health and Beauty, The Sun, ASDA, Dare and Metro.
