The Best Celebrity Hair and Makeup Looks at the 2020 BRIT Awards

Lizzo took the phrase “looking like a snack” to an entirely new level with her look for the BRIT Awards, matching her makeup and nails to her Hershey’s-chocolate-bar Moschino dress. That meant a decadently rich, burgundy-brown lipstick, brown- and cocoa-colored shadows around her eyes, and a gorgeous brick-red blush. And maybe it’s just us, but her sky-high updo also made us think of a chocolate fountain.

Lizzo also tied her nails into her dress, adding chocolate-brown polish on the top half of her long, square-shaped nails and sprinkling some silver glitter on top for good measure.

Anne-Marie wore her signature cotton-candy-pink hair in a wet-looking side part, accessorized with a jeweled tiara. Her makeup was equally whimsical, featuring bronze smoked-out eye shadow with flat-back pink-and-clear crystals applied in a winged shape on the outer corners of her eye, plus a few dotted on the inner corners.

Mabel channeled ’90s supermodels like Christy Turlington and Linda Evangelista with her long, sleek bob with the ends curled gradually under. But the nods to the ’90s didn’t stop there: her makeup was ultra glamorous, ultra sculpted, and ultra matte, with just a touch of shine on the lids and lips to make it feel modern.

Laura Whitmore looked like she’d just stepped off the Love Island villa in Cape Town with her blond hair styled in beachy waves and clipped back behind one ear. A gilded hair clip added just enough glamour for the occasion.

The singer-songwriter wore a stunning ruby necklace-and-earring set, but she didn’t stop there when it came to incorporating jewel tones into her look for the night. Peeking out from under her blunt bangs was a two-toned shadow moment, with a sparkly amethyst hue on top and a gorgeous emerald shade on the bottom.

Ellie Goulding gave us a lesson in how to dress up an easy low ponytail for a glamorous event. She kept the hairstyle relaxed, wavy, and romantic by adding waves throughout and strategically leaving pieces of her hair loose at the front.

FKA Twigs was the latest celebrity to wear ’90s-style tendrils, which we’ve seen everywhere this award season, except she dyed hers tangerine orange to contrast against her black hair. To complement the striking style and complete the nostalgic look, she wore brick-red lip liner with a similar shade of winged eyeliner to match.

Charli XCX stepped out onto the red carpet with her bob slicked back with a side part. Her makeup was equally sexy, with smoked-out charcoal eye shadow, strong filled-in brows, and a sheer, pinky-beige lip color.

Mollie King looked like a ray of sunshine (you’d never know London is gray and freezing) when she walked the red carpet, wearing her signature beachy blond waves. For the occasion, she added small plaits in the front sections of her hair, which were left loose on the ends, adding to the overall easy-breezy vibe.

We love how striking the wash of hot-pink shadow looked on Eva Apio against her otherwise very minimal makeup, all of which was framed by her perfectly side-swept pixie cut.

Echoing the minimalism of her white satin dress, Adwoa Aboah kept her makeup super simple, with inky black shadow smudged at the outer corners of her eyes and smoked out along the creases. Per usual, her skin was left practically bare to allow for her radiant complexion and gorgeous freckles to shine through.

Vick Hope also went with jet-black shadow, but in a much more maximal way. Applied densely all over her lids, the inky pigment was then diffused into soft wings at the outer corners of her eyes. To spot our favorite part of the look, however, you have to look closely: she had teeny-tiny crystals sprinkled across her brow bones.