Beauty Trends You Need To Know About

During the spring/summer 2026 shows, beauty walked a fine line and found its rhythm somewhere between theatre and tenderness. From Chloé’s runway pulsing with colour, to glowing complexions at Giorgio Armani, the full spectrum of beauty was explored. Artists pushed texture, shape, and shine, revealing a new kind of modernity - one that’s confident, playful, and rooted in self-expression.

Below, discover six defining spring/summer beauty trends that will shape your makeup bag next season and how to recreate them using products available now.

This season, lips spoke volumes. At Chloé, makeup artist Yadim Carranza’s fuchsia statement gave the label’s soft femininity an electric charge. The lips were lacquered and glossy, deliberately imperfect. Meanwhile at Conner Ives, the vibe was sugary pastel with a pearlescent edge, a shiny eye and lip that nodded to Y2K nostalgia but looked undeniably fresh. The MAC team at the show shared their inspiration: “The frost lipsticks was where we started, being inspired by candid photos of Kate Moss and Pamela Anderson from the late ‘90s and early 2000s.” Backstage, the artists layered pigment: first blotting a creamy lipstick into the lips with fingertips, then sealing with clear gloss for dimension. The message was clear - confidence truly comes with colour.

SS26 eye looks were fearless, shimmering and just impossible to ignore. In New York, Andrew Kwon’s models wore liquid-metal lids that caught every flicker of light, while in London, Ashish took us underwater with oceanic blues and mermaid-inspired greens crafted by makeup artist Terry Barber for MAC.

Eckhaus Latta gave lashes a graphic twist with white mascara, creating an alien-like coolness, while Isamaya Ffrench at Collina Strada widened the bridge of the nose with sweeping pinks and creams for a feline-meets-fantasy finish. The artistry seen backstage revealed a mix of metallic pigments, gloss and even skincare balms to melt shadows into skin. The result: eyes that shimmered like chrome but moved like silk.

Lashes got louder this season. Harris Reed set the tone with XXL feathery lashes balanced by a swipe of white liner courtesy of Sofia Tilbury and Charlotte Tilbury Beauty. At Rixo, thick NARS-coated lashes kept things soft yet defined. While at Thom Browne, individual feather lashes turned every blink into performance art. Miu Miu, as always, offered a runway-to-reality take: curled lashes that whispered flirtation. Artists on set shared tricks like mixing fibre mascara with clear gel and teasing roots to add volume. The aesthetic? Powerful but never rigid.

At Rixo, curls were bouncy, shiny, and sculpted with GHD wands before being gently brushed out for an effortless finish. Christian Dior’s ringlets had an air of soft romance, while Michael Kors favoured that just-off-the-beach looseness that feels uncontrived. Stylists were seen winding hair loosely, then shaking it through with fingers and finishing with a whisper of glossing oil. Think: natural texture, defined enough to look styled but undone enough to feel lived in. It’s the ultimate in carefree luxury.

The deep side part is back, but this time it’s ever so quietly rebellious. At Balmain, the glossy sweep had old-Hollywood energy, while Chanel took a softer direction. At Chloé, hairstylist Paul Hanlon let natural textures breathe and flow in an effortless manner. “It should look like she just walked in from the street,” he shared backstage at the show. Stylists demonstrated precise tail-comb parting followed by light (as to not weigh the curls down) serums smoothed through lengths.

Perhaps the most pervasive trend across all fashion capitals; skin that looks like skin. From Hiromi Ueda’s radiant complexions at Giorgio Armani to Pat McGrath’s sculpted luminosity at Schiaparelli, artists celebrated glow with depth. Victoria Beckham’s matte chocolate tones met Isamaya Ffrench’s velvety smooth browns at Off-White, producing that “lit from within” aesthetic everyone’s searching for. Backstage demos showed foundations thinned with lustrous serums, creamy bronzers blended with fingertips and light catching naturally on cheekbones. This season it’s not about covering up, it is about enhancing what’s already there.