London Fashion Week February 2021: The Most Exciting Hair and Makeup Looks From the Runways

"The idea for this look was to capture the effect you get when light reflects on water," makeup artist Pablo Rodriguez said of the look he created for Mark Fast's digital show. "The main feature were a few pieces of chunky silver glitter placed on the centre of the eyelid on top of the lash line, so they catch the light when the models blink. The rest of the look was all about metallic pastels on eyes, lips, and cheeks".

Aksu pre-filmed his autumn collection in the Neoclassical central hall at the Tate Britain. Fitting, as the beauty look created for the show was a true work of art, featuring dried flower petals placed under the models' eyes by makeup artist Janeen Witherspoon, and intricately moulded milkmaid braids by hairstylist Daniel Martin.

For the fashion house's digital presentation, makeup artist Pablo Rodriguez and hairstylist Anthony Turner created three dreamy looks for the fashion house's digital presentation. For this look in particular, which Rodriguez dubbed "technicolour cherub", the global director of artistry for Illamasqua dipped into the brand's Experimental Artistry Palette (£39).

At David Koma, makeup artist Pablo Rodriguez went for a statement eye, circling the eye with liner in vibrant cool tones. "The inspiration came from 1960's graphic liners in green or blue as they are the key colour accents for the collection," Rodriguez said via press release of the look. "It was an overlay of two liners: the green or the blue is applied almost all around the eye, bold and graphic on the top, soft and blended on the bottom; and a thin line of black on the top lash line to add extra intensity. Eyes are the main focus; skin, lips and cheeks were paired down with dewy skin and clear lip-gloss."

To create the look at David Koma, Rodriguez used the Illamasqua Colouring Eye Pencil, which launches this summer. To try the look at home, you can dip into the green and blue shades from the Illamasqua Experimental Artistry Palette (£39) (£TK).

Not only was Erdem's autumn 2021 collection inspired by Margot Fonteyn, quite possibly the most famous English ballerina of all time, but it also featured four dancers from the Royal Ballet performing alongside the models. To translate the ballet theme into the hair — without just doing a to-be-expected ballerina bun — hairstylist Adam Reed gave the models' slicked back ponytails that were topped off with both wide headbands and feathered, Swan Lake-style accessories (shown here).

To create the look, Reed did actually create a chignon at one point in the process. "We created a beautiful ballet bun that we then took down and used the texture that we created with the bun to showcase a lived-in pony held at the nape of the neck," he said in a press release from L'Oréal Professionnel, who sponsored the show. The look was achieved using three key products: L'Oréal Professionnel Techni.Art Pli Shaper
to create texture and hold, L'Oréal Professionnel Tecni.Art Beach Waves for that soft, worn in, dancer look, and finally L'Oréal Professionnel Tecni.Art Savage Panache Powder Spray, "which we worked through the ends of the hair to create a beautiful worn in ponytail with the hairline a little looser to give the effect that they might have been sweating a little while dancing," Reed added.

To compliment his dramatic head toppers, milliner Stephen Jones chose what at first looks like a classic beauty look: black winged liner and red(dish) lipstick. But stare a little closer and you'll notice those wings are sprinkled with silver glitter flakes, while the model's lids are covered in a sheer, holographic shadow.

Designer Osman Yousefzada presented his autumn 2021 collection with a film titled I'm Coming that was shot via Zoom and featuring models and collaborators from around the world. Shown here is Sakeema Peng Crook, a London-based trans activist and dancer, wearing the most beautiful hairstylist — a twisting, sculptural arrangement of segmented ponytails — created by hairstylist Ryo Narushima.

The second model in Osman's autumn 2021 fashion film was Akuach Thiep, who wore the most stunning gold-tinged pink eye shadow — the handiwork of makeup artist Porsche Poon.

Mimicking the blue-toned backgrounds in Ahluwalia's autumn 2021 fashion film, makeup artist Bari Khalique used the Bari Khalique as a higlight and contour or sorts — smudging the shades on both high and low points of the models' faces, creating an abstract, almost Picasso-like effect.

Hairstylist Cyndia Harvey's towering braided hairstyle at Simone Rocha was a true work of art with its intricate loops and moody-coloured gems woven throughout.

So cool, it deserves another look.

You can't help but feel cheery when looking at this floral face paint from sustainable designer Linus Leonardsson's autumn 2021 presentation, created by London-based makeup artist David Gillers.

Presented to a digital audience, the collection saw Costelloe looking back to when he was a young designer working in Paris in the late '60s and early '70s. Floating black eyeliner, heavy mascara, and a swooping side part helped to evoke the era of mod. To get the hair superslick, hairstyist Cos Sakkas and his team prepped the hair with label.m Volume Mousse (£17), and finished off the look with the label.m Hairspray (£15).

"Candy floss hair" is how hairstylist Luke Hersheson described the floaty, purposely-frizzy style he created for Molly Goddard's autumn 2021 show. The makeup for the collection was equally as sweet, with makeup artist Miranda Joyce using various shades of pink on around the eyes, on the lips, and draped from temples to cheekbones in an even more exaggerated take on the '80s makeup technique.

Makeup artist Daisy Moore created a few graphic makeup looks for the Lula Laora,but we can't get enough of this metallic blue lipstick with a sinister-looking cupid's bow.