The Inside Scoop on Our 2026 Next in Beauty Awards

2026 has been an enormous 12 months for Who What Wear UK. We launched our new vodcast, Hot Topics, welcomed new Editors in Residence to the workforce, and saved bringing you the newest magnificence traits and trustworthy first-person opinions of the trade’s buzziest merchandise. And on Wednesday evening, we hosted our fourth annual Next in Beauty awards at none aside from the Barbican Conservatory.

The occasion was held on the beautiful Barbican conservatory.

The evening was crammed with cocktails, canapés, and, in fact, our iconic gifting suite crammed with all of our Next in Beauty winners. Alongside our editors, we welcomed model founders, trade professionals and our unbelievable knowledgeable judges, with out whom none of this might be potential.

Jane McFarland, Eleanor Vousden, Grace Lindsay and Shannon Lawlor co-hosted the occasion.

Ahead of the occasion, we have been fortunate sufficient to get our hair performed at one in all our favorite salons, Hershesons, earlier than having a full makeover courtesy of Dior Beauty. Then, it was time to hit the stage and bestow our Best in Class winners with their trophies.

We handed out trophies to all of our Best in Class winners.

Once the speeches have been over, it was time to go over to the dessert desk (for the very best Millefoglie we’ve ever tasted) and participate in our iconic magnificence tombola, the place friends may win unbelievable magnificence tech, from LED masks to hair straighteners and extra.