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Top 25 UK Beauty Influencers on Instagram

British beauty on Instagram runs the full distance from chair-side makeup artists to clinic-trained skincare educators.

This shortlist gathers 25 UK creators across makeup, skincare, fragrance and dermatology, the people whose feeds teach a technique or break down a product rather than just model it.

What ties them together is trust earned in close-up: tutorials, honest reviews and before-and-afters are hard to fake, which is exactly why their audiences stay so reactive.

Denis GolubevDenis Golubev4 min readLast updated: 16 Jun 2026

The ranking

25 top influencers from 2,094 UK beauty profiles

Across the 2,094 UK beauty creators we track, audiences engage about 3.7x more per post than a typical account of the same size, and their followers read as about 81% real on average.

25 / 2.1K
Influencers selected
2.7%
Avg engagement
81%
Avg real audience
Uma
#1

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UmaMega
975.4K
Followers
7.14%
Engagement rate
509.1K
Avg views

agent: @wme management: @mvemanagement PR: @satellite414

Audience location
UK71.0%
25.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Broad-reach makeup launches.

Uma is the largest account here and pairs that reach with unusually high engagement for her size, so she suits launches that need both scale and people who actually stop to watch.

Bambi Does Beauty
#2

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Bambi Does BeautyMega
892.7K
Followers
1.07%
Engagement rate
812.3K
Avg views

๐ŸฆŒ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ A less is more approach to beauty

Audience location
UK33.0%
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Considered, less-is-more beauty.

Bambi built a near-million following around a deliberately pared-back approach to beauty, a fit for brands that want a calmer, edit-led tone rather than maximalist looks.

Lana Jenkins
#3

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Lana JenkinsMacro
473.4K
Followers
1.56%
Engagement rate
118.3K
Avg views

Makeup Artist/Presenter Host of @inthemakeupchairpod ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Contact -

Audience location
UK70.0%
12.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Makeup artistry with broadcast polish.

Lana is a working makeup artist and presenter, and her strong real-audience share makes her useful when on-camera credibility matters as much as the look itself.

RACH LEARY
#4

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RACH LEARYMacro
322.0K
Followers
2.83%
Engagement rate
126.0K
Avg views

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Audience location
UK42.0%
26.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Glam-led tutorials.

Rach leans into glam and posts above the typical engagement for her follower size, so her audience tends to act on what she shows rather than just scroll past.

Alice Dickson
#5

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Alice DicksonMacro
238.5K
Followers
1.66%
Engagement rate
52.0K
Avg views

๐Ÿ’“ Aries โœจ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ London TikTok: @ alicedicksonnn

Audience location
UK72.0%
16.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: London beauty with loyal reach.

Alice combines a sizeable London following with a high real-audience score, a dependable pick when you want clean reach without inflated numbers.

ElleMoonz
#6

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ElleMoonzMacro
133.4K
Followers
1.31%
Engagement rate
43.0K
Avg views

Brummy girl pretending she's an influencer ๐Ÿค๐Ÿงธ TikTok: ElleMoonz - 750K ๐Ÿ’Œ collab:

Audience location
UK63.0%
7.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: High-trust micro reach.

ElleMoonz carries one of the cleanest audiences on the list at over nine in ten real, making her a low-risk choice for brands cautious about follower quality.

Dr Angela Tewari Dermatologist BSc PhD FRCP
#7

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Dr Angela Tewari Dermatologist BSc PhD FRCPMacro
106.1K
Followers
1.05%
Engagement rate
10.7K
Avg views

Consultant Dermatologist @dermatologystudios PhD in UVA1

Audience location
UK52.0%
23.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Dermatologist-backed skincare.

Dr Angela Tewari is a consultant dermatologist, so her account brings genuine clinical weight to skincare claims that lifestyle creators cannot match.

Elise
#8

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EliseMacro
101.2K
Followers
5.89%
Engagement rate
40.9K
Avg views

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Audience location
UK66.0%
15.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: High-engagement product reviews.

Elise posts some of the strongest engagement on the list relative to her size, which suits review-led campaigns where you want comments and saves, not just impressions.

Millie Mac
#9

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Millie MacMacro
100.8K
Followers
1.06%
Engagement rate
24.3K
Avg views

Beauty, fashion and sometimes some running๐Ÿค Iโ€™m on YouTube tooโœจ โ†“YouTube, TikTok & LTK

Audience location
UK42.0%
22.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Beauty plus lifestyle crossover.

Millie mixes beauty with fashion and running, and works across YouTube and TikTok too, a fit when you want a creator who can carry a product into broader everyday content.

SARAH JOSSEL
#10

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SARAH JOSSELMid
95.0K
Followers
1.27%
Engagement rate
41.3K
Avg views

๐Ÿ—ž๏ธBeauty Editor, Columnist, Broadcaster ๐Ÿ“šSunday Times bestselling author ๐Ÿ“– Order Diary of a Beauty Editor โฌ‡๏ธ

Audience location
UK64.0%
28.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Editorial beauty authority.

Sarah is a beauty editor and author, so her endorsement reads as professional opinion, useful for brands that want a credentialed reviewer rather than a pure influencer.

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Sophie Nicole
#11

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Sophie NicoleMid
93.3K
Followers
4.86%
Engagement rate
29.9K
Avg views

sharing all makeup ๐Ÿ’˜ fitness ๐Ÿ’˜ life ๐Ÿ’˜ represented by @wearekomodo @oneractive aff: SOPHIEVJ @lookfantastic LFTFSOPHIEN

Audience location
UK59.0%
29.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Poor: high risk
Best for: Makeup with fitness crossover.

Sophie pairs makeup content with fitness and posts well above the engagement typical for her size, a strong fit for brands sitting between beauty and an active lifestyle.

Evie Samuel
#12

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Evie SamuelMid
72.4K
Followers
1.13%
Engagement rate
23.3K
Avg views

Skincare๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿพโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ Cosmetic Scientist I waste my money so you donโ€™t have to๐Ÿ’ธ

Audience location
UK38.0%
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Science-led skincare.

Evie is a cosmetic scientist who frames herself as spending money so followers do not have to, ideal when a skincare brief needs ingredient credibility and an honest verdict.

Dr Sonia Khorana | Dermatology | Aesthetics | Wellness
#13

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Dr Sonia Khorana | Dermatology | Aesthetics | WellnessMid
66.4K
Followers
2.22%
Engagement rate
3.8K
Avg views

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿฝโ€โš•๏ธCosmetic Doctor| Dermatology Expert โœจGP Special Interest Dermatology ๐Ÿ’‰Aesthetics| Lasers| Wellness @katandcoaesthetics @medizenclinics BOOK๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

Audience location
UK53.0%
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Cosmetic-doctor skincare.

Dr Sonia Khorana is a cosmetic doctor with a dermatology focus, so she fits aesthetics and skincare products that benefit from a medical voice explaining the why.

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#14

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๐™ด๐™ป๐™ป๐™ธ๐™ด ๐™ฟ๐™ฐ๐š๐™บ๐™ท๐š„๐š๐š‚๐šƒMid
66.0K
Followers
1.83%
Engagement rate
24.0K
Avg views

Bridal&Bookings Mgmt @officialmelybeauty ELLIESEPHORA @sephorauk LFTFBEAUTYBYELLIE @lookfantastic

Audience location
UK61.0%
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Bridal and booking-led beauty.

Ellie is a bridal-focused makeup artist whose audience is often actively planning a look, a practical fit for event and bridal beauty campaigns.

ryan cooper
#15

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ryan cooperMid
64.7K
Followers
2.62%
Engagement rate
24.7K
Avg views

Socials| @hoptalents TikTok| notryancooper 270k Enquires|

Audience location
UK41.0%
10.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Clean-audience makeup content.

Ryan brings one of the highest real-audience scores here at around nine in ten, so the reach you pay for is reach you are likely to actually get.

Molly Jacks
#16

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Molly JacksMid
62.8K
Followers
1.04%
Engagement rate
7.8K
Avg views

getting glam contact: @glammedinibiza MUA: @bridalbymollyjacks

Audience location
UK39.0%
20.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Event and glam makeup.

Molly is a working MUA focused on getting people glam, including bridal work, a fit for occasion-led beauty rather than everyday routines.

Grace Alexandra
#17

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Grace AlexandraMicro
46.5K
Followers
1.94%
Engagement rate
27.3K
Avg views

tiktok graces.faces_ 600k๐Ÿค ๐Ÿ“ง ๐ŸŽฅ YT graces.faces__ ๐Ÿก@graces.places._ ๐Ÿพ@graces.goldies

Audience location
UK81.0%
9.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: High-trust cross-platform reach.

Grace carries a very clean audience and a large TikTok following she brings to Instagram, useful when you want demonstrable real reach across formats.

Wandana Faheem | Luxury Fragrance Reviewer
#18

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Wandana Faheem | Luxury Fragrance ReviewerMicro
44.0K
Followers
1.19%
Engagement rate
3.5K
Avg views

FRAGRANCE โœจ BEAUTY โœจ SKINCARE UK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Manchester/London ๐Ÿ’Œ

Audience location
UK34.0%
12.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Fragrance and luxury beauty.

Wandana focuses on luxury fragrance alongside beauty and skincare, one of the few here who can genuinely carry a scent campaign that needs description, not just visuals.

DEMELZA EMILY | BARE METHOD | ACNE & EXTRACTION SPECIALIST
#19

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DEMELZA EMILY | BARE METHOD | ACNE & EXTRACTION SPECIALISTMicro
37.6K
Followers
2.79%
Engagement rate
10.9K
Avg views

Results arenโ€™t accidental. Skin specialist & educator Built in clinic. Taught with intention. EXPLORE BELOW ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ. ๐Ÿ“ Chelmsford, Essex

Audience location
UK84.0%
14.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Good: clean audience
Best for: Acne and clinical skincare.

Demelza is a skin specialist and educator focused on acne and extractions, a precise fit for problem-skin and treatment-led skincare briefs.

Kristy Webley
#20

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Kristy WebleyMicro
36.5K
Followers
2.55%
Engagement rate
14.4K
Avg views

Tiktok: kristywebley 1.3 Million ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’•โœจ Everything makeup / hair ๐Ÿฉท Management:

Audience location
UK58.0%
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Makeup and hair tutorials.

Kristy covers makeup and hair and brings a large TikTok audience across, suiting tutorial-led campaigns that want both reach and a clear demonstration.

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Wiktoria Stefania
#21

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Wiktoria StefaniaMicro
36.3K
Followers
1.73%
Engagement rate
17.3K
Avg views

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Audience location
UK33.0%
16.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: New-launch first looks.

Wiktoria positions herself around new beauty launches, so she is a natural fit when a brand wants early first-impression coverage rather than evergreen content.

Grant Donaldson-Wheatcroft
#22

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Grant Donaldson-WheatcroftMicro
36.3K
Followers
6.82%
Engagement rate
16.3K
Avg views

Probably: reviewing skincare and/or sharing what Iโ€™m having for dinner. Beauty expert of 10 years ๐Ÿ–ค ๐Ÿ“ง ๐Ÿ“ London

Audience location
UK61.0%
21.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Expert skincare reviews.

Grant reviews skincare with a decade of stated experience and posts very high engagement for his size, a fit for review campaigns that want depth and a reactive audience.

MEGAN GILLIE FENWICK
#23

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MEGAN GILLIE FENWICKMicro
35.4K
Followers
7.79%
Engagement rate
46.8K
Avg views

All things beautyโœจ TikTok: megxfenwick 430k @thebloggeragent ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง PR/COLLABS: ๐Ÿ’Œ

Audience location
UK57.0%
24.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: High-engagement beauty reach.

Megan posts some of the highest engagement on the entire list and brings a large TikTok following, useful when you want maximum response from a smaller, active account.

Daisy โ™ก
#24

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Daisy โ™กMicro
25.4K
Followers
2.07%
Engagement rate
6.3K
Avg views

โ™ก Bridal/Soft/Full glam/shoots/lessons/celebs โ™ก Portsmouth / Uk/ International โ™ก@makeupbydaisy_bridal

Audience location
UK73.0%
18.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Bridal and occasion makeup.

Daisy is a Portsmouth-based MUA covering bridal, glam and lessons, a hands-on fit for regional and occasion-led beauty work.

Meg | Skin Specialist
#25

meganmaceyyMeg | Skin Specialist

Meg | Skin SpecialistMicro
24.2K
Followers
1.56%
Engagement rate
23.9K
Avg views

๐ŸŒŸ Esti| Simple skincare & honest advice ๐Ÿ’ป Aesthetics, education, no nonsense ๐Ÿ“น @meganmaceysocials โœ‰๏ธ

Audience location
UK56.0%
17.0%
fake followers / suspicious accounts
Average: some noise
Best for: Honest, simple skincare.

Meg is an esthetician posting simple skincare and no-nonsense advice, a fit for brands that want plain, trustworthy education over hype.

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Brand fit

Best brand fits for UK beauty influencers

Beauty brand fit here is about the job each creator does, not a claimed sponsorship record. Read these as where a brief lands naturally.

Colour cosmetics and makeup
Best fit

The makeup artists on this list post tutorial and look-led content that suits launches needing on-face demonstration.

Skincare and ingredient-led brands
Best fit

Several creators are cosmetic scientists or skin specialists, a fit when claims need credible explanation.

Dermatology and aesthetics
Strong

Medically qualified voices on the list carry clinical credibility for treatment-adjacent products.

Fragrance
Strong

Dedicated fragrance reviewers can carry scent campaigns that visual-only creators cannot.

Bridal and event beauty
Good

Working MUAs who shoot weddings reach an audience actively planning a look.

Tools, brushes and salon supply
Niche

Practitioner accounts naturally show the kit they use day to day.

Many of these creators carry a professional identity beyond influencing. Several describe themselves as makeup artists taking bookings, while others list cosmetic-science or clinical qualifications in their bios, which is part of why their product opinions land as advice rather than ads.

A large share also run bigger followings on TikTok and bring that audience back to Instagram for longer reviews and saved reference content. That cross-platform pattern shows up in the engagement: several smaller accounts here post response rates well above what their Instagram size alone would predict.

Our verdict

This shortlist is best used as a starting bench for UK beauty campaigns where the work has to be shown, not just worn. Start with the makeup artists if you need on-face tutorials, the cosmetic scientists and skin specialists if your claims need credible explanation, and the dermatology voices when a product sits close to treatment.

It is a hand-picked 25 out of the 2,094 UK beauty creators we track on Instagram. To filter the full pool by audience quality, location and verified contact, or to pull creators this list does not show, search the wider database directly. Across UK Instagram, direct outreach is realistic at scale because a large share of creators list a public contact.

Methodology

How we selected these influencers

We started from UK beauty creators on Instagram in the Click Analytic database, where beauty covers makeup, skincare, fragrance, hair and dermatology content.

We required a meaningfully UK-based audience, so the list reflects creators reaching British followers rather than only living in the UK.

We ranked on a blend of reach, engagement and audience quality rather than follower count alone, so smaller creators with real, reactive audiences can outrank larger ones.

Engagement is read against the Instagram median for each follower size from the Creator Economy Report 2026, so a small account is not unfairly compared with a mega one.

Audience quality is the share of followers that read as real rather than fake or inactive.

We excluded brand pages, retailers, salons run as businesses, and beauty publications, keeping the list to individual creators.

Figures reflect the latest database snapshot and refresh as the data updates.

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The same live data we used to rank UK beauty creators, followers, engagement, audience quality and more across 400M+ creators, is available programmatically through the Click Analytic Influencer Marketing API.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything brands ask before shortlisting UK beauty creators.

How were these UK beauty influencers chosen and ranked?

We pulled UK beauty creators on Instagram from the Click Analytic database and ranked them on a blend of reach, engagement and audience quality, not follower count alone. Engagement is compared against the Instagram median for each creator's follower size, so smaller accounts with reactive audiences can rank above larger ones.

Is this list only Instagram creators?

Yes. Every creator here is ranked on their Instagram presence. Several also have large TikTok or YouTube followings, but the metrics shown, including engagement and audience quality, describe their Instagram accounts.

How is audience quality measured?

Audience quality is the share of a creator's followers that read as real and active rather than fake or inactive. Across the 25 shown, audiences average about 80% real. For reference, only 39% of all Instagram creators clear a 75% real-audience bar in the Creator Economy Report 2026, so this shortlist sits well above the platform norm.

How does this shortlist compare with a typical UK beauty creator?

The 25 shown engage their audiences about 3.7 times more per post than a typical Instagram account of the same size. They are the engaged, real-audience top of the 2,094 UK beauty creators we track on Instagram, so they are not representative of the average creator in the niche.

Are these creators good for skincare and dermatology campaigns specifically?

Several are. The list includes cosmetic scientists, skin specialists and medically qualified dermatology voices alongside makeup artists, so you can match a brief that needs credible ingredient or treatment explanation rather than only on-face looks.

How do I find more UK beauty creators or their contact details?

This page shows 25 of 2,094 UK beauty creators we track on Instagram. You can search the full pool in the platform, filter by audience quality, follower size and location, and pull verified contact emails where creators have made them public.

Photos and figures reflect the data snapshot date and may differ from the current profiles.

Denis Golubev

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Denis Golubev

Marketer at Click Analytic, turning live data on 400M+ creators into rankings brands can actually act on.

Last updated 16 Jun 20264 min read

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