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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 Golubev headshotDenis Golubev8 min readLast updated: Jun 16, 2026

How this list was built

A public shortlist from the ClickAnalytic creator database

ClickAnalytic tracks 400M+ creator profiles. We found 2,094 profiles matching this ranking and selected 25 for the public shortlist; inside the platform you can search the full set, compare audience quality and unlock verified contacts.

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The ranking

UK beauty creators engage 3.7x more than average

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.

Uma
#1
975.4K
Followers
7.14%
Engagement rate
509.1K
Avg reel plays
$5.9K-12.2K
Est. $/post

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

Audience location
UK71.0%
Audience gender
25.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
892.7K
Followers
1.07%
Engagement rate
812.3K
Avg reel plays
$5.9K-12.2K
Est. $/post

πŸ¦ŒπŸ§šβ€β™€οΈ A less is more approach to beauty julie@bambidoesbeauty.com

Audience location
UK33.0%
Audience gender
29.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
473.4K
Followers
1.56%
Engagement rate
118.3K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

Makeup Artist/Presenter Host of @inthemakeupchairpod πŸŽ™οΈ Contact - lana.jenkins@naotalent.com

Audience location
UK70.0%
Audience gender
12.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
322.0K
Followers
2.83%
Engagement rate
126.0K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

my digital diaryΛ™βœ§Λ–Β°πŸ“· ⋆q β€Ži β™₯︎ to glam ⋆ @myplacebyrach 🌺 β€Ž β€Ž contact: kristina@thesocialpr.co.uk @thesocialpr_

Audience location
UK42.0%
Audience gender
26.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
238.5K
Followers
1.66%
Engagement rate
52.0K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

πŸ’“ Aries ✨ 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 London TikTok: @ alicedicksonnn Natalie@thebloggeragent.co.uk

Audience location
UK72.0%
Audience gender
16.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
133.4K
Followers
1.31%
Engagement rate
43.0K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

Brummy girl pretending she's an influencer 🀍🧸 TikTok: ElleMoonz - 750K πŸ’Œ collab: elle@eminencemanagement.co.uk

Audience location
UK63.0%
Audience gender
7.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
Dr Angela Tewari Dermatologist BSc PhD FRCPMacro
106.1K
Followers
1.05%
Engagement rate
10.7K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

Consultant Dermatologist @dermatologystudios 102 Sydney Street SW3 6NR PhD in UVA1 Enquiries@dermatologystudios.co.uk

Audience location
UK52.0%
Audience gender
23.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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

Elise
#8
101.2K
Followers
5.89%
Engagement rate
40.9K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

indie@wmgmt.co.uk 🫢🏽

Audience location
UK66.0%
Audience gender
15.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
100.8K
Followers
1.06%
Engagement rate
24.3K
Avg reel plays
$2.6K-5.7K
Est. $/post

Beauty, fashion and sometimes some running🀍 millie.mccarthy@outreachtalentgroup.com I’m on YouTube too✨ ↓YouTube, TikTok & LTK

Audience location
UK42.0%
Audience gender
22.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
95.0K
Followers
1.27%
Engagement rate
41.3K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

πŸ—žοΈBeauty Editor, Columnist, Broadcaster πŸ“šSunday Times bestselling author πŸ“– Order Diary of a Beauty Editor ⬇️

Audience location
UK64.0%
Audience gender
28.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
93.3K
Followers
4.86%
Engagement rate
29.9K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

sharing all makeup πŸ’˜ fitness πŸ’˜ life πŸ’˜ represented by @wearekomodo sophievj@wearekomodo.com @oneractive aff: SOPHIEVJ @lookfantastic LFTFSOPHIEN

Audience location
UK59.0%
Audience gender
29.0%
Poor: high risk
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
72.4K
Followers
1.13%
Engagement rate
23.3K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

SkincareπŸ‘©πŸΎβ€πŸ”¬ Cosmetic Scientist I waste my money so you don’t have toπŸ’Έ Info@sknperfct.com

Audience location
UK38.0%
Audience gender
21.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
Dr Sonia Khorana | Dermatology | Aesthetics | WellnessMid
66.4K
Followers
2.22%
Engagement rate
3.8K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

πŸ‘©πŸ½β€βš•οΈCosmetic Doctor| Dermatology Expert ✨GP Special Interest Dermatology πŸ’‰Aesthetics| Lasers| Wellness @katandcoaesthetics @medizenclinics BOOKπŸ‘‡πŸ½

Audience location
UK53.0%
Audience gender
21.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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.

𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙴 π™Ώπ™°πšπ™Ίπ™·πš„πšπš‚πšƒ
#14
𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙸𝙴 π™Ώπ™°πšπ™Ίπ™·πš„πšπš‚πšƒMid
66.0K
Followers
1.83%
Engagement rate
24.0K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

Bridal&Bookings beautybyellieparkhurst@outlook.com Mgmt poppy@wmgmt.co.uk @officialmelybeauty ELLIESEPHORA @sephorauk LFTFBEAUTYBYELLIE @lookfantastic

Audience location
UK61.0%
Audience gender
20.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
64.7K
Followers
2.62%
Engagement rate
24.7K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

Socials| @hoptalents TikTok| notryancooper 270k Enquires| otto@hoptalents.com

Audience location
UK41.0%
Audience gender
10.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
62.8K
Followers
1.04%
Engagement rate
7.8K
Avg reel plays
$899-1.5K
Est. $/post

getting glam contact: mollyjacksmakeup@gmail.com @glammedinibiza MUA: @bridalbymollyjacks

Audience location
UK39.0%
Audience gender
20.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
46.5K
Followers
1.94%
Engagement rate
27.3K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

tiktok graces.faces_ 600k🀍 πŸ“§indie@wmgmt.co.uk πŸŽ₯ YT graces.faces__ 🏑@graces.places._ 🐾@graces.goldies

Audience location
UK81.0%
Audience gender
9.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
Wandana Faheem | Luxury Fragrance ReviewerMicro
44.0K
Followers
1.19%
Engagement rate
3.5K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

FRAGRANCE ✨ BEAUTY ✨ SKINCARE UK πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Manchester/London πŸ’Œ wandanafaheem@gmail.com

Audience location
UK34.0%
Audience gender
12.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
DEMELZA EMILY | BARE METHOD | ACNE & EXTRACTION SPECIALISTMicro
37.6K
Followers
2.79%
Engagement rate
10.9K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

Results aren’t accidental. Skin specialist & educator Built in clinic. Taught with intention. EXPLORE BELOW πŸ‘‡πŸ½. πŸ“ Chelmsford, Essex

Audience location
UK84.0%
Audience gender
14.0%
Good: clean audience
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
36.5K
Followers
2.55%
Engagement rate
14.4K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

Tiktok: kristywebley 1.3 Million πŸ«ΆπŸΌπŸ’•βœ¨ Everything makeup / hair 🩷 Management: Kristywebley@eminencemanagement.co.

Audience location
UK58.0%
Audience gender
21.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
36.3K
Followers
1.73%
Engagement rate
17.3K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

your go-to for new beauty launches β™‘ south wales, uk πŸ“§contact: wiktoria@itsinform.com links and discount codes ↓

Audience location
UK33.0%
Audience gender
16.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
Grant Donaldson-WheatcroftMicro
36.3K
Followers
6.82%
Engagement rate
16.3K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

Probably: reviewing skincare and/or sharing what I’m having for dinner. Beauty expert of 10 years πŸ–€ πŸ“§ grant@theskintea.com πŸ“ London

Audience location
UK61.0%
Audience gender
21.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
MEGAN GILLIE FENWICKMicro
35.4K
Followers
7.79%
Engagement rate
46.8K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

All things beauty✨ TikTok: megxfenwick 430k @thebloggeragent πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ PR/COLLABS: jaden@thebloggeragent.co.ukπŸ’Œ

Audience location
UK57.0%
Audience gender
24.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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 β™‘
#24
25.4K
Followers
2.07%
Engagement rate
6.3K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

β™‘ Bridal/Soft/Full glam/shoots/lessons/celebs β™‘ Portsmouth / Uk/ International β™‘@makeupbydaisy_bridal

Audience location
UK73.0%
Audience gender
18.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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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
Meg | Skin SpecialistMicro
24.2K
Followers
1.56%
Engagement rate
23.9K
Avg reel plays
$114-679
Est. $/post

🌟 Esti| Simple skincare & honest advice πŸ’» Aesthetics, education, no nonsense πŸ“Ή @meganmaceysocials βœ‰οΈ lucy@moxymanagement.co.uk

Audience location
UK56.0%
Audience gender
17.0%
Average: some noise
fake followers / suspicious accounts

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

Niche analytics

Who's on this list

These are working UK beauty creators, not lifestyle accounts that drift through the niche. The list leans heavily on hands-on practitioners: professional makeup artists who post bridal and editorial work, skincare educators and cosmetic scientists who explain formulas, and a few medically qualified voices who treat skin for a living. Several are better known on TikTok and bring that following back to Instagram for longer-form reviews.

Most sit in the micro and mid-size band rather than the celebrity tier, which is typical for beauty: the audience comes for the demonstration and the verdict, so reach matters less than whether people watch and act. That mix is what makes the shortlist useful for picking a partner by job to be done, which the blocks below break down by what they post, who they are, and where they fit a brief.

56%
avg UK beauty audience
2.7%
avg engagement rate
81%
avg real audience
$899-1.5K
estimated price per post

ClickAnalytic pricing model, how we worked this out

What they post
Makeup tutorialsHonest product reviewsSkincare routinesBridal and editorial looksFragrance breakdownsBefore-and-after resultsNew-launch first impressions
Who they are

Professional makeup artists

Working MUAs who post bridal, editorial and lesson content, with technique you can actually follow.

Skincare educators

Cosmetic scientists and skin specialists who explain ingredients and routines instead of just listing products.

Medically qualified voices

Dermatologists and cosmetic doctors who carry clinical credentials into their beauty advice.

Honest reviewers

Creators built around trying things at their own cost and giving a plain verdict, good or bad.

Fragrance specialists

Reviewers focused on scent, a category where written and spoken description does the selling.

Cross-platform creators

Names with large TikTok followings who use Instagram for deeper reviews and saved reference content.

Creator sizes

Which size of creator should you pick?

Bigger is not always better. The right size depends on whether you mainly want awareness or action. Smaller creators bring a tighter audience and stronger engagement; larger ones bring reach and recognition.

Nano

Emerging creators Β· 1K-10K

Highest trust and engagement. Best for hyper-local or niche campaigns where authenticity matters most.

Strong trustNiche reach
0 in this list

Micro

Recommended

High-efficiency creators Β· 10K-50K

Best balance of reach, engagement and cost. Ideal for product launches, DTC brands and performance campaigns.

Best efficiencyProduct fit
9 in this list

Macro

Scale creators Β· 50K-500K

Broad visibility and recognition. Good for awareness and brand positioning at scale.

Wide reachAwareness
14 in this list

Mega

Celebrity-level creators Β· 500K+

Mass awareness and cultural reach. Premium pricing; use where broad visibility matters most.

Mass reachPremium
2 in this list

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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.

Recommendations are inferred from creator bios and content themes, not invented sponsorship history.

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.

For developers & data teams

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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.

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.

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