The red carpet arrivals last night at the Brit Awards, like the Grammy's earlier this month, was an understated affair. Nude lips and black, liquid liner were the hottest trend of the night with Adele, Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sande, Fearne Cotton and Kylie Monogue all rocking variations of the look. Rihanna kept things super nude with a really, subtle tonal look, as did Florence Welch. Nicole Scherzinger and Jessie J were more experimental with smoky eyes, while Pixie Lott, newcomer Rita Ora and Paloma Faith all rocked matte, red lips.
When it came to hair the looks were all paired down with simple, natural texture - see Kylie, Lana, Fearne Nicole and Florence. The most adventurous looks came from Alexandre Burke with her sleek hair and super long plait; Pixie Lott wore her hair in an asymmetric style that was curly to one side and sleek on the other, while Jesse J went all out with a fantastic dual texture up-do that was both super sleek and super curly.
While Rihanna arrived with a simple chignon, her onstage performance of 'We Found Love' called for more look-at-me hair. Her stylist Ursula Stephen prepped a wig, that looked just like the singer's hair, but was styled into Tina Turner-esque curls. Why the wig? Well, arriving with a sleek chignon, a wig meant she could pull out a new look fast. Rihanna tweeted a picture of her wig after her performance - scroll through the pictures above to see her onstage look and the wig backstage.
Updated 8.17pm:
Kylie Minogue just
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
1
Unknown
Rihanna wears her hair in a simple chignon.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
2
Unknown
Rihanna performing at the 2012 Brit Awards
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
3
Unknown
Rihanna tweeted this picture of her wig backstage at the Brit Awards 2012
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
4
Unknown
Lana Del Rey rocking a nude lip, black liner and a hint of matte bronzer.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
5
Unknown
Adele wearing nude sheeny lips and heavy black liquid liner.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
6
Unknown
Caroline Flack, wearing a bright matte red lip.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
7
Unknown
Emeli Sandé, rocking a nude lip and black liner
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
8
Unknown
Fearne Cotton wearing a pretty pink lip with black liquid liner. Fearne's hair is much sleeker than usual.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
9
Unknown
Florence Welch, with soft tea-stained eyeshadow and a pink lip.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
10
Unknown
Jessie J, flaunting bold curls, smoky eyes and false lashes.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
11
Unknown
Kylie keeps things natural with delicate champagne-hued eyeshadow and a natural finish to her hair.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
12
Unknown
The singer, Rita Ora, who's in the charts at no1 for her song 'Hot Right Now' wearing a bright orange-red lip.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
13
Unknown
Pixie Lott wears her hair slicked on one side and curly on the other. She's also rocking a red lip.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
14
Unknown
Nicole Scherzinger with a matte, brown smoky eye and pretty pink, glossy lipstick.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
15
Unknown
Alexandra Burke wears her hair pulled back slick into a long plait.
Advertisement - Continue Reading Below
16
Unknown
Paloma Faith matching her red hair to her red lips.