Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards: ‘The Substance’ & ‘Wicked’ Win Night’s Big Awards As ‘SNL’ Takes Home A Quartet Of Trophies
The 12th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards were handed out tonight at the Beverly Hilton with Wicked actress Marissa Bide on hand to present the final categories. It was a good thing, since Wicked took two of the night’s biggest prizes for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up and Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling in a Feature Length Motion Picture.
The Substance won in the other two film biggies: Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Special Make-Up Effects.
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Other double winners were The Jennifer Hudson Show — for Best Makeup and Best hairstyling in Daytime TV — and Secret – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Lifesaver for Best Hairstyling and Best Makeup in Commercials and Music Videos.
The night’s top multi-category winner was Saturday Night Live, which took Best Contemporary Make-Up, Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling, Best Special Make-Up Effects and Best Period and/or Character Make-Up in Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program series. Ironically, no one from the venerable show could attend, given that this weekend sees them getting ready for the Prime Time airing of the 50th Anniversary Celebration.
Dancing with the Stars stars and spouses Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson are hosting the ceremony, where awards will be presented in 23 categories spanning makeup and hair styling artistry in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and live theater. A new award will be presented for the first time. It is Broadway and International Live Theater Production: Make-Up and Hair Styling.
Since the modern MUAHS Awards began in 2014, one of its marquee film winners for makeup or hair has gone on the claim the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar every year except twice — but one of those was last year. The Academy Award went to Poor Things, which was up for two of the guild’s awards but went home empty-handed. The only other year was in 2022 when The Eyes of Tammy Faye won the Oscar but was shut out at the MUAHS.
Maestro and Saltburn were the big film winners at the 2024 MUAHS ceremony, each taking home two prizes as Barbie won for Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling.
MUAHS also is honoring several with career awards tonight. Allison Janney will receive the 2025 Distinguished Artisan Award, presented by her The West Wing co-star Dulè Hill, and RCMA Makeup is set for the guild’s Vanguard Award. Buffy the Vampire Slayer make-up artist Todd McIntosh and Terminator hair stylist Peter Tothpal will be honored with lifetime achievement awards.
The winners (so far) at the 2025 Make-Up Artists & Hair Styling Guild Awards are:
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Wicked
Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbomio, Johanna Nielsen, Branka Vorkapic
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Wicked
Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Sim Camps, Gabor Kerekes
Best Contemporary Make-Up
The Substance
Stéphanie Guillon
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
The Last Showgirl
Katy McClintock, Marc Boyle, Stephanie Hobgood
TELEVISION SERIES – LIMITED, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
Best Special Make-Up Effects
The Penguin (HBO Max)
Mike Marino, Michael Fontaine, Crystal Jurado, Diana Y. Choi, Claire Flewin
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Bridgerton (Netflix)
Erika Okvist, Farida Ghwedar, Emma Rigby
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Palm Royale (Apple TV +)
Tricia Sawyer, Marissa Lafayette, Marie Del Prete, Simone Almekias-Siegl, Marja Webster
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Emily in Paris (Netflix)
Aurelie Payen, Carole Nicolas, Fred Marin, Sarah Damen, Josephine Bouchereau
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
Moira Frazier, Dustin Osborne, Christina Joseph, Johnny Lomeli, LaLisa Turner
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Craig Lindberg, Rachel Pagani
Best Special Make-Up Effects
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Brandon Grether, Amy Tagliamonti, Tom Denier Jr.
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, Disney)
Kimi Messina, Joe Matke, Marion Rogers, Amber Nicholle Maher, Florence Witherspoon
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Inga Thrasher, Joe Whitmeyer, Amanda Duffy Evans
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Young Bek, Daniela Zivkovic
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS
Best Special Make-Up Effects
The Substance
Pierre-Olivier Persin
Best Hair Styling
Secret – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Lifesaver
Pavy Olivarez, Taylor Tanaka-Suitt
Best Make-Up
Secret – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Lifesaver
Scotia Boyd, Julie Hassett, Bianca Appice
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage)
Broadway and International Live Theater Production: Make-Up and Hair Styling
The Great Gatsby (Broadway)
Kevin Thomas Garcia, Christine Hutcheson, Michael Duschl, Britt Griffith
California Regional Live Theater Production: Make-Up and Hair Styling
LA Opera’s Madame Butterfly
Samantha Wiener, Maggie Clark, Brandi Strona, Nicole Rodrigues, Kelso Millett
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
Best Hair Styling
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)
Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme, Codey Blair, Sandi Hall
Best Make-Up
Danger Force (Nickelodeon)
Michael Johnston, Brad Look, Kevin Westmore, Kim Perrodin, Kato DeStefan
DAYTIME TELEVISION
Best Hair Styling
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Fox)
Robear Landeros, Albert Morrison
Best Make-Up
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Fox)
Jen Fregozo, Adam Burrell
Erik Pedersen contributed to this report.
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