The Best Beauty Moments at the 2024 Oscars
Peach lips and top knots are the biggest trends so far.
A welcome resurgence of pre-Covid glamour has reigned on the awards season circuit this year, from Golden Globes in January through the Grammys just a few weeks back. Celebrities have debuted new hair colors, bold eyeshadows, and, of course, a classic Old Hollywood aesthetic on every red carpet—and the 2024 Oscars' best beauty looks are the grand finale. Tonight, nominees and presenters are arriving at Dolby Theater in Hollywood with perhaps some of the most elegant hair and makeup of the season.
Beauty preparations for the big event started well above a week ago, with stars visiting famed facialists like Ivan Pol of The Beauty Sandwich, Georgia Louise (known to use SK-II and Biologique Recherche), or iS Clinical’s celebrity ambassador Cynthia Rivas. In the hours preceding their red carpet arrivals, in hotel rooms scattered across Los Angeles, stars from nominated films Killers of the Flower Moon, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Poor Things (among many others) were busy getting their blush dusted to perfection and bobby pins painstakingly placed into their updos.
Now that the stars have arrived on the red carpet, Marie Claire is rounding up the best beauty looks of the 2024 Academy Awards. From Eva Longoria's peach lips to Issa Rae's top knot, we have the breakdown on the evening's most memorable beauty moments—and the exact products the stars used for Hollywood's biggest night.
Emma Stone
Lupita Nyong'o
Emily Blunt
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Greta Gerwig
Zendaya
Gabrielle Union
Hailee Steinfeld
Eva Longoria
Vanessa Hudgens
Issa Rae
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Samantha Holender is the Beauty Editor at Marie Claire, where she reports on the best new launches, dives into the science behind skincare, and shares the breakdown on the latest and greatest trends in the beauty space. She's studied up on every ingredient you'll find on INCI list and is constantly in search of the world's glowiest makeup products. She's constantly tracking the biggest nail and hair trends to pop up in the beauty space, going backstage during fashion weeks, tracking celebrity looks, and constantly talking to celebrity hair stylists, nail artists, and makeup artists. Prior to joining the team, she worked as Us Weekly’s Beauty and Style Editor, where she stayed on the pulse of pop culture and broke down celebrity beauty routines, hair transformations, and red carpet looks. Her words have also appeared on Popsugar, Makeup.com, Skincare.com, Delish.com, and Philadelphia Wedding. Samantha also serves as a board member for the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). She first joined the organization in 2018, when she worked as an editorial intern at Food Network Magazine and Pioneer Woman Magazine. Samantha has a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications from The George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs. While at GWU, she was a founding member of the school’s HerCampus chapter and served as its President for four years. When she’s not deep in the beauty closet or swatching eyeshadows, you can find her obsessing over Real Housewives and all things Bravo. Keep up with her on Instagram @samholender.
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