It was Saturday night at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles so it was only appropriate that Saturday Night Live walked away with the most awards at the 12th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards, known as the MUAHs.
Yet understandably, no one from the legendary NBC sketch comedy show was on hand to pick up their four statuettes as they were busy preparing for the next night’s huge 50th anniversary celebration at Studio 8H in New York.
Dancing with the Stars stars and spouses Val Chmerkovskiy and Jenna Johnson hosted the ceremony in a packed ballroom filled with very well-coiffed and made-up guests, and even treated them to a dance number.
The hit film 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 was awarded the guild’s other two top prizes for feature film, Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Special Make-Up Effects.
There were other double winners. The Jennifer Hudson Show took the trophies 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.
In its 23 categories, the Muahs presented a new award for Broadway and International Live Theater Production: Make-Up and Hair Styling, which was won by The Great Gatsby.
Actress Allison Janney was presented with the 2025 Distinguished Artisan Award, which was presented by her costar on The West Wing, Dule Hill.
Lifetime achievement awards went to Buffy the Vampire Slayer make-up artist Todd McIntosh (presented by Sarah Michelle Geller) and Terminator hair stylist Peter Tothpal and RCMA Makeup received the guild’s Vanguard Award.
Here are the winners in the major categories:
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
