by Anora swept the board at the Oscars of this weekend with astonishing six victories. And whether you saw the film or just plastered Mikey Madison on posters, you will have clocked your captivating beauty look. The glitter hair. The bare acrylics. The winged eyeliner.
The Sean Baker film about a sex worker with a heart of gold and her Russian boy-child prince Charming was the unexpected inspiration for a party legion that looks at the end of last year when he came out. And will have another big moment thanks to the great film.
And it’s all about the actual sex workers who have delivered inspiration. Well, sex workers and make-up and hair of the film, Annie Johnson and Justine Sierakowski.
“We went to the Lap Dance Club with Sean, where we shot [the film]So we could see the dancers in real time and really study their appearance, ”Johnson told the standard.
Many Anora’s employees are played by real sex workers who made contributions to their own make-up look. “Some of the actors came with their own looks that I definitely didn’t want to change,” says Johnson. “I wanted everyone to look as authentic as possible.”
The women from HQ Nightclub offer the perfect antidote against glazed skin, glassy lips and the make-up “Faux Naturel”, which dominated the 2020s.
Just take a look at the look of Lindsey Normington and Luna Sofia Miranda, who play Anora’s employees Diamond and Lulu to get another interesting inspiration.
As for the main actors: Anora’s beauty look have four key components, whereby the hair -slamettel is the piece -DE resistance. “Mikey [Madison, who plays Anora] And Sean first brought me some photos of films from the 1970s with a really thick, brave eyeliner, “recalls Johnson,” but Justine [Sierakowski, hair department head] Already knew that she would do the hair slametta. So I had the feeling that the hair -lametta focused on the hair. “
Anora’s hair -lametta was carefully and lovingly processed in the early morning, for a few hours long sessions in which Sierakowski tinsel pieces threaded hair in Madison’s hair.
Sierakowski explained with Vogue last month and explained: “[Sean Baker] wanted to stand out, but didn’t want her to be overtaken by anything. But he used a word like glittering or sparkling things that triggered something in my head. “
Anora’s eyes are the next key element, which was created with a signature eyelin wing and false eyelashes. “As I researched the make -up of the dancers, I definitely noticed the use of false eyelashes,” says Johnson. “I knew very early on that I wanted to use false eyelashes as a safety ceiling of her character and she wanted to wear it, and then they come off in the more vulnerable part of the film. Then we see a softer, more vulnerable side of her. “
Next came the nails, a naked acrylic set with gemstone and butterfly decorations. “I originally selected a different design for Anora and [Mikey]After thinking about it, he came back from the salon with the butterfly nails. And I’m so happy that she did it. They looked absolutely fantastic. They were true to the character. “
Then came the lip color, which pulls everything together. “The make-up of Mario Lip Stift [in shades Almond and Toasty]. Whenever Mikey did that, she thought the figure was complete, ”recalls Johnson. “That was the last thing we took on her every day in the make-up chair.”
Johnson names this as a sacred grail object for those who, alongside Rihanna’s Fenty Glitterbomb, Spray and drugstore, fake eyelashes from Ardell (“You are some of the best eyelashes that I encounter as a makeup artist,” says Johnson together with Rihanna’s Fenty Glitterbomb.
The fact that these look like this is so trendy for 2025. “None of these elements should ever be trendy,” Johnson denies. “We were immersed in the script, the story. We wanted something when we read it, the page spoke as Ani. We have never made looks for the start of trends. It’s as cool to see how people want hair strollers […] come back the wing that glitter sees. “
“We had so much fun with these looks,” added Johnson, “everything was so exaggerated. We just wanted everything to be authentic and stay respectful to sex workers and their stories. “
