Final Oscars Predictions – Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Doug Jamieson February 26, 2025 Leave a comment

I can distinctly remember after viewing The Substance, my first thought was, “Wouldn’t it be great if something like this could win the Oscar for makeup and hairstyling? But that’s never going to happen.” I’ve never been happier to be wrong. With wins at the BAFTAs, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guild Awards, The Substance is indeed on the cusp of an Oscar win that seemed unfathomable back in June.

Given this category often matches an eventual acting win, this could be a great sign for Demi Moore. But we’ll get to that battle in another piece. For now, let’s celebrate the fact a twisted horror film filled with some of the most grotesque and unsettling physical effects the screen has ever seen is going to score an Academy Award. Who’d have thunk it?

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BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING PREDICTIONS:
1. The Substance (MUBI) – BAFTA, CCA, MUAH
2. Wicked (Universal Pictures) – BAFTA, CCA, MUAH
3. Nosferatu (Focus Features) – BAFTA, CCA
4. A Different Man (A24) – CCA, MUAH
5. Emilia Pérez (Netflix) – BAFTA, MUAH

Will win: The Substance
Should win: The Substance
Possible shocker: A Different Man

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Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.