In Anora, Mikey Madison plays and dresses the part of a Brooklyn sex worker, from her coordinated sheer lace set to her hair tinsel. Between all the butterflies, drama, action, laughs, and tears the film evokes, her titular character’s makeup still manages to shine through, thanks to the very sparkly glitter that artist Annie Johnson used.
With Madison and Anora winning big at the Oscars 2025 tonight, we’re sure her makeup and the products in the film are bound to become a topic of discussion again, especially as viewers hope to get the looks for themselves.
Lucky for us, last October, Johnson revealed some of the products while discussing the film with Vogue. Glitter was one of the focal points of Madison’s look, and the team’s go-to was Rihanna’s Fenty Diamond Bomb because “it came out really nice on camera,” Johnson said. In a recent interview with Allure, Madison said, “Instead of using it as a highlighter, we just washed it over my eyes and it would catch the light in a nice way.” She also revealed that she bought the product for herself since she liked it so much.
The glitter isn’t the only thing we’ve been eyeing though. Madison’s lip combo is also stirring up some buzz. In the same Vogue interview, Johnson revealed that she used Makeup by Mario shades Almond and Toasty.
Thankfully, Madison’s makeup looks in Anora can be pretty easy to recreate — winged eyeliner, glitter washes, and the signature nude lip combo. As Johnson explained in an interview with Hypebae, “It was important to me and Sean Baker that the characters look like actual people. I wanted to see their actual skin, flaws included because real people have flaws. While designing these looks, my first thought was, ‘Is this something that the characters could have done at home by themselves with their own makeup?’”
