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When it comes to award show glamour, I drink up every detail of the looks that make our “best dressed” lists. Though every event plays host to a show-stopping assortment of red carpet ensembles, from the stunning gowns to the trend-setting hairstyles, the stars save their best for the Oscars—and the 2026 show is shaping up to have some of the best beauty looks we’ve seen in a minute.
Don’t get me wrong, I love a classic updo and a perfectly manicured hand. However, the one thing that sets my soul on fire is red carpet makeup—so much so that I asked my fellow beauty editors to fan-cast our favorite nominees’ makeup looks for the evening. The one thing we didn’t see coming was the monochrome makeup trend that suddenly, yet swiftly, took center stage, and I’m simply itching to recreate these looks myself. Below, the matchy-matchy lip and eye moments from Jessie Buckley, Emma Stone, Renate Reinsve, and more that played oh-so perfectly off their Oscar-worthy gowns.
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Not to toot my own horn, but I did (somewhat) predict Buckley’s red-lip look. The best lead actress nominee matched her scarlet lips to her two-toned Chanel gown, making this look an instant classic. I theorize that the vermillion accents could be a sweet nod to her character Agnes Shakespeare’s signature red frock, but that’s just me.
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Wunmi Mosaku’s deep-sea turquoise gown caught my eye immediately, but her shimmering shadow made me stay. The Sinners star matched her sparkling custom Louis Vuitton gown with a pop of reflective teal eye shadow on the inner corners of her eyes—which happens to be one of 2026’s top red carpet trends, per our senior beauty editor Jamie Schneider’s robust reporting. If you want to replicate her exact look, pick up Louis Vuitton’s La Beauté LV Ombres Eye Shadow palettes in Beige Memento and Force of Nature.
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According to Chase Infiniti’s makeup artist, Amber Dreadon, the actress’s custom Louis Vuitton dress was the ultimate source of inspiration. Dreadon describes the look as “whimsical, light, and effortlessly youthful,” according to a press release, keeping skin and subtle pops of color at the center. She used Louis Vuitton’s LV Ombres Eye Shadow in Cosmic Dreams to craft Infiniti’s soft lilac eye before accenting her pillowy pout with LV’s Rouge Satin Lipstick in Kiss the Sky.
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Do our eyes deceive us, or did Emma Stone match her shimmering, floor-sweeping Louis Vuitton gown with a matching frosted eye? According to a press release, the star’s gown was hand-embroidered—which, by my logic, requires a makeup look with the same painstaking detail. The Bugonia star wears the LV Ombres Eye Shadow palette in Beige Memento, which features an icy ivory shadow that I’d best my next paycheck she slathered all over the eye.
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Sinners‘ Li Jun Li has been taking the 2026 award season by storm with her extravagant red carpet looks, though I’m particularly entranced by her matching red moment tonight. Perhaps inspired by the fiery aesthetic of her heavily nominated film, the actress tied in her red Gaurav Gupta dress with cherry-colored glam with bright red lips and berry-hued blush.
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Renate Reinsve has been dominating award season in the style category, but our eyes were on her red lip (and sculptural hip-high slit) tonight. Perfectly matching her custom Louis Vuitton gown is her matte LV lipstick in the orange-red shade Vuittamine, which I’m adding to cart as we speak.
