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The Beauty Products Under $25 Celebs Wore at the 2025 Golden Globes

Including Selena Gomez’s $10 nail polish and Nikki Glaser’s drugstore-approved lip shade

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Along with a dazzling number of stylish gowns and tuxedos, Bazaar editors are still swooning over the best beauty looks from the 2025 Golden Globes. While celebrity skin, nail, hair, and makeup prep ahead of award shows gets a bad rap for being notoriously luxe and expensive, not every red-carpet routine comes with a hefty price tag.

Shop the Best 2025 Golden Globes Beauty Products Under $25

Celebrity makeup artists and hairstylists are already counting essentials under $25 from brands like Nexxus, Lancôme, and Anastasia Beverly Hills among their favorites this year for celebrity glam—evidence that creating impactful beauty doesn’t have to be expensive. Looking for more proof? We’ve rounded up a short list of the top budget-friendly products that stars wore to the 2025 Golden Globes, making it easy to re-create their looks at home.

From Ariana Grande’s magical r.e.m Beauty mascara to Selena Gomez’s foolproof Olive & June gel nail polish, read on for more.


Anastasia Beverly Hills

Blurring Serum Liquid Blush in Guava

Blurring Serum Liquid Blush in Guava

Griselda star Sofia Vergara wore a full Anastasia Beverly Hills makeup look to this year’s awards, including this buildable blush serum from the brand. Celebrity artist Sabrina Bedrani used the product directly on the apples of the star’s cheeks and the bridge of her nose for the ultimate boyfriend blush flush.

Nexxus

Ultra Lightweight Hair Oil

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Ultra Lightweight Hair Oil

“We wanted to create something that was custom but felt like a cross between Debbie Harry and Japanese cartoon characters, while still feeling undone and a little bit punk,” stylist Bob Recine says in a statement about singer Miley Cyrus’s awards-show hair look. Along with other Nexxus staples, like the Epic Shine spray and XXL Volume hair spray that retail for under $20, Recine looked to this featherweight oil to complete Cyrus’s playful look.

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r.e.m. Beauty

Flourishing Lengthening Mascara

Flourishing Lengthening Mascara

Golden Globe nominee Ariana Grande used a number of skincare and makeup staples from her beauty brand, r.e.m. Beauty, to prep for last night’s red carpet. This top-rated volumizing and lengthening mascara helped her eyes stand out next to barely there brows.

MCoBeauty

Eyeshadow Stick in Chocolate

Eyeshadow Stick in Chocolate
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Celebrity artist Jo Baker created a soft yet smoldering makeup look for actor Jennifer Coolidge that didn’t skimp on brown tones. “Jennifer loves a glamorous eye. I wanted a minky matte brown color wash all over her lid and through the lower lash line, smudged and blended for a soft, hazy look,” Baker says. “For this, I sketched MCoBeauty’s Eyeshadow Stick in Matte Chocolate, which glides on easily and blends like a charm! I love using eyeshadow chubby sticks like this. These are everyone’s cheat sticks for fast makeup application that lasts for hours without any fallout.”

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OPI

Nail Lacquer in Rated Pea-G

Nail Lacquer in Rated Pea-G
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Here at Bazaar, we’re not only major Wicked fans, we’re also extremely into nominee Cynthia Erivo’s glamorous manicure styles. For the 2025 Golden Globes, artist Mycah Dior used several nail gems and OPI polish shades to craft the star’s red-carpet look, including this Elphaba-approved green color.

Revlon

Super Lustrous Glass Shine Balm in Nude Illuminator

Super Lustrous Glass Shine Balm in Nude Illuminator

To keep supermodel Ashley Graham’s lips hydrated and flawless the entire night, Ivan Núñez layered Revlon’s Super Lustrous Glass Shine Balm with the brand’s ColorStay Multi-Liner in Dynamic Doer and Super Lustrous Lipstick in Bare It All.

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Nexxus

Volumizing Foam Hair Mousse

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Volumizing Foam Hair Mousse
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“We were inspired by vintage images of ’50s bombshells but created a playful version,” Zendaya’s stylist Coree Moreno previously told Bazaar of the Golden Globe nominee’s red-carpet hair. Moreno reached for this volumizing hair mousse, along with a set of rollers and clip-in extensions, to craft the actor’s bouncy Old Hollywood bob.

L’Oréal Paris

Lumi Le Glass Highlighter Stick in Glassy Pearl Eclat

Lumi Le Glass Highlighter Stick in Glassy Pearl Eclat
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A Complete Unknown star Elle Fanning shimmered at last night’s awards, thanks to a few touches of L’Oréal Paris’s Lumi Le Glass Highlighter Stick on the high points of her cheekbones, cupid’s bow, and nose bridge. “Tonight’s makeup on Elle took its cue from her glorious custom Balmain couture dress. We wanted some classic beauty with a modern sultry edge,” the star’s makeup artist Erin Ayanian-Monroe says in a statement.

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Shine Spray

Shine Spray

Who doesn’t want their hair to shine on the red carpet or otherwise? Actor and producer Kerry Washington’s stylist Takisha Sturdivant Drew gave the star’s hair extra pizzazz with the help of this spray from Pattern by Tracee Ellis Ross.

“For Kerry Washington’s Golden Globes look, the inspiration was modern sophistication with a sleek, glossy finish that perfectly complemented her vibrant hot-pink Balenciaga dress,” Sturdivant Drew tells Bazaar. “The aim was to achieve a ‘glass effect’ shine that exuded effortless elegance.”

Olive & June

Gel Nail Lacquer in the Queen Takes Her Tea With Milk

Gel Nail Lacquer in the Queen Takes Her Tea With Milk

Celebrity nail artist Tom Bachik used Olive & June’s gel nail lacquer in the pinky-nude shade the Queen Takes Her Tea With Milk to perfect nominee Selena Gomez’s Golden Globes French manicure.

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Maybelline

Super Stay Teddy Tint Long-Lasting Matte Lip Tint in Skinny Dip

Super Stay Teddy Tint Long-Lasting Matte Lip Tint in Skinny Dip
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Celebrity artist Jenna Kristina used several Maybelline essentials to craft Golden Globes host and nominee Nikki Glaser’s stage-worthy makeup. Kristina completed Glaser’s look with a few swipes of this velvety matte lip tint.

Ouidad

Moisture Lock Edge Control + Pomade

Moisture Lock Edge Control + Pomade

For Nobody Wants This actor Adam Brody’s tousled and effortless curl look, celebrity groomer Kim Verbeck used this favorite from Ouidad to tame flyaways without weighing his hair down. The pomade “amped up Brody’s own curls for a more polished look but still remained loose,” Verbeck says.

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Lashify

Fluffy Lite Black Gossamer Lash Collection

Fluffy Lite Black Gossamer Lash Collection
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If you’ve been on the hunt for a great pair of falsies or individual lashes, we suggest trying out the buzzy set actor Kathryn Hahn wore to this year’s Golden Globes. Along with makeup by Sonela and Sisley Paris, artist Jo Baker used Lashify’s LED Control Kit (which includes lashes, bonding glue, sealer, and an application wand) to apply these extensions from the inner to the outer corners of Hahn’s eyes for a luxe yet natural beauty look. “Kathryn Hahn complements the contrasting two-tone sculptural gown with a moody, sensual luxe eye look, adding mystique and deep intensity for a touch of eye drama,” Baker explains.

Lancôme

Idôle Lip Shaper in Don’t Be Chai

Idôle Lip Shaper in Don’t Be Chai

The nude lip liner Hacks star Hannah Einbinder wore as a base under Lancôme’s L’Absolu Rouge Drama Matte Lipstick in Rosemania rings in at $25. “The inspiration was a soft and statuesque look for tonight at the Golden Globes. Hannah wore a classic artful custom Louis Vuitton gown, and we did glowing, minimal glam to complement the simplicity,” celebrity artist Molly Greenwald says of her red-carpet makeup look.

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Deborah Lippmann

Gel Lab Pro Nail Color in Dirty Little Secret

Gel Lab Pro Nail Color in Dirty Little Secret

Golden Globe nominee Amy Adams paired her wine Dolce & Gabbana gown with this shimmery champagne nail shade from Deborah Lippmann at last night’s awards.

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