The 2026 Awards Season Was All About One Major Beauty Trend: Nostalgia

In the early to mid-1990s, grunge makeup took center stage thanks to stars like Courtney Love, Winona Ryder, and Kate Moss. If the 2026 awards season has proven anything, it's that grunge never went anywhere. Most noticeably, Olympic medalist Amber Glenn's Madonna-inspired grunge look at the GLAAD Awards was a real show-stopper. Her exaggerated, structural smoky eye look was a callback straight to the '90s. Dove Cameron's midnight-hued nails and deep burgundy lip at the SAG Awards also screamed Girl, Interrupted in the best way possible.