The Lipstick and the Lawsuit: Mikayla Nogueira Breaks Her Silence on the Split

She built an empire on honesty. Seventeen million followers. A makeup line. A husband who proposed on the beach and promised forever.

And now, Mikayla Nogueira is building something else: a boundary.

On February 12, 2026, the 27-year-old beauty mogul sat down in front of her camera—the same camera that has documented every highlighter swipe and foundation review for years—and delivered news she never wanted to share. She and Cody Hawken are getting a divorce.

Two years of marriage. Five years together. And a decision they made together, months ago, that she has been "processing" ever since.

The Video Where Nothing Is Said and Everything Is Felt

If you've followed Mikayla for any length of time, you know her signature: the Boston accent, the unfiltered reviews, the way she treats her followers like friends gathered in her living room. This video was different.

"I've spent the last few months processing this," she said, voice steady but heavy. "A lot of crying. A lot of talking to family, friends, therapy. Everything you can think of to get to a place where I can make this video."

She did not share why. She will not share why. And she asked—no, she *told*—her audience to respect that.

"Cody deserves that. We both want to heal. Cody deserves to be happy. So do I."

The Guardrail

Here's where this story departs from the usual influencer breakup playbook.

Mikayla made one thing crystal clear: no details. Not one. "The only people that know why Cody and I made this decision is Cody and I," she stated. She's taking the reason to the grave of their marriage, and she's asking the internet to stop digging.

This is radical, in its own way. In an era where every celebrity divorce is dissected frame by frame, where fans feel entitled to autopsy the corpse of a relationship they were never actually in, Mikayla is drawing a line in the sand.

She also drew a line around Cody's past struggles with addiction. In 2025, he spent 45 days in rehab. She addressed it preemptively: "If you can please leave that out of the conversation. They are two separate things. It is hard enough as it is to be an addict and to struggle to stay sober."

Translation: Don't connect the dots you don't have. Don't assume you know what happened. Don't use his recovery as a headline.

The Marriage They Tried to Save

This wasn't a sudden unraveling.

Just eight months ago, in June 2025, Mikayla posted a video about something many influencers never mention: marriage counseling. "Not because we're getting a divorce," she clarified then. "It's just nice to go to marriage counseling when you go through a very traumatic, stressful situation together. It helps."

They were trying. They were doing the work. They were sitting in a therapist's office, presumably talking through whatever walls had risen between them.

And still, it wasn't enough.

The Love They Still Have

Here's the part that makes this breakup feel different: they still love each other.

"Cody and I love each other so much," Mikayla said. "We would do literally anything for each other."

That's not a soundbite. That's not damage control. That's the truth of two people who realized, somewhere along the way, that love isn't always enough to keep a marriage afloat. You can adore someone and still not be able to build a life with them. You can want the best for them and know, with crushing certainty, that the best is no longer you.

The Fear and the Future

They are both terrified, Mikayla admitted. "We're entering a completely new chapter of our lives—an unexpected chapter—and we're embracing it. And even if it's terrifying, it's exciting too."

She promised her followers she will keep showing up. The makeup reviews will continue. The content will flow. The face the world knows will still be there every day, blending foundation and fighting mascara wars.

But behind that face is a woman who just ended a marriage, who spent months crying and talking and therapizing, who is now asking the internet to be gentle with the man she still loves.

What We Don't Know

We don't know why they split. That's the point.

We don't know whose idea it was first. We don't know if there was infidelity or addiction or just the slow drift of two people who stopped rhyming. We don't know if Cody is okay, or if Mikayla is okay, or if "okay" is even a word that applies yet.

All we know is this: Mikayla Nogueira got married in July 2023. In February 2026, she told the world it was over.

And she asked, with the kind of quiet dignity that can't be faked, to let them both heal in peace.

The Takeaway

There is no scandal here. No villain. No smoking gun. Just two people who loved each other, tried their hardest, and ultimately couldn't make it work.

In a world that demands every celebrity wound be picked open for public consumption, Mikayla is choosing privacy. She's choosing protection. She's choosing to let Cody's sobriety exist separately from their divorce, and to let their love story end without a postmortem.

It's not the juicy headline the internet wanted. But maybe—just maybe—it's the one they needed.