In 2000 she received a BAFTA Film Award nomination in the category Best Make Up/Hair for her work on the drama American Beauty which she shared with Carol A. O'Connell. McComas worked as hair stylist for Jamie Lee Curtis (1996 House Arrest), Kevin Spacey (2001 K-PAX, 2001 The Shipping News, 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember, 2003 The Life of David Gale, 2005 Edison, 2006 Superman Returns, and 2011 Inseparable), Tia Carrere (1996 High School High), and Katherine Heigl (2010 Life As We Know It).