Start 2016 Out Right By Saying Goodbye To These 14 Ridiculous Trends From Last Year
🎵 Bye, bye, bye 🎵
It seems like everyone and their sister are trying to look like Kylie Jenner these days by replicating her infamous pout. Here's the thing... Kylie admitted she got lip fillers, yet people are still trying to get her look with an absurd amount of lip liner and plumper.
What to do in 2016: Embrace your natural lips as they are and don't go crazy with the liner.
Speaking of Kylie Jenner, the reality TV teen also popularized coffin nails... which are creepy AF. They're nails literally shaped like coffins. These jagged nails look like murder weapons, as if the name doesn't imply enough.
What to do in 2016: Keep your nail's natural shape, paint them pretty colors, and make simple stylish again.
Kim Kardashian pretty much inventing contouring, a.k.a. blending different shades of powder on your face to create a natural, glowing effect. Naturally, some celebs, even Keeks herself, has gone overboard with it.
What to do in 2016: Subtle contouring, which means using blush and bronzer on your cheekbones that matches your skin tone. Do not go overboard. When it comes to face makeup, less is more anyway. Check out this tutorial.
I loved the idea of glitter beards at first, but all trends must come to an end, and this is one of them. Guys, putting glitter on your beards isn't cool anymore.
What to do in 2016: How 'bout a nice, clean cut short beard?
The man bun trend went on way too long. While I'm not opposed to all man buns (I'm looking at you Harry Styles and Jared Leto), most men can't pull them off. It's time we bury the trend for good before more unworthy men jump on board.
What to do in 2016: Embrace your long, luscious locks or gee, I don't know, cut your hair.
Supermodels popularized the "athleisure" trend, where they basically make sweatpants, sports bras and sweatshirts fashionable by throwing them on under an oversized coat. I'm not saying workout clothes can't be stylish, but let's just leave the athletic wear for the gym/weekend and not for the office, shall we?
What to do in 2016: If you love wearing sweatpants, try styling them on their own with a cute tee or sweater. If you love sweatshirts, try pairing one with a skirt for an unexpected look.
Kanye West popularized the sneaker trend with his line of Yeezy Boosts, which are essentially very, very expensive gym shoes that celebrities are making a fashion trend.
What to do in 2016: Just don't try to make sneakers fashionable. They're meant for running and working out.
Celebs went HAM with the pastel hair trend in 2015, from Kaley Cuoco to Miranda Lambert to Kendall Jenner. Pastel hair can be great, but not when a new celeb is trying it out every week and it doesn't necessarily suit them.
What to do in 2016: Try opting for a jewel-tone shade like deep purple or teal.
The side-shave has got to go IMHO. Sure, some can pull it off, but the majority of us just look like we couldn't make up our minds on if we wanted to go for the full shave or not. Either shave it or leave it.
What to try in 2016: Go for a dramatic, side-swept part across the top of your head, and tuck the side with less hair behind your ear. It will create a similar effect to the side-shave, but you'll still have hair.
Kylie Jenner's cornrows stirred up a ton of controversy on Instagram, with commenters - and even Hunger Games star, Amandla Stenberg - accusing her of cultural appropriation. Justin Bieber was also recently seen with cornrows. I'm not knocking cornrows, but the trend as a whole is just pretty ridiculous.
What to try in 2016: Go for a Katniss Everdeen-inspired braid or try out French braids, which are coming back into style again.
The thing with fake eyelashes is that everyone knows when you're wearing fake ones. While some eyelash extensions can be flattering and beautiful, when you glue faux lashes to your lids like you did in Irish dance class in elementary school, it's just a little too much.
What to try in 2016: Find a bold mascara that works for you. Here's my favorite one.
Hipsters started the normcore trend to be ironic, and it shamefully caught on to the mass public. But news flash guys - dressing in mom jeans, hoodies, and sneakers (see, #7) just needs to stop being "trendy." If you dress like that normally, carry on, but let's not make this "hip."
What to try in 2016: Burn any and all mom jeans in your closet.
The Kardashians popularized the waist training trend, in which you wear a tight, corset-like vest around your waist to mold your body into a slimmer figure. Not only does it not really work, but doctors also advise against the waist-training trend for health reasons.
What to try in 2016: Do some crunches, go to the gym, walk up a flight of stairs, etc.
Cara Delevingne is pretty much the definition of #BrowGoals - they're thick, seemingly un-plucked and... perfect. Tons of women attempted to copy the model's look by not picking up their tweezers and using eyebrow fillers to create a dark, dramatic brow.
What to try in 2016: Try using a light pencil to fill your brows in subtly, but make sure the color you're using isn't too far away from your natural hair color. Also, reconnect with your old friend tweezers from time to time!