The Newest Selfie Trend Is Less About The Face And More About The Hands
Time to step up your Instagram game: "T-Rex hands" is the new selfie trend.
Change — it's a part of life. Sometimes, it's inevitable while other times, Hollywood stars Kardashians come in and demand it. Today, we are here to tell you that there is a new way to selfie.
It's called...wait for it... T-Rex hands.
T-Rex hands is a term coined by beauty blogger/contouring expert Huda Beauty, after analyzing countless celeb selfies.
"I like to call the first one T-Rex hands because if you zoom out and you do it to both hands you look like a T-Rex," she says.
Allow us to elaborate.
T-Rex hands involve diligently placing your non-selfie hand in the frame.
Whether you place the hand on your mouth...
...your chin...
...your cheek...
...or your hair, it ALWAYS somehow gives the shot a je ne sais quoi
To take it to the next level, you can cahold up random items.
Food, for instance, is a great prop.
The hottest celeb couples are even in on the T-Rex hands trend, so you know it's a big deal.
It seems like a longggg time ago duck face was the cool way to pose.
Ok, well for Kim Kardashian that was a week ago.
...then came the fish gape...
...and now, T-Rex hands iroaring in, so we can all enjoy posing like this for the next few months.
Or at least, until Kylie Jenner decides it's uncool.