11 terrible beauty trends from 2016 that need to die
LONDON -- Another year, another never-ending supply of ghastly trends to be added to a list of things that we'd sooner forget.
This year, when people weren't drawing unicorns on their eyes, they were matching their hair to their iPhones. They were making their fingernails look like slices of cheese, or covering them in pompoms and plants. To the beauty bloggers of Instagram we have one question for you: Why?
Here are 11 trends that must be stopped immediately.
1. Unicorn eyeliner
Hey everyone, unicorns don't exist. Stop drawing them on your eyes.
2. Coloured freckles
These aren't freckles. They're multicoloured polka dots. And, polka dots belong on dresses, not cheeks.
3. Succulent nail art
If you like nature, don't wear it on your nails. Buy a terrarium.
4. Neck contouring
No one needs to contour her neck. It just doesn't need it.
5. Rose gold iPhone hair
Rose gold iPhones are fine. But, matching the colour of your locks to your phone is not fine.
6. Unicorn horns
Again, unicorns are not real. Don't turn your hair into a unicorn horn.
7. Watermelon hair
Watermelon tastes good. But, do you need to profess your appreciation for the fruit with your hair? No, you do not.
8. Pompom nails
This is highly impractical.
9. Galaxy hair
If you want to see the galaxy, just look up at the night sky. Don't recreate it in your hair.
10. Furry nails
Why?
11. Swiss cheese nails
Cheese is for eating, not for wearing.
2017: Please do better.
Topics Beauty
Rachel Thompson is the Features Editor at Mashable. Rachel's second non-fiction book The Love Fix: Reclaiming Intimacy in a Disconnected World is out now, published by Penguin Random House in Jan. 2025. The Love Fix explores why dating feels so hard right now, why we experience difficult emotions in the realm of love, and how we can change our dating culture for the better.
A leading sex and dating writer in the UK, Rachel has written for GQ, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style, The Telegraph, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Stylist, ELLE, The i Paper, Refinery29, and many more.
Rachel's first book Rough: How Violence Has Found Its Way Into the Bedroom And What We Can Do About It, a non-fiction investigation into sexual violence was published by Penguin Random House in 2021.
