Braids have had a serious comeback the last two years and have taken on many forms (Heidi, fishtail, French, you name it), but we've noticed a strong lean as of late to the side of the chunky braid and we're all for it. Slightly messy, yet pulled-together looking, it's an easy style that instantly looks fashionable.
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Best: Mega lashes
Historians might look back on 2010 as the year of big, flirty lashes -- well, beauty historians might anyway. Makeup brands like Urban Decay and Make Up For Ever went big this year with faux eyelashes and mascaras offering every kind of enhancing feature under the sun. Of course we are also all aware of how huge eyelash growth enhancers like Latisse and Revitalash became this year. We're a fan of this fad, the bigger the better, right?
Trends, be it fashion or beauty, are hard to navigate. Some that are awe-inspiring on the runway or red carpet look downright ridiculous strutting down the aisles of Costco. Case in point: Ke$ha looked like a bad-a$$ in blue lipstick, but if we tried to wear it to work, the boss might ask to "have a word" with us.
Before you accuse us of being too judgmental or close-minded, know that we believe all trends, good and bad, to be necessary. We need some less-than-hip transients to remind us of how important classic trends are like red lipstick. And not to say we have never fallen victim to "bad" trends before, heck, we wore scrunchies in public back in the day, too. You see, we need makeup, nail and hairstyle trends, no matter how embarrassing, in order to differentiate between the classics that deserve more than just their fifteen minutes. However, the real stars are the good trends that reinvigorate our love for beauty -- that is, until the next hot new thing shimmies on by.
And because it is sometimes difficult to separate the looks we should commit to from the ones we should only flirt with, we thought we'd share our opinions on what should stay and what should go. We've rounded up the most popular hairstyles, makeup looks, and nail trends from the past year in order to help you navigate which trends to keep and which to ditch come January 1st. So, you can take our word for it or be the last person wearing hair tinsel at the PTA meeting � you decide.
