Yes, it's true -- makeup artists agree that 2016 will be the year our lashes get back to basics. (Don't freak out, we'll get through this together.)

"Lash extensions really blew up this year," says celebrity makeup artist Felicia Alva, creator of Flutter Beauty. While adhering six-millimeter strips of mink to your eyelashes used to be reserved for the Beverly Hills contingent, Alva says we have social media to blame for the mainstream explosion of this pricy procedure.

True, long eyelashes are a timeless trend -- but the artificial mile-long look can make your eyes appear smaller or change the shape of your eyes for the worse. "Plus, the adhesive is not healthy for your real lashes," Alva adds. Our experts predict a softer look for 2016. (Hey, sounds like a money saver to us.)

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Welp, there goes the 50 bucks spent on that cream contour palette. "2015 taught us many things, and the power of a good contour was certainly one of them, but too much of a good thing is just plain bad," says celebrity makeup artist Zena Shteysel.

Cream contour products offer that chiseled look that works under bright red carpet lights and for photo shoots -- but using these products for everyday is just excessive. "A heavy contour isn't flattering," says Shteysel. "Instead, grab a good highlighting powder -- try Anastasia Beverly Hills Illuminator, $28 -- because strobing (an exaggerated highlight sans the contour) isn't going anywhere in 2016."

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In 2015, we had a specific appreciation for brightly colored pit hair -- a trend that surfaced among young feminists taking a stance against unrealistic expectations of female body hair.

We saw YouTube influencers go electric blue; we saw Miley Cyrus go hot pink. And while we are totally on-board with taking ownership of your own body, it's hard to see this trend living past 2015.

It's already enough work maintaining the hair color on our heads -- next year, we think women will go the "lived-in" route with their pits, too.

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Duck lips, trout pout -- whatever you want to call it, makeup artists say that an overlined, blown-up pucker is on its way out. "Like brows, your lips need to be in balance with all of your other facial features," says Alva.

There are oh-so-many problems with over-lining your lips: First, it's tricky to pull off in a way that doesn't look completely fake. Then, even if you do, an augmented pout can make your face look fuller.

"It's a vicious cycle," says celebrity makeup artist Shalini Vadhera. "Big lips make your face look fat, so then you contour like crazy." In the end, you wind up looking like a poorly executed Kylie Jenner (the one who popularized the whole over-injected, over-lined look in the first place).

Now that the novelty has subsided a bit and trends are leaning more au naturel, we can expect to see softer puckers in 2016.

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This trend had a major moment in 2014, and beauty experts had high hopes it would fizzle by this year. "But alas, these came back with a vengeance -- longer and sharper than before," Shteysel reports.

Trend forecasters agree that two years has been a long enough reign for these claw-like manis. In 2016, less will finally be more. "Nudes and greys in a classic short, square shape are more modern, not to mention practical," says Shteysel.

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