Something I have always been passionate about is having "clean looking" eyebrows. What I mean by that is plucking and lightly filling in when necessary never hurts. It can even really help clean up your appearance.
But on the other end of the spectrum is the overly filled in, shaped brow. #EyebrowsOnFleek, the "Instagram brow," whatever you want to call it, it's too much. It doesn't even look remotely natural in any way. It looks artificial and is certainly not practical for everyday wear. We can save the ombre effect for photo shoots and fashion shows.
Adding to the list of beauty trends that have passed their prime, fake lip plumping is definitely up there. Girls spend so much money buying products like lip plumping glosses and more recently, pieces of plastic shaped to make your lips plumper if you stick them inside and suck. This never fails to surprise me.I can't believe people would spend their money on things like this, just because having plumper more luscious lips is trendy. I'm not against wearing a little bit of lip gloss or lip stick to give a little shine or color, in fact I'm all for that. It's a way of expressing yourself and that is perfectly okay. What is not okay in my opinion is using products that alter your body chemistry or change the shape of your lips just for the sake of following a trend. I once found a tube of lip plumper in a my kitchen drawer, mistaking it for regular lip gloss, I put it on. Within 30 seconds my lips were burning and stinging. I wiped it off immediately, but could still feel the effects on my lips. I have no idea what chemicals go into products like that, but it cannot be healthy. Companies make products with particles of shimmer that reflect light, giving the same kind of effect without the pain.
Lastly, I will never understand the appeal of "claw shaped" nails. They not only look a bit scary, but dangerous. Go to shake someone's hand and you could poke a hole in it. This one is pretty simple, but still a trend that has got to go.
