9 Beauty Trends to Leave Behind in 2016

2016 was an epic year for the beauty world: CoverGirl announced its first male ambassador, Kylie Jenner solidified herself as the “king” of cosmetics, and Instagram proved to be the birthplace of many a beauty trend.

And while some of these trends were pretty exciting when they first launched, here are nine we can’t wait to say farewell to once we enter 2017.

Pastel-colored hair

It was a trend that started in 2015 and continued strong (and given new life … unicorn horns anyone?) in 2016. Despite the saying, “Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then always be a unicorn,” we say 2017 is the year to let go of the My Little Pony hair.

Fake freckles

While we love that this feature finally got the recognition it deserves (especially with so many people being self-conscious of their freckles), it’s time to put down the brown pencil liners and leave the freckles for those who were naturally blessed with them so you can embrace your natural features.

Using random items to ‘curl’ your hair

Beauty vloggers went overboard when experimenting with their hair-curling techniques — everything from tampons to maxi pads and even cheese puffs were used in an attempt to get the perfect ringlets. Despite wasting a perfectly good bag of Cheetos on your hair (and leaving cheesy dust everywhere in the process), using these random items to curl your locks is absolutely unnecessary.

Succulent nails

It’s the trend that gave “having a green thumb” a whole new meaning, but thankfully succulent nails are short-lived. You don’t need plants growing off of your nails, people!

Furry nails

Another bizarre nail trend we can’t wait to be done with? Furry nails. Introduced to the fashion and beauty world by CND co-founder Jan Arnold backstage at the Libertine fall 2016 show, this nail art looks cool, but is highly impractical. Seriously, how are you supposed to ever wash your hands and keep them dry?

Snapchat filter makeup

As much as we love Snapchat filters, wearing them in real life is a questionable practice. But Desigual sent models down its New York Fashion Week runway wearing Snapchat-inspired makeup (think puppy dog and deer filters). While this made for great Halloween inspo, it’s a no for us on an everyday basis.

Over-the-top highlighters

Makeup junkies went “glow crazy” this year when it came to highlighters. From rainbow palettes to full-face sparkle, and even a “homemade” pizza highlighter, the strobing trend was almost as overdone as contouring. In 2017, we’ll just stick to a subtle highlight on the tops of our cheekbones and bridges of our noses, thanks.

Instagram eyebrows

Mario Dedivanovic (aka Kim Kardashian’s makeup artist) has declared the Instagram brow to be dead, so you can bet we’ll be seeing less of this in 2017. The boxy, ombré-esque brow trend, which starts off faded and finishes into a dark, long tail, is being replaced by more feathery brows that are still bold but very natural looking. Count us in.

100 layers of everything

Quite possibly the wildest beauty trend of 2016, the “100 layers” challenge saw beauty vloggers pile on a hundred layers of literally everything from nail polish to foundation. Aside from being cringeworthy, the hardest part was seeing all that wonderful product go to waste.

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