These Are The 35 Craziest Beauty Trends of 2018
This was not a good year for eyebrows.
Beauty trends are moving fast and loose in the age of Instagram—with makeup artists competing for who can win the award of craziest eyebrows ever. Halo brows, tiger brows, rainbow brows—in 2018, beauty was all about a brow, but it wasn't the only wild trend to take the Internet by storm. We rounded up the craziest beauty trends of the year for your amusement, inspiration, or horror.
Massive Hair
Hairstylist Guido Palau created this larger-than-life look at Valentino's runway show. "The big hair was inspired by Pierpaolo Piccioli, he wanted to have some extravagance in the hair and we were looking at old '60s Diana Vreeland Harper's Bazaar and Avedon shoots," Palau told BAZAAR.com at the time.
Matchy Matchy Hair
Match your hair to your outfit to your eyes. At Marc Jacobs's spring 2019 show, over 20 models had their hair dyed by Josh Wood using Redken to precisely match the color of their ensemble. Their makeup, created by Diane Kendal using Marc Beauty, matched too.
Markle's Tendrils
The internet lost its collective mind when Meghan Markle's loose tendrils became untucked during her royal wedding ceremony to Prince Harry back in May. The low and loose chignon was created by master celebrity hairstylist Serge Normant.
Water Bottle Curls
Inspired by the pricey Dyson Airwrap, which uses air to curl hair instead of heat, beauty vloggers took to the internet to try and recreate the look with nothing but a blowdryer and a water bottle.
Fishtail Brows
With nothing but a little concealer and brow product, you can create the negative space effect needed for a fishtail brow. That is, if you care to try it yourself.
Stormi Nails
One of the most horrifying beauty trends of the year, this nail tutorial recreated Kylie Jenner's first photo of her daughter Stormi. Watch it at your own risk.
Halo Brows
Halo brows are brows connected in a halo shape across the forehead. This is a trend best left on the internet.
Body Lava Tutorial
When Rihanna was teasing her new Fenty Beauty Body Lava, she dropped the hottest makeup tutorial of all time. It was so popular, in fact, that men and women alike began recreating and posting the shoulder-brushing tutorial in droves.
Yellow Blush
Yellow blush sounds terrible in theory, but in practice it's one of the most beautiful beauty trends of 2018. Sweep it high across the cheekbones and across the eyelids for the boldest effect.
Royal Lip Art
Royal Wedding fever made its way into the beauty world by way of lip art and nail art, as well as a newfound preference Meghan Markle's sheer foundation, freckles, and peach lipstick.
Corkscrew Nails
Corkscrew nails—they look cool but cant actually open any wine bottles. And imagine trying to put contacts in your eye with these contraptions.
Fish Scale Hair
A shaved undercut looks even cooler when designed and dyed like fish scales.
Tiger Brows
Makeup guru Huda Kattan tried out yet another wild brow trend—tiger brows.
Goth Rhinestone
The rhinestone makeup Lily Collins wore to the Met Gala, inspired by Our Lady Of Sorrows, became a fan-favorite to copycat within the Instagram makeup community.
Garden Brows
Florals have always been a motif in makeup—just not on eyebrows. #GardenBrows were trending this spring on Instagram, and they can range from whimsical to downright shocking.
Glitter Face
The glitter trend jumped the shark in 2018, when models hit the Giambattista Valli fall runways in Paris wearing a face-full of duo-chrome glitter.
Pencil Brows
Pencil brows are exactly what they sound like: eyebrows shaped like pencils–because why not?
Dragonfly Wings
Iridescent ice-blue lipstick paired with inky black liner combine to create a cool dragonfly wing-inspired lip art.
Sushi Nails
South Korean nail artist Unistella created these three-dimensional sushi nails that look (almost) good enough to eat.
Flower Eyeliner
Why wear regular black eyeliner when you could create an intricate floral design instead? It's a painstaking process but the end result is beautiful.
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