How do makeup trends start?
Here are the trendiest makeup looks we tried and ditched between 2010 and 2019.
Take a moment to let that sink in.
These days, though, you probably wouldn’t want to be caught dead wearing pale blue eyeshadow.
“Blue eyeshadow works for some people,” New York City-based makeup artist Susmita Patel toldTotal Beauty.
“Little girls in dance recitals.
Guests at 1970s-themed parties.
If you aren’t one of the aforementioned people, don’t wear it.
Still, it stuck around for years.
“Because you are not Kim Kardashian, nor do you want to be.”
She’s not wrong.
“You are better than a smoky eye,” Moleti summarized.
“So don’t ask for it again.”
And we didn’t.
If you see anyone wearing blurred lips today, well, it may just actually be leftover makeup.
Well, allow us to jog your memory.
In 2013,Glamourrevealed that statement red lips had been usurped by a new, reddish-yellow shade.
“Statement-making orange was all over from runways to the red carpet and in all sorts of textures.
Of course, only time will tell.
By the year’s end, though, makeup artists were begging us to put down the thick makeup.
“I wish people would stop copying the heavy-foundation tutorials,” celebrity makeup artist Daniel Chinchilla dished toAllure.
In reality, these techniques look better on camera than they do in real life.”
After giving up our heavy foundations, we never really looked back.
In fact, as the years progressed, lighter and lighter foundations became the norm.
And we’re here for that makeup trend.
“The bravery comes in seeing skin’s real texture.”
After all, that had becomethe trend.
In the new decade, you may start to see another way to wear eyeliner.
“All they do is irritate your lips,” makeup artist Carmindy explained toGlamourat the time.
“Instead just trace your lips with a highlighter for a fuller look.”
Nevertheless, the plump lip trend would continue for several years.
Some fans turned not just to the lip kit or lip-plumping products, but tolip suction devices.
Jenner eventually admitted to having lip fillers in an episode ofKeeping Up with the Kardashians(viaIndependent).
Though we can’t say for sure, that could’ve contributed to the lip-plumping makeup trend dying down.
Yep, in 2012, this super dull look was in.
And oh how times have changed.
In 2018, the Korean beauty trend dubbed “glass skin” started becoming popular in the United States.
That is, the face should mimic a sheet of glass once the look is complete.
“Glass skin is my absolute favorite trend,” cinematic makeup artist Ulla Gaudin toldThe Listahead of 2019.
Since the induction of glass skin to our beauty routines, we haven’t gone back to matte.
“Brows are meant to be unique to each face.
They add character and structure, and those brow shapes that look like precisely pruned lines do neither.”
However, she didn’t expect untouched brows to get popular.
Despite blowing up in 2018, Millennial Pink was nowhere to be found in the beauty aisle come 2019.
She’s not wrong.
Hopstein hoped the trend would be replaced by a much milder version of contouring.
It may have taken some time, but that’s exactly what started happening.
In 2019, celebrity makeup artist Christina Flach confirmed toThe Listthat “exaggerated contouring” had lost popularity.
But it wasn’t new.
How’s that a bad thing?
But even the contour queen has traded in both baking and contouring for a more natural appearance.
Makes sense that she would mix things up, asKim Kardashian is the queen of changing up her looks.
Not good things, apparently.
Now, that’s not to say you should avoidalldark shades in the future.
So, just put down the brown.
