10 pop beauty trends that makeup artists detest

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These looks may exist trendy, just makeup artists aren't fans of them.
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  • Insider spoke with 8 makeup artists to see which pop dazzler trends they wish would go away.
  • "Selfie makeup" and heavy brows haven't won many professionals over.
  • Some artists likewise expressed dislike for unblended eyeshadow and overlined lips.
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Every month it seems like there'due south a new beauty trend, but that doesn't mean you should e'er follow them.

Insider asked professional makeup artists about some popular looks they wish would disappear. Read on to meet what they said.

The "selfie makeup" trend doesn't e'er look great in the real earth.

Avert using too much highlighter and contour just for the "perfect" selfie.
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Glory makeup creative person Lydia Sellers — who'due south previously worked with Meghan Markle — told Insider that she'southward not a huge fan of the "selfie makeup" trend.

"I have a personal aversion to the overly contoured, 'selfie makeup' face," she said. "Where the highlighter is so iridescent, it has a purplish shine to it; the profile is night and poorly-blended, with fatigued-on features; and behemothic strip lashes in the wrong length and book for the eye shape are used."

She continued, "It's time for this tacky trend to go away. Sometimes, less is really more."

Don't overdo information technology when filling in your eyebrows.

Makeup artists suggest using short, light strokes to fill brows in.
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Eyebrow trends are always going in and out of style, but regardless of what's in, filling them too much can distract from the residue of your face.

"Eyebrows frame the face up and are usually ane of the beginning things people notice," New York City-based makeup creative person Carlina Zacarias told Insider. "The eyebrows shouldn't be painted dark and overdrawn. Instead, they look best when you create hair-similar strokes and clean the await with a highlighter crayon, pencil, or foundation/concealer."

For a natural look, she suggested going for an ombré result instead of a solid shape.

Some makeup artists believe that there is such a thing as too much highlighter.

Too much highlighter can distract from the residuum of the await.
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Much like over-filled eyebrows, Zacarias told Insider that some dazzler lovers are getting a little besides heavy-handed with highlighter.

"Highlight that is as well shiny can make you look like a light seedling," she said. "It's supposed to be used to create a glow — not high beams. A sheen, smooth texture of highlight is the best and will give yous the squeamish glow that y'all're looking for."

Brilliant, unblended eye shadow isn't the all-time look.

Applying bright heart shadow requires a skilled manus.
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When it comes to applying bright colors on your lids, Philadelphia-based editorial makeup artist Dana Flippen told Insider that non blending your eye shadow is a major makeup sin.

"I call this tendency 'dancehall eyebrows' because it'due south almost as if the goal is to just be bright and stand out with colour, without actually focusing on [the finished makeup look]," she said. "It'south most like yous're wearing costume makeup."

"I'm all for self-expression and experimenting with colors, merely if you are going to have six different colors on your lids, blend them," she added.

You lot might not want to bother with a matte lip if yous don't have the time or free energy to reapply product.

Applying a matte lipstick requires skill.
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According to Gabriel De Santino, makeup artist and founder of Gabriel Cosmetics, matte lipstick isn't for everyone.

De Santino said matte lipstick can look great, but it requires precise application and upkeep throughout the day.

"Matte lipstick must be applied with a steady mitt — lip liner can be helpful — and lips have to exist hydrated or you run the risk of cracking throughout the day," he told Insider.

Too, overlining your lips isn't always the best look.

It'south best to keep lip liner subtle.
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According to Eddie Funkhouser, cofounder and executive creative director of Eddie Funkhouser Cosmetics, the tendency of overlining your lips needs to stop.

"I get it, nosotros all desire fuller, more than luscious looking lips," he said. "But overlining the lips has gone from a subtle trick for boosting the fullness of your pout to pretty much drawing on an entirely new mouth."

He continued, "There are ways to contour the lips to brand them appear more full without the profile of your oral fissure looking like you completely missed the mark with your liner and lipstick."

Overly perfect or stenciled-on eyebrows can date a makeup look.

Natural, fluffy brows are back in style now.
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Allyson Roe, licensed aesthetician and makeup artist of Allyson Roe Makeup Artistry, told Insider that she wished the stenciled-on eyebrows trend would get away.

"Yep, those 'instabrows.' You know the ones. They're and then precise they look similar they've literally been drawn on with a sharpie and a stencil," she said. "Sometimes they even come with a pale ring of concealer effectually them. If that'south your style, then great, simply they will date a look then fast."

She connected, "If nosotros did 'instabrows' on our clients for photos or video, in a few years it will be simply like united states of america looking back on bad makeup from the 1980s."

You lot don't accept to utilize a concoction of foundations and concealers every time y'all do your makeup.

Don't overdo your coverage.
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Makeup tutorials are usually full of different foundations and concealers, just that's not usually necessary.

"I have seen way too many YouTube and Instagram videos where the 'guru' will mix 3 different full-coverage foundations, add two or 3 concealers (although the foundation did enough to embrace), and so use a few different powders on top," Roe told Insider.

She said sometimes she'll mix a foundation or two to get the perfect shade and consistency for a client, but oftentimes only one product works only fine.

Roe too said that the heavy, full-coverage look that near beauty gurus show off in videos seems bully with the correct lighting, but her job as a makeup artist is to brand sure her clients' skin "still look like skin every bit much every bit possible."

Contour charts and diagrams don't work for every face shape.

Brand sure yous're contouring and highlighting in the correct spots for your face up.
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Some beauty sites push out different charts that are supposed to help y'all become a makeup pro, simply Tatiana Rivera, the lead makeup artist for Gabriella Anthoney's Design Artistry, said they don't work for everyone.

"I am not in love with the one-size-fits-all brand of beauty," she told Insider. "These facial diagrams of where you should be applying your highlight, and where to identify your contour doesn't apply to every face shape."

She continued, "The whole theory backside contour is that you are trying your best to create the illusion of an oval shape face with oval beingness the 'platonic' facial shape. So, if y'all have an oval confront why are you doing a heavy contour?"

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