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These Are The 30 Craziest Beauty Trends Of 2018

This was not a good year for eyebrows.

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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.

1

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.

2

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.

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3

Halo Brows

Halo brows are brows connected in a halo shape across the forehead. This is a trend best left on the internet.

4

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.

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5

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.

6

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.

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7

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.

8

Fish Scale Hair

A shaved undercut looks even cooler when designed and dyed like fish scales.

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9

Tiger Brows

Makeup guru Huda Kattan tried out yet another wild brow trend—tiger brows.

10

Goth Rhinestone

The rhinestone makeup Lily Collins wore to the Met Gala, inspired by Our Lady Of Sorrows, became a fan-favourite to copycat within the Instagram make-up community.

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11

Garden Brows

Florals have always been a motif in make-up—just not on eyebrows. #GardenBrows were trending this spring on Instagram, and they can range from whimsical to downright shocking.

12

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.

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13

Pencil Brows

Pencil brows are exactly what they sound like: eyebrows shaped like pencils–because why not?

14

Dragonfly Wings

Iridescent ice-blue lipstick paired with inky black liner combine to create a cool dragonfly wing-inspired lip art.

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15

Sushi Nails

South Korean nail artist Unistella created these three-dimensional sushi nails that look (almost) good enough to eat.

16

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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17

Rainbow Part

Rainbow hair is so 2017. This year, it's all about the rainbow part.

18

Tooth Nails

Perhaps the most horrifying trend of the year, tooth-inspired nail art went viral on Instagram. You just have to see it to believe it.

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19

Jelly Highlighter

Farsali—Instagram's favourite skincare brand—released new shades of their cult-favourite jelly highlighter this year.

20

Glitter Mask

When two trends combines you get this: glitter face masks. The glitter doesn't really do anything for your skin other than look really cool.

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