Make up and Beauty in 2000s

While prowling on the internet for inspiration, I thought back to what was popular when I was teen.Everybody had a Rimmel black eyeliner pencil in Black Magic or Jet Black. You kept it in the top pocket of your blazer pocket. Along with your Rimmel mascara and a lipstick that was a reddy brown. Or gloss. Lots of gloss. Thankfully I never got into the phase of wearing concealer as lipstick as that was just one of the horrific moments that that 00s brought to us.

I think it's fun to look back at make up trends and cringe. You have to apprieciate it on one hand, but on the other looking at the photos that were once 'trends' makes you die. Thankfully, we don't have to look at terrible perms that our parents had in the 80s.




Berry lips:

Berry lips came back with a bang. It suddenly became the rage to rock the 'vampy' look. I have to say that I'm glad this one came back. My obsession with MAC lipsticks was due to the dark reds that they sell. It's an addiction now. There are more shades available across all the brands with all types of finishes. So you aren't just restricted to the high coverage 'satin' finish. The only real difference between these two looks is the presence of the awful darker lipliner in the 90s/00s. With a bold lip, we like to go have a softer lip line. Normally one that matches the lipstick. 

                                                                                       

Brightly Coloured Hair: 

This is a bit of a hard one to judge. Gwen Stefani is known for her platinum locks but she dabbled with colour in the 90s. What I find fascinating is that we have become so expressive with how we colour our hair. You can buy kits in Boots to get the right shade of pastel pink for a less shocking look, but still something that is unique. Instagram has been a haven for hair colour artists like Guy Tang, who can literally make your hair into a Unicorn's Dream. I'm really happy that brightly coloured hair has come back and been accepted.

Visible Roots:

This really was the Grunge Statement of the decade. It became rock chic to not keep up with your monthly salon appointment to get your roots touched up. Courtney Love, Drew Barrymore and Kate Moss are a few of the people who owned this style. It has become a trend in the last year to have 'stretched roots' in which your roots are made longer. I like some of the ombres which are a reversal of a visible root. I feel as though this look was really edgy and that all of the rocker chicks were the ones who would have worn this the most