11 Common Beauty Trends All Men Secretly Hate

I love beauty and fashion trends….CONTINUE READING

I fully admit that loads of them can be ridiculous, but that has officially never once stopped me from wearing mud-colored lipstick

or parading around in a series of ill-advised bell-bottom jeans.

I’m a woman, and I don’t dress for men.

I dress for myself, and from time to time, for the benefit of the women around me.

I play around with trends as a way of expressing myself, so I usually can’t be bothered to avoid trends guys hate.

But that doesn’t mean I don’t know exactly which trends guys hate.

Because while some guys don’t have a clue when it comes to fashion, sometimes their eye for what’s ridiculous is totally on point.

In the end, what matters is that you do what you love, what makes you feel good.

But just in case you were curious about what beauty trends guys hate, here are a few of their least favorites.

We think we look like ideal, men think there’s been some sort of makeup accident.

We think there’s nothing sexier than leather and lace, all he sees are a million things he has to untie to get to the real prize.

We think red lipstick looks hot as hell

, and so does he… but on you, and not on him.

We think long fake nails are edgy and trendy and made for Instagramming! He thinks they only look good on Wolverine.

We think it gives us a healthy glow, he thinks it makes you look like you live on the Jersey Shore.

We think it looks totally fly, he’s worried about pooping out glitter after a solid make-out session.

We think we look 1970s cool, he’s just baffled about how you pee.

We think they make us look tiny and charming, he thinks you look like a mantis.

We think we look like Michelle Williams, he thinks you look like a dude.

We love the added height and casual style, he thinks you should be able to run in sneakers.

We love how they make our eyes look luscious and sweet

, he thinks you have spiders on your face.

Rebecca Jane Stokes is an editor, freelance writer, former Senior Staff Writer for YourTango, and the former Senior Editor of Pop Culture at Newsweek. Her bylines have appeared in Fatherly, Gizmodo, Yahoo Life, Jezebel, Apartment Therapy, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, SheKnows, and many others….CONTINUE READING