1. White frosty eyeshadow directly underneath the browbone.
This just isn't cute on ANYONE because it makes you look like you're saying, "Beam me up, Scotty" with your eye makeup. No one's eyes should glow like this. Ever. Instead, go for highlighting earthtone shadows, like a bone-colored one for light skin and medium skin tones, and a taupe-shaded eyeshadow for darker skin. Try these bone and taupe shades from Bobbi Brown.
2. Diamond-encrusted eye embellishments.
Unless you're J.Lo in the Waiting For Tonight video or Vanessa Hudgens at Coachella, diamond-encrusted embellishments should take up zero real estate on your face around your eye area.
3. Thick french tips
In my eyes, anything with the word French in front of it is absolutely amazing (i.e. French Fries, French braid, French kiss), but that's not always the case with French manicures. This style really only looks sophisticated when the white is just a thin line at the edge of your nail — not monopolizing half of your nailbed.
4. Multicolored eyelids.
Yes, painting with all the colors of the wind is load of fun, but it doesn't look good when the canvas is your eyelid. If you want to go for a multi-tonal eye for night, chose two or three shades within the same color family, so that the shades don't look too severe against each other, and be sure to blend them so the colors seamlessly gradate into one another. Want an example?
5. Icy eyeshadow in the inner "V" corner of the eye.
Yes, you want to highlight and draw attention to your eyes, but applying a severe silver shadow to the inner corner of your eyes isn't the way to go. Instead, opt for a more champagne-y pink shadow or a soft gold. These two shades aren't as harsh as silver — plus, they have undertones that blend in with skin better, accenting it instead of illuminating it in a major, unnatural way.
6. OD'ing on bronzer.
It's one thing to be this tan (which you shouldn't ever be, because too much time in the sun can cause skin cancer), but it's an entirely different story when you add bronzer into the makeup mix as well. 1. If you are this tan, bronzer will only make you look darker, which will look unnatural. 2. Adding in bronzer with shimmer will make you resemble either a bronze or living statue that you'd see perform for money in Times Square. If you're addicted to bronzer and can't quit it, at least go for a matte version, to soften the bronze blow.
7. The Mob Wives makeup look.
If you're going to go for a heavy, statement-making eye, by all means go girl. But whatever you do, don't pair it with a hot pink hue like this one above. You want to pick one feature and play it up; that way your look isn't overwhelming. So, if you want to go with heavy eye liner — here are 15 chic ways to wear it, by the way — keep your lip muted with a taupe, nude, or dusty rose. Want a loud lip? Spring for a cat eye or line the innner upper rim of your eye only (to make your lashes look fuller — for a tutorial on this, click here) and then layer on mascara.
8. Noticeable contouring.
The whole point of contouring your face is to manipulate light, bringing out your best features and adding shadows where you need to accentuate, like under your cheekbones. But it should be a seamless gradation of light and dark, not a harsh swipe of bronzer a la Lilo bronzed job. Need a tutorial in contouring? Ask and you shall receive.
9. Unrealistic eyelashes.
Unless it's Halloween, feather eyelashes are a no. If you want to accentuate your lashes, pick up and glue on a strip of lashes that are a realistic length and call it a day. These kinds just feel too try-hard and that's not what the Cosmo girl does.
10. Overly drawn on eye brows
You're not Jem and the Holograms, so don't apply your makeup like you're the lead singer in a '80s television series (aka don't blend your eyeshadow up to your eyebrows, especially if it's a bold color like hot pink). Instead, save that look for your BFF's bachelorette party and apply your pop of color only up to the crease of your eye. This makes colored eyeshadow wearable instead of straight-up scary.
13. The bottom buzz cut.
I'm not sure what the purpose of this haircut is, other than if you get neck sweats (is that even a thing?). So, for the love of all things holy, please stop with this cut. That and the side shave; these styles are both tired. Instead, just pull all of your hair up into a high bun, like Max Anthony does.
