Social networking is great for finding out about and after new trends, but it is quite frequently a situation of ‘hit or overlook’ Nonetheless that does not mean the ‘misses’ will not take off just as quickly or grow any less of a cult following that the ‘hits’. We take a peek at what’s trending today from the land of social media and as to whether these trends are weird or wonderful, we’ll tell you the judge of this.
2. Love Your Lines
Ladies love to hate their stretch marks but currently there is a viral campaign that’s helping us to appreciate them. Two Mothers hoping to make a difference in the sphere of female body image began the Instagram accounts, which will be dedicated to observing stretch moves and fighting against an airbrush culture that wishes to hide imperfections. However, Love Your Lines is now more than just an Instagram account or even a hashtag on social networking, it is a global initiative teaching girls to proudly embrace the body they’re in and all it has flaws. Gorgeous supermodel Chrissy Teigen is among the many women who have gotten on board the fashion, lately sharing a photograph of her ‘stretchies’ on Instagram. This social networking trend is encouraging positive body image one stretch mark at a time, and therefore we invite it.
3. #LiterarySwag
Yahdon Israel is a writer who resides in new york and has started a societal networking hashtag targeted at encouraging more people to read. He started off submitting photos and videos onto his private Instagram and Twitter accounts of people that were studying (literary) and also looking trendy (swag) whilst doing so, accompanied with the hashtag #LiterarySwag, and it has removed. Yahdon is trying to redefine what is ‘cool’ and what people consider reading and states literature and style may definitely coexist.
4. Double Strangers Project
Ever wondered what it’d be like having an identical twin? Well you can now find thanks to a new social networking experiment named Twin Strangers. The social networking experiment essentially matches you to someone in the world who looks just like you (or close enough). Three buddies became so fascinated with the notion of finding their lookalikes they launched an internet campaign requesting the Facebook public to assist them in their search. And it was a triumph in particular for Niamh Geaney, who discovered her real life doppelganger (both pictured below). You can now register your information and have your double matched to you. Say hello to unlimited hours of pleasure.
5. Rainbow Coloured Hair
Social networking feeds appear to be bombarded with all types of colored hair of late. The rainbow hair fad has been around for a while now and it doesn’t look to be going anywhere anytime soon. All we can imagine is the regrowth and the typical trips to the salon, but it looks so cool it may be totally worth it. Kylie Jenner’s aqua hair reignited interest from the tendency of late, however it is Nicole Richie who has been rocking this trend in day one and stays the Queen of rainbow coloured hair from our eyes, because of being able to pull off what seems like every colour imaginable, #RainbowHair envy.
6. Pixelated Hair
Just when we thought hair colouring couldn’t get any more complex, it moves and does exactly that. Say hello colouring, the hair technique currently trending on pretty much every social networking platform to date, and it hasn’t even launched in Australia yet! The result is created with layering exact blocks of colour to segments of their hair and is taking hair dye into a completely different degree of sci-fi artwork type and self-expression. This trend ups the ante on rainbow hair and could even be the new balayage, but don’t take our word for this, you need to see what all the fuss is about for yourself check out #PixelatedHair and #Xpresionpixel on Instagram. They do not call it the electronic age for nothing, you’ll see…
7. The Kylie Jenner Lip Challenge
Fans of Kylie Jenner have produced an extremely outlandish way to emulate the fact stars full lips, which we now know to be surgically improved (oh, the benefit of hindsight!) . Young girls are drastically attempting to imitate the look by placing a shot glass to their lips and sucking out all the air to create a cupping effect. Finished looks include plump pouts to bruised, swollen and bleeding wounds. You can see the results for yourself on Instagram #KylieJennerChallenge but just one warning, it ain’t pretty! P.S. Have you attempted #KylieJennerhallenge using a tube of Pringles?
8. Eyebrows On Fleek
Instagram has suddenly become a competition for the best brows, or so it seems, using all the hashtag #EyebrowsOnFleek moving viral. The term basically translates into eyebrows ‘on stage’ or ‘ ‘to perfection’ and the trend took off when social websites queen Kim Kardashian posted a photo of her brows on Instagram with the caption #EyebrowsOnFleek. And the beauty world was in overdrive ever since, with celebs and ordinary citizens equally posting selfies of their perfectly groomed brows. Watch #BrowGameStrong for it is hashtag predecessor.
