Sometimes we like to look back at our younger selves and see how far we’ve come. For most of us, the early ’00s were the height of our fashion and beauty exploration. Hindsight is 20/20 and when we look back at these styles, we may feel nostalgic… but we will also feel a sense of relief that we are not actively sporting these styles anymore.
1. The Pouf
It was quite handy for when you had to grow out your awkward front bangs, but in retrospect, it wasn’t all too flattering.
2. Thin brows
Are your brows on fleek? If they are, we hope they do not look like a thin pencil line. These brows do nothing for anybody.
3. Crimped hair
Remember the crimper? Remember how they had different shapes you could imprint onto your hair? Well, thank goodness we don’t see those on shelves next to the curling iron these days. But seriously why did we think it was okay to walk around with hair that resembled a crinkle cut fry?
4. Bedazzled braids
Dreads and braids are still around, but do you want to know what isn’t? The jewels and sequins on them.
5. Frosted tips
The real question is: why was this ever acceptable?
6. Icy makeup
There’s a correct way to use bright and frosty eye colors and there’s a wrong way. Let’s never recreate this look, okay?
7. Super fake tans
Nothing wrong with some color… until you turn out looking like an Oompa Loompa.
8. Chunky highlights
We’re just glad the basic hair highlights have been upgraded over the years.
9. Sparkly hair
If Bey couldn’t pull it off, we definitely can’t either.