While these beauty trends might look great on Instagram, guys confessed to us in a private chat that these 10 things are what they dislike most.
Glass skin
Not that long ago, the whole glass skin ideal was super popular, but these days, a lot of guys think the trend has become a bit much.
Super shiny skin highlights pores, bumps, and any product buildup when viewed up close. Guys have also mentioned that this heavy, shiny look can appear sweaty, oily or feel a bit tacky, particularly if it rubs off on your clothes or leaves your skin feeling slick.
Brow blueprint
This year saw microblading explode in popularity, with salons across the board embracing the trend for full, bushy brows.
Men often remark that the rigid, sharp lines created by technicians when meticulously stenciling out bold brows can actually throw off the natural balance of the face.
Guys often mention that a forehead can look a bit plastic and flat when eyebrows look so fake or lack any gentle, natural curves.
Claw energy
Long perfectly sculptured acrylic nails extensions might be a status symbol for pampering yourself, but they are your partner’s number one pet peeve.
In addition to looking like claws, guys will tell you that having your nails dragging along the phone keypad or keyboard and tabletop makes a loud irritating click-clack sound that really gets annoying after a while.
Plus isn’t the length totally impractical? Trying to open up a can of soda or type out a text message with those looks ridiculous.
Dry finish
Beauty brands have certainly sold us on the idea that matte liquid lipsticks are fantastic for their all-day lasting finish.
Men, on the other hand, say these textures make lips look dry, wrinkled, and extremely un-touchable.
The skin tightens so much when the formula sets that it highlights every little line on your mouth. “It just looks like you’ve been stuck in the Sahara for days,” one man said. “That kind of lip texture? Definitely a turn-off for me when it comes to kissing.”
Lifted gaze
The idea behind pulling the outer corners of the eyebrows upward with discreet tape or specific procedures is to achieve a captivating, feline-like eye shape.
In reality, though, the effect lands squarely in the awkward, unnatural zone. Eyes look taut and unnaturally stretched.
Guys complain they can’t tell if girls are smiling at them genuinely because there is no natural fluttering of the eyelids.
Lash overload
Yes, there will always be a place for a coat of skinny, wispy mascara. But ladies, when it comes to mega-volume strip lashes or overly heavy extensions, you’re asking for hate mail.
Guys often compare these overly-butterfly lash sets to rolling a piece of sidewalk shade or tiny spiders directly onto your lids.
Not only does this thickness shade out the natural light reflecting off of your irises, but it leaves your gaze permanently dulled, sleepy, or soulless.
Puff effect
Due to how insanely popular dermal fillers have become, there’s been an extreme change toward getting super specific with them.
Creating that little gap in the middle by plumping the lip sides is now a highly desired look. And many men are confused by this and aren’t fans of how artificially structured the lips appear.
This alteration changes the natural shape of a smile, making the mouth look swollen or stiff when speaking.
Powder mask
The idea behind baking your face with a thick coating of translucent powder, which you leave to set before brushing away, is to stop makeup from sliding off.
In reality, it robs the skin of dimension. When baking doesn’t melt away completely, what’s left looks flat and mask-like against your normally vibrant complexion.
Guys also see how the heavy powder grabs on to facial hairs and leaves a dusty, cakey residue when it’s applied. This blocks out the natural shine and smoothness that makes skin attractive up close.
Jersey Shore tan
Having a nice sun glow has always been desirable but these days over application of dark gooey self tanning mousses get it wrong.
Guys find the resulting color looks totally fake, either too orange or muddy.
If your tan doesn’t blend well with your natural skin tone on your hands or neck, it’s glaringly obvious it’s not right.
Another major annoyance for men is this, for sure. That distinct, sweet chemical aroma from DHA working on your skin. If it leaves streaks on your sheets and white clothes, where’s the romance in that?
Painted angles
DIY contouring using dark brown and bright white makeup sticks to entirely reshape the jawline, nose and cheekbones is amazing when seen in a step-by-step video.
Guys mention that when you see it close up, the strong lines appear as if they’re just dirt streaks that weren’t blended in.
Such strong contrast can warp a human’s natural bone structure when they are just going about their day. And kissing a partner under these conditions can feel like interacting with a costume.
