16 beauty trends that sum up the 2010s

Social media spawned endless trends this decade, both macro and micro, with some making it mainstream. From those that completely changed the markets, like bold brows and facial contouring, to those try-once trends, like dip-dye or rainbow hair colours, these movements will form our image of the last 10 years, and, some, into the next.

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Rainbow hair colours

2010s beauty trends that defined the decade

As new hair colouring technologies were made more accessible, experimental hair hues really took off. The decade saw everything from bold rainbow brights to muted pastels play out, but pink was the sure-fire hit, with everyone from Blake Lively to Kim Kardashian and Dame Helen Mirren hitting the bottle. Part girlie, part grungy, pink hair offers some fun escapism in these politically testing times. The capital’s salon that remains at the heart of the trend is Bleach London, whose tagline ‘life’s a bleach and then you dye’ says it all really.

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