What's the beauty trend that bugs the you-know-what out of you?

super-long National Geographic-caliber nails

eyebrows plucked to surprise

thongs peeking out of pants

anything else peeking out of pants

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 I love that you stood up boldly and proclaimed the klassy in french pedicures. Thank you. I've been hating them for years.

Here are a few of mine:

Those earrings that make big holes in your ears-guages? I know I'm so unhip for not liking them, but they gross me out.

Toe rings. Especially when worn with chunky leather sandles. For some reason even more offensive.

People who carry small dogs around in fancy bags. It's a dog, not an accessory.

Loved all of the previous comments!  You all put a smile on my face and I even laughed out load a few times!

I loathe girls/women who don't know how to wear leggings.  I've seen leggings running all over the city of Boston that looked so unflattering.  While leggings are a warm substitute for tights under LONG tops or dresses, they aren't pants.  And they aren't overly flattering so it's always best to do a full body glance before you leave the house.

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I haaaaaaaaate the dark purple, black, whatever ugly dark talon nails... with, what the heck IS that you have on there, woman? Did your manicurist suddenly have a seizure? Oh I see, it's SUPPOSED to be, what design? Uh, yeah. *snort* Ohhhhhh, and I see your lip wear matches. Black outline, and whatever that is on your lips... oh, sorry, that's your normal lip color.

Yuck yuck yuck. Why would you want to look like Elvira year-round???

LOL!

My workspace faces the street.  When it is slow I watch people walk by for hours at a time.

People, crop pants make your ass look huge.  Even if you are thin.   If you ask someone if your ass looks fat in them, and they say no, they are liars. 

I have to add another defense of Uggs.  It does get very cold here, and when my Mother moved to Minneapolis from Fort Lauderdale, she got a pair of Uggs because her feet were cold all the time.  My 77-YEAR-OLD MOTHER!  So if you would like to dress like an old lady, knock yourself out.

I think I need to stand up for Uggs.  I have to admit, I love them.  Yes, they are out of style, and, yes, I have been tired of seeing them everywhere on EVERYONE for the past few years...but they are SO comfortable.  We get frigid winters here, and my hands and feet get very cold.  On days where I really start to hate the cold, Uggs are my go-to guilty pleasure...

Baby doll dresses on anyone with boobs.  Ditto with smocking shirts, tube tops and gather tanks.  If you got big girls, don't wear 'em.  High waist pants.  Please don't go back there.  And for some reason those horizontal stripe hoodies that hark back to the 80s are really bugging me.  I'm not sure why.

She's just determined to go down in history as a fashion/beauty fail, isn't she.

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Unless you're the lead singer of Green Day, just NO.

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One of my dear friends has it and she's just a rock n roll mama to the core. I love personal style and people who aren't afraid to take fashion risks.

(Just um, don't get a French pedicure.)

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I like them too Tacoma Mama! To me they just remind me of Cape Cod, clam digging, and that great scene in Grease in the LA River channel.

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Why must we do it? I wondered about this aloud in April at this blog post ( http://jenpb.blogspot.com/2009/04/ive-shaved-my-ar... ).

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Me too! Some of those guys look pretty cute.

And some people should be cut a little slack. We were all kids making bad fashion choices at one time. However, we should all hope to grow up to be confident adults, whether we follow the trends or not.

Personally: 1. Crocs should be banned for anyone over the age of seven. 2. Capri pants make everyones legs look shorter. 3. I don't mind low-rise jeans if you have the body for them; however, I don't want to see your underwear or your muffintop (unless you can prove it's an homage to the "Muffintop" song on "30 Rock"). 4. Those shoe-boot things. I actually haven't witnessed them in person, but I've seen them on Project Runway. It looks like your foot was cut off at the ankle.

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I never had a French Manicure but I have always wanted one! I missed this trend so hard core, I don't know how outdated that makes me.

Fashions that must die: those "jumpers"...you know, the onesies for grown ups? Nasty! I hate it when I see women wearing them. Rompers? Either way, "L"

Men wearing skinny jeans. My own brother does this.

Anything that involves a knit top that hangs 'off the shoulder". Not cool. Unless you are in a dance studio, in which case you BEST BE WEARING LEGWARMERS, awww yeah!

Those empire waist hippy shirts that make EVERYONE look pregnant. I get faked out all the time.

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During the summer, I often find myself gawking at girls' boobies at grocery stores, at the mall, or wherever else such display of boobies is just horrifying.  I see girls with low cut tops, and I mean loooooooow cut tops, where about 88% of their boobs are just out there for all to see.  The worst is when they are obviously 15 and are out with their mother.  I get so embarrassed and I want to give them my shirt. 

Kate Gosselin's chunky-highlights-mullet 'do is a favorite.  We like follow up on its progress, and see how much worse it can get. 

The scary thing about Kate Gosselin's 'do is that I bet a lot of women saw it and thought, "hey, maybe I should do that with my hair!"

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 So not figure flattering and more costume than fashion.  

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Boots of any sort with short skirts or shorts in the dead of summer bug me.  Unless you are hiking, fishing or riding, or it's pouring rain, No Boots. Boots are to protect your feet.

UGGS especially, and yes I have a pair. I wear them in winter.

I have to admit though I like capris in the summer, and have been known to wear my exercise clothes in public once in a while. Mostly when running to the afterschool program to collect my son. 

I have a pair of UGG mules, but they are my cold weather shoes and I wear them with *socks.*

Because the ick factor on UGGs in Cali can be summed up in 4 words: Sweaty. Feet. On. Sheepskin.

That CANNOT smell good.

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I've only had a couple manicures in my life--those shops give me the creeps--but on my wedding day my sister convinced me I should get a French manicure. The result? I looked like I had ten little pale-faced nun heads, each wearing a white wimple, kind of like this ( http://i11.ebayimg.com/05/s/06/42/83/1d_1.JPG ), at the ends of my fingers.

So, yeah, we had to paint over those. And now whenever I see a French manicure, I think about nun habits.

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Those of us who are of the short persuasion don't necessarily want to buy our entire casual wardrobe from the petite section.  It's just easier to wear capri pants. 

Then again, I wouldn't really call it a "beauty trend" so much as a "look, it fits" trend.  I guess I've just learned to live with low expectations. 

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The only thing that goes with a French pedicure is perhaps Kate Gosselin's reverse-mullet hairstyle. 

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I just had this discussion with my hair stylist the other day. The "skunk" look - blond on top and black underneath. It's just so awful that I can't imagine why anyone would think that it's okay. I'd rather see the chunking type of color than the skunk. 

Your ass should never say "Juicy." Or "Varsity." Or ANYTHING ELSE. EVER.

That is all. For now.

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I am SOOO going to get shunned at BlogHer next year!  I loved my "raccoon" hair done with PINK highlights instead of blond.  I like bright colored "french" mani's and pedi's with white tips.  I draw my eyebrows on....

Oh dear I'm so screwed :P

Maybe I should just go all out get a spray tan and wear skinny capris with crocs!!!!!

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Bump-its. I can totally tell if you are wearing plastic scaffolding under your hair. It's all I can do to keep from knocking on it with my fist.

Ladies, build volume with a rattail comb and hairspray like your mommas taught you.  

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Pink & White is the porn style of nails--where half the nail is white and the bottom is pink. A french manicure is a thin top with pale pink on the bottom. It is beautiful if it's done right. If you have long nails or acrylic nails, it looks tacky like Adrianna from the Sopranos.

And I agree--on the toes, it's always bad news. Always.

 Other bad news is when they do "french manicures" with weird colors, like pink on the bottom and black on the top--that's just crazy. 

they're called racoon stripes and normally done with blonde and a bright color and commonly sported by girls who like to call themselves "Scene" who are basically just rich tween bitches that want attention *rolls her eyes*

either way, they're stupid and need to go XD

because this is my list of things that should be banned from reality, thrown into a deep pit and burned, or blown off the face of the planet with a nucleur war head.

Crocks and Ugs: Ok, there's something subsequently wrong with crocks. I never found them comfortable at all, and they always felt like they were going to fall off my feet, even with the right size and the back strap thingy... and to make it worse, they come in all kinds of outragously annoying colors and patterns that make me want to barf. Ugs aren't as bad for me.. they can be stylish when worn RIGHT. I stress the word right. DO NOT wear them with a pair of jean booty shorts that barely cover your twat and a button up plaid shirt in some funky pastel color that's only buttoned about halfway and then pulled up and tied under your Dcup tits.. it's not classy or stylish... it's down right trashy.. period.. end of story.

Thin Drawn on Eyebrows,  White Eyeshadow and Dark lipliner-light lipstick combination: There are only a few girls on the face of the planet on wwhich i have actualy found this look attractive, and if you're fallen prey to it, chances are you're not one of them. So far, they're all been mexicans, no offence or anything, but they just seem to be able to pull it off. The white eyeshadow should be left to the japanese lolitas to rim their eyes, it just looks cute on them. The dark lipliner-pale lips and pencil thin drawn on eyebrows should be left to those norweigin/german/ whatever goth girls who can actually pull it off and make it look interesting. But everyone else? Stop, please.. because it just makes you look trashy...

Spray on tans: Just  DON'T... Ever. because you either don't put it on right and have smudges, or youputto much on and come out like a piece of fucking candy corn with your bright ass bleached blonde hair. IT JUST LOOKS WRONG. Now i'm down for the bronzer lotions and stuff that just make you look all glowy and natural, because all they have is glitter, not dye. But you put too much on of the tanning crap and you're stuck looking like a faded pumpkin for about a week... Go out, get in the sun, have some fun at the beach/lake whatever and get a normal tan. Or if you're like me, go do that then jump on a tanning bed to get rid of those evil tan lines. THE SUN IS GOOD FOR YOU, just not to much of  it at once...you're actually doing more harm to your body with that stupid lotion because it has massive ammounts of CHEMICALS in it XD

ok so i got distracted by the puppies... i guess i'm done for now lol

My toes get far too cold to consider boots with open toes or wacky cutouts. The word "shooties" definitely has something to do with my loathing.

In the 90s, when I used to get my nails done, I did get American manicures because they look natural.  I agree with ALL of the anti-French manicure sentiments. *shudder*  I kept my nails shorts and often got shocked comments when folks found out they were not natural, but "done".

 Or, as I put it "yes, they had better be mine, I paid for them!".  :-)

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They gross me out for the same reason they gross you out Liz. I don't like the faux natural look and I do not like long toe nails which the french pedicure creates a look of. 

As for other beauty trends that bother me, I think I've been living in the "packed-it-in" mommy hood for too long (almost 2 years) so I don't witness many beauty trends -- more like the lack of beauty trend among moms in the suburbs. Just because you have a house in the suburbs doesn't mean you have to give up taking care of yourself. I am by no means a fashionista or great beauty but there are small things I do that I wish other moms in my nabe would experiment with. For example,  I get my hair cut and colored on a regular basis but I also try to get my hair blown out as often as I can manage because I am a mess with a blow dryer - having good hair is half the battle. I like to get manicures and pedicures every few weeks or more often because I am a klutz with nail polish. All of those things take but a few hours every few months. Fashion-wise, my number one pet peeve is the mom uniform of sweat pants or now yoga pants- yes they are comfortable but so are my pajamas and I make sure I take them off when I leave my home. Instead my uniform is a pair of jeans or solid skirt and a t-shirt with a flattering fit and cool sneakers or flats. It really doesn't take that much longer than donning yoga pants.

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OK let me start by saying I like the SHORT french maniure - cannot stand the talon nails (I always want to know how those with talons can take care of that most personal time of the month ICK) And I really don't get the longer toenail thing. I can't stand for my toenails to rub on the sheet!!!!!!

Skinny Jeans do not look good on anyone!!!! Please can't we go back to some comfort.

I am just shy of 5'3" and capris just look like high waters on me.  And please explain the capri pants with the blazer for a business/career outfit.

Finally, I can't wear high heels anymore due to plantar facsitis, but that does not mean I want to wear sneakers all the time.  Where are the cute flats with good support?  And why does wearing flats make you feel .....dopey?

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I actually love guys who have the personal style and confidence to pull off the skinny jeans and shags. I would be so sad if we were all in matching uniforms (or khaki capris and solid tees as someone mentioned above). 

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I loved french acrylic nails when I was a sophmore in college and thought that was the HAWT thing to do.  I wish I could have used that money for therapy instead.  

Another beauty trend I hate is overprocessed hair with chunky zebra highlights.  Whenever I see a young woman with a head straight out of National Geographic, I want to go, "Girrrrl, what part of that is natural?"   

Mona

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Wow. I haven't seen french manicured toes in I don't know how long...

Personally I'm sick of seeing people drag out the Uggs year after year. They were done - I dunno - seven years ago? Maybe it was ten. They were a passing trend. But still people insist on wearing them. Fashion faux pas yes indeedy.

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I wonder about the trend to show off the muffin top by wearing skinny jeans & a shirt that doesn't quite cover one's body.  That bothers me to no end & I'm still sportin' my own muffin. 

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I have a number of male students who rock the skinny jeans AND these large shag haircuts that I call a Flock of Seagulls hair although it's not quite that bad.

I would also like to ban the high-waisted skirts with all the buttons. Are they called tulip skirts? I have no idea. I could never wear them so I haven't paid much attention but I don't think they're terribly useful for anyone.

Also, the shoe boots, with the heels. And the gladiator sandals don't work for me either. And all I can think of about a French pedicure is how quickly my toenails would get messed up, so even if I thought it was a good idea, why bother? And I can't for the life of me fathom the draw of long toenails. Ew and ouch.

Laurie

I agree with hating the black nail polish (or navy blue or brown) on short nails. It's ugly!

I LOVE all the above comments though! LOL!

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I don't like when guys wear sunvisors, upside down and sideways. That and the french mainicure without white polish. The tips are odd colors, like black or red, and the nail beds are another dark color.

It started with girls doing it. I hated it then. Now boys are doing it and my feels are genuiniely hurt. Why would anyone think that pants you have to catipult yourself into are fashionable?

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Oh, but UGGs are COMFY.

Yes, I know, fashion isn't about comfort. But when it is a little nippy out (yeah, I'm in California,) having UGGs on my bare feet (because that is how you are "supposed" to wear them to get the whole softening-effect) is just really nice for the morning drop-off. HOWEVER, I put long jeans on over them, so they aren't quite as obvious as the tucked-in "look." Plus, they don't slip in the mud like some of my cuter shoes.

Oh, and I have a pair of UGGs that are nice black-leather mules, too. They don't have that bulky look like the traditional ones, but still have the sheepskin comfiness.

(And in case you were wondering, yeah, I have Crocs too. I know, box of shame... but at least I only wear them for gardening now.)

 -K

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Good God, make it stop. Especially the latest thing, BAGGY BUTTED skinny jeans! The horrors.

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It's not that they don't look good done right and on the right people. It's just that I lived through a decade of neon and leggings and I can't bear to admit that they could be back.I am pretending they are not by refusing to participate in the trend.

Noooo!!

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Hehe, I actually like the modified french on either fingers or toes.  Though I usually use neon colors with the white strip on top (like the goth one you posted, only pink, orange, whatever). 

If nothing else, Hooker Pink on my toes makes me feel better.  They're just feet, why not decorate them kinda ridiculously.  I do however, keep my toenails short short short.  Long nails on your feet remind me of the creepy grandmother having her talons polished (after they razor off about a quarter of an inch of her bunion, eww).

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Haha, floppy hair...paired with a flat brimmed baseball cap and "sagged" skinny jeans (on boys) ack! 

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the below the waist pants. On adult women. Unless you are a plummer, I don't want to see your ass. In fact, i don't want to see a plummer's ass either.

Also, skinny jeans on men and those plastic shoes. I have no idea what they are calling them now, but in my day they were called jellies and they were fugly then.

...have all the sophistication of a bottle of white-out, misused.

Uggs should be outlawed. (Nowhere in California is it cold enough to wear Uggs, ESPECIALLY WITH BARE FEET. EW.)

Black short fingernail polish makes you look like Herman Munster.

Feh, get off my lawn,

Cynematic

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