Every woman knows the power of a good red lippie, and now a signature red lip has been voted the most iconic beauty trend of all time.
A red pout beat the classic smoky eye to the top spot in a poll of 2,000 women.
False lashes came third, while a ‘genuine-looking’ fake tan took fourth. Completing the top five iconic looks was heavy eyeliner.
The study, carried out by Superdrug to mark the company’s 50th birthday – also placed beauty spots like Cindy Crawford’s and Barbie pink lips on the list.
Completing the top ten was cat like eye make-up, followed by nude lipstick.
More dubious trends which feature in the poll included lip piercings, blue eye shadow – which was popular in the eighties and has recently made a reappearance on catwalks – and the 1990s trend of wearing a dark lip liner with a lighter lipstick.
The study also revealed one in five women have copied an iconic look from a celebrity and nearly half said famous faces were where make-up trends originated from.
Two thirds of the 2,000 women polled said they wish they were braver when it comes to experimenting with new beauty trends, with the typical woman trying just three of the iconic looks over the course of her lifetime.
ICONIC BEAUTY TRENDS
1. Bright red lipstick
2. Smoky eyes
3. False eyelashes
4. Fake tan
5. Heavy eyeliner
6. Winged eyeliner
7. Beauty spot
8. Full eyebrows
9. Thin, pencilled in eyebrows
10. Cat’s eyes
11. Nude lips
12. Blue eye shadow
13. Lip piercing
14. Glitter eye shadow
15. Hot pink lips
16. Dark lip liner
17. Prominent contouring
18. Shimmer bronzer
19. Acrylic French manicured nails
20. Pink blusher
