Call it a shortcut to fame or sheer luck, social media has rolled out the red carpet for a lot of influencers trying their luck to be famous. Not only influencers but some trends have also spread like wildfire all over the internet. On Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and all other social media platforms that you can think of, some trends have caught millions and billions of eyes throughout the globe. With the year ending, let us rewind and look back at some of the weirdest and some of the best trends of 2022 that went viral on social media.
From jumping into new clothes in a blink to grooving weirdly on songs like “about damn time”, all of us must have come across some of the most trend-setting reels and shorts. Here’s to some trends that caught all the hype in 2022.
1. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 In Food
Cooking and baking have joined the trend, and people have tried to infuse their creativity into food as well. Here are the best and weird trends of 2022 in the food segment.
1.Cheese Chai
Too many cooks spoil the broth. This idiom is stated true by this weird mixture of the two best food items, but separately! Who could have thought cheese and chai could be infused together? Just a big NO NO!
2.Mug Cakes
Not every experiment turns out bad. The mug cake has the hype for all the right reasons. This simple and time-saving hack to make cake in the cup has made a million people try their hands at baking. Mug cake is one of the best trends of 2022 in the food segment.
2. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 In Makeup
The talk of the town, fashion is not far behind in the race to set trends. 2022 has been no exception to the fashion industry. It has given us enough content to cringe at and appreciate. Here’s a glimpse of the trends set in the fashion industry in 2022.
1.Pom Pom Makeup
As funny as it sounds, pom-pom makeup is literally putting up pom poms on the eyelids as eyeshadow and on the cheeks as a blush. It doesn’t sound like a very sane thing to do, does it?
2.Double Liner
It’s not all cringe in the makeup world. One of the best trends of 2022, the double-winged eyeliner is one of the top trending and classy eyeliner looks that one could have thought of. If this was not enough, to elevate the look, the use of neon eyeliners to create a double wing also got appreciation from the youth.
3. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 In Hairstyles
Why leave hair behind in the trend? There’s enough room in the online world for every little aspect you can think of. The year 2022 has given us some of the best and weirdest hairstyles and haircut trends, let’s revisit the worst and the best trends of 2022.
1.Jellyfish Haircut
It is exactly what it sounds like. A jellyfish haircut is something you cannot cringe enough about. This haircut has no shape and structure to it. It looks like an extra blob of hair just sitting on top of your head.
2.Butterfly Cut
This is a combination of layers giving a beautiful frame to the face. This trend has received love from millions (of course virtually, in the form of likes). It gives a lot of dimension and volume to the hair, and the framing pieces fall around the chin accentuating the face shape.
4. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 In Lifestyle
Leaving behind 5-minute crafts, a lot of new life hacks have become the talk of the town. Some of them are a waste of time while some actually save time.
1.Onion Cutting Hack
A lady using a glass lid to cover her face while chopping onions so that it doesn’t burn the eye? Can somebody justify this act of stupidity? No right! That’s why this weird hack has made it to the list.
2.Cardboard For Folding Clothes
Popular on social media as an engaging activity for kids, this hack of cutting cardboard in a certain way to make folding clothes easier is actually a useful hack.
5. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 In Technology
Technology is supposed to be useful and not cringy. But anything is possible in this world. Here’s one of the weirdest and the best technology trends that marked 2022.
1.Augmented Reality Glasses
The new technology is working wonders to make the world holistic and life easier. AR glasses, a new revolution, have a feature of live translation from one language to another. This new tech trend can be a revolution in the global world.
2.Aagami Ham Ham Comforting Pet Robot
The use of this weird invention is just to nibble on your finger. Yes, you read it right. Just nibbling on the fingers. It apparently claims to give a relaxing experience to the user. This nibbling pet robot can be considered one of the worst and weirdest inventions of 2022.
6. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 In Clothing
For clothing ideas, we generally tend to go on the internet and search for inspiration, but what if the source of inspiration is flawed? When opening the internet, one must be cautious about the fact that the internet can give you the weirdest of ideas. Some of these weird ideas are floating in the clothing domain as well. Let’s find out the best and the worst and the best trends of 2022 in the clothing area.
1.Corsets
What was once considered a pain-inflicting garment in British times has now become a fashion symbol. It is hard to find meaning in this clothing trend.
2.Oversized clothing
In the fast-moving world of fashion and glamour, the priority of comfortable clothing moved down the list. But 2022 has brought back into style the aspect of comfortable clothing. From oversized shirts to baggy jeans, every comfort aspect of clothing is included in 2022 clothing trends.
7. Weird To Best Trends Of 2022 Miscellaneous.
What will happen to the trends that do not fit any of the above categories? Don’t worry, nothing will miss your eye. In this miscellaneous category, we will list whatever was missed out above.
1.Smearing Period blood on the face.
Doesn’t sound very hygienic. This trend has caught a lot of attention lately. It is said that period blood has anti-inflammatory properties that will benefit the skin. The most weird thing we have heard, ever!
2.The car handle is not just for opening doors.
Yes! The car handle has a lot of other uses apart from opening the door. From acting as an anchor point to adjust the side glass to being a reference while parking, car handles can serve a lot of different purposes
End Note
Finding sense in social media trends is like finding a needle in a haystack. It becomes difficult to segregate what is useful and what is not, but not everything is supposed to make sense. Looking back at 2022, social media has given us a lot of trends to follow and some to cringe upon.
