8 Ways to Wear '90s Beauty Trends in 2015 and Still Look Cool

When Friends was in its prime, every woman wanted hair exactly like Jennifer Aniston. She was known for having the bold blonde highlights that popped against her light brunette locks. Nowadays dye trends have evolved and color is better blended to look more sun-kissed, less streaky. Our technique pick is babylights — delicate bright pieces strategically placed around the hairline and part.

We distinctly remember grabbing two colorful plastic barrettes and clipping our center-parted hair back at the top corners of our heads. It was an interesting fad worn by punky princesses. For Spring 2016 New York Fashion Week runway, Rodarte featured dreamy barrettes that seemed to be inspired by this '90s look. What made this style more modern is that the clips have a boho, flower-crown vibe, the part is over to the side (rather than dead center), and hair has a wavy, bedhead texture.

Grunge beauty is having (another) moment and women are trading their Saturday-night-out reds for vamp shades of purple, brown, and even blue. Case point: Joan Smalls teamed up with Estée Lauder to create this moody lip look. It also reminds us of the midnight shades Rayanne rocked on My So Called Life. But unlike the drying matte formulas of the past, these lipsticks have an updated creamier texture to give them a velvet finish.

Any '90s teen remembers when she got her first Hard Candy blue nail polish and wore it with the matching ring. Today, the blues are less baby and more badass. Even the Hard Candy founder Dineh Mohajer has matured her brand by launching Smith & Cult, the new cool-girl way to wear rainbow hues on your fingertips.