TikTok: The New Social Media App that has all the Trends
By: Anna Vignali
Trends come and go on many different platforms. Usually it was Instagram that had all of the newest trends but now, TikTok is the newest Social Media app that shows off all the new trends. TikTok is a place where people can make 15 sec - 1 minute videos that show up on the For You Page (or FYP). These videos can include cooking videos, fashion videos, beauty videos, dancing videos and more. Most of the videos where trends take off are new recipes for people to try, different styles of clothing, or new beauty products to try.
Food Recipes
The best and probably the fastest way to spread a food recipe these days is by posting a video about it on TikTok. The start of food trends showing up on TikTok was in March 2020. Since more people were home and could not go out to eat, due to Covid, they all had to make more home cooked meals. This led to people posting some of their favorite savory and sweet dishes. The first food trend that covered my FYP during the start of the Covid Lockdown was whipped iced coffee and most recently was feta & tomato pasta. I’m not going to lie though, all the different food trends that show up on my FYP I am sure to try at least once.
TikTok on How to Make Birria Tacos: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeDELmC4/
Latest Fashion Trends
Most of my FYP consists of the ever changing fashion trends for spring & summer 2021. Most of the time I would get my fashion knowledge from Instagram or Pinterest, but now I get it all from TikTok. Due to Covid, more people had to online shop instead of shopping at the malls. This led to many people posting what they got from stores, one store in particular was Shien. This was a place to buy cheap and okay made clothing, so naturally the underpaid/non-working GenZ teens & young adults all flew to this online store so they could also show off the new clothes they got.
TikTok on Spring 2021 Fashion Trends: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeDKtTuJ/
Beauty Trends
Most of the makeup or skincare products I have now I bought due to videos on TikTok saying how amazing they are. YouTube used to be the go to social media app to find the best makeup and skincare products. But more recently, people have flocked to TikTok to try the newest skincare or makeup products and post their own reviews. The most recent brands that have become famous on TikTok are L’Oréal Infallible makeup and The Ordinary Skincare. As more people do reviews on these inexpensive products the more people buy them.