2016 vs 2026: Where We Were, What We Dreamed Of, and What Stayed the Same

Nostalgia. If nothing else, a great marketing tool. This trend proves it—and clearly, we’ve fallen for it too. While we’d like to claim this is a serious analysis, the story started—much to the surprise of those still staring like a deer in headlights—with reheated tricks from beauty influencers. Back then, they were at the peak of milking their golden digital geese.