From beauty blenders to acrylic nails: Google's most-searched beauty questions in 2017

The tech giant has compiled a list of ‘Styles and trends', revealing that the top search was for ‘Beauty Blender', the makeup sponge applicator that has become a must-have cosmetics tool over recent years.

‘Mink lashes', ‘Halloween makeup', ‘Eyelash lift' and ‘Prom makeup' completed the top five.

The search engine giant has also revealed the most popular beauty questions asked throughout 2017, with skincare questions claiming the top two spots, Fashionista reports.

‘How to take acrylic nails off at home?' was the third most common conundrum, followed by ‘How to do eyeshadow?'.

Retailer Ulta Beauty was the most-Googled brand in the business, according to a separate list, with BH Cosmetics coming in second. Lip color brand LipSense claimed third place, followed by high end makeup brand Charlotte Tilbury and US brand Milk Makeup. Despite only launching in September this year, Rihanna's new cosmetics brand, Fenty Beauty, was listed at number 8.