A prevalent design practice in modern user interfaces is the deployment of deceptive 'dark patterns', which coerce user behaviour in favour of the organisation. Dark patterns describe manipulative design practices such as vague phrasing or hidden information designed to deceive the user. These coercive practices can lead to various leaks of private details occurring which gets spread around to third-party organisation. This project aims to explore how design friction can be used in front-end design to promote critical thinking towards dark patterns. By adding intentional resistances within the interaction, it has the potential to make users more aware of their decision-making. Following a research through design (RtD) methodology, a series of five prototypes were developed and served to collect qualitative data. The results demonstrate that design friction within front-end design has the potential to increase user awareness depending on the amount deployed.