GOOD LORD. What must she have done to herself?
Shitty Beauty Hacks & Bad Advice You've Seen Online or Heard IRL - How do I make my hair grow faster? How do I get rid of stretch marks? How do I whiten my teeth naturally? Etc.
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Speaking of periods, it's not so much as a hack but a girl in my high school wouldn't wash her vagina during periods because "It gets dirty and bloody anyway". I thought it was a rumor but it was actually true - she confirmed it to me once and the nonchalant way she said left me speechless. I was horrified and avoided her like the plague. She also claimed her boyfriend didn't mind it but I didn't have the heart to ask.
Leaving pimples alone doesn't make the acne go away, as my almost-disfigured highschool classmates should have noticed.
Seriously, some kids had pimples as big as my eyes back then.
A friend of mine had tried all kinds of things for his acne (not the most horrifying case in school), and nothing seemed to work; untill I told him that he should wash his face three times a day with a sulfur soap and use that soap ONLY in his face.
He listened and became pimple free from one week to another.
This was the method I used and I've never had issues with acne, and it's a very simple and inexpensive thing to do; which makes me think...
What were the other teenagers doing to have faces like that?!
Seriously, some kids had pimples as big as my eyes back then.
A friend of mine had tried all kinds of things for his acne (not the most horrifying case in school), and nothing seemed to work; untill I told him that he should wash his face three times a day with a sulfur soap and use that soap ONLY in his face.
He listened and became pimple free from one week to another.
This was the method I used and I've never had issues with acne, and it's a very simple and inexpensive thing to do; which makes me think...
What were the other teenagers doing to have faces like that?!
Probably something like avocado face masks or any other horribly comedogenic homemade face mask that promised quick and easy results.
Speaking of which I hearda rumor making the rounds of doing face masks with hydroquinone cream... don't. This is meant to be used on spots and to avoid any sunlight hitting it lest you wanna look colorful.
And another "hack" I heard of recently was using mayonnaise to remove your make up.
Using coconut oil as moisturizer... putting essential oils on your face. It's annoying that I see it everywhere in skincare.
Probably what @HIVidaBoheme already said: Cosmetics. I knew a lot of kids growing up who saw soap as a "step" and the kids these days have shit like 12-step Korean skincare routines. Telling them to use "just" soap seems wrong.
Eww, greasy
Of all the “super foods” why mayonnaise? It doesn’t smell good nor taste good and the consistency is oily as fuck; I really can’t understand the logic here...And another "hack" I heard of recently was using mayonnaise to remove your make up.
According to this lunacy, or this lovely site (which even adds lemon, known to cause stained skin) it's because of the "hydration and cleansing".
I would never, mayo is just the kind of oily stuff you never want on your pores.
And there are loonies out there slathering the stuff on their hair!!
Yuck
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I did laundry at a friend's apartment where the complex shares the machines and was horrified to discover that my favorite $100 leggings had been exposed to fabric softener residue and it broke down fibers in the tummy/butt area. I spent that much money because they were squat proof before, now I can only wear them at home or commando if I'm feeling brave. Fabric softener is awful.
I am just now getting out of a long natural-only phase. Like a good hippie, I dreaded my hair because it was always tangly and that shit is a pain in the ass to deal with everyday, so I sectioned my hair and let it do it's thing. I am well aware of the importance of keeping one's hair clean and dry with dreads and I washed it often but conditioner is a major no-no because it can build up inside the dreads and at the scalp and is gross. But this created a problem as I live in an arid climate and already tend to have dry skin- dandruff. I had read somewhere that ACV rinses help with dandruff and it does, to an extent. The flakes dissolve but it dries out the scalp so it's still very itchy and lord help you if you have a scab or pimple on your head and put vinegar on it. The smell also does not go away until your hair is completely dry.
Keeping with my all-natural kick, I hyped myself up on youtube videos and blogs that denounced lotion as a scam in particular for using alcohol in their formulas that dry out skin which means you need to buy more lotion. So what to use instead? Coconut oil is shit because it makes me break out and the only good use of the stuff is for cooking or in coffee. And then I found it, the holy grail, my ultimate solution and godsend.... LARD! I shit you not. I slathered myself in bacon grease (rendered so it only has the feintest smell of bacon) for two years and the result, is that it works just as well as lotion, not better or worse but takes longer to absorb into the skin and if I left a jar of my lil piggy miracle cream unused for more than 3 months, it would start to smell stale. My conclusion- that's a lot of effort for the same effect as a $5 bottle of Neutrogena. The boys like it though.
You have not heard all the crazy stuff people believe until cancer comes to town. Try baking soda, try vinegar. You need to drink alkaline water, it cured my aunt. Have you tried lemon juice each morning? Turmeric will take that nasty disease right away. Apricot seeds will do the trick! Crystals by your bedside. Enemas-coffee, or otherwise. Did you know sugar feeds cancer? Go to expensive doctors in Mexico because Harvard trained oncologists have no clue. Then there is the prayers, and comments like God only gives you what you can handle, and I'm praying for you (yeah, but can you come clean the bathroom? No, you are busy-keep praying then, that helps you not the sick one. )Or doctors only want to poison you with chemo and it's all a big pharma conspiracy. No shame!
There is so much more, but I've blocked it out. Hope none of you ever get it or care for a close relative with it because you are bombarded with folk remedies and opinions from people you would have assumed were rational. At least mayo on your hair won't kill you if you give it a go, like ignoring treatment and living on turmeric, fruit and apricot seeds may. But if you or a family member gets it, remember this phrase: ”I'll run it by my oncologist, thanks for the suggestion. How are you?” Asking about them is important, because then they start talking about themselves and stop thinking about your mother/sister/father or you.
I've never been much of a believer in natural anything. I did try no-poo once because my hair is very curly on most of my head but has sections with a slight wave, which is very odd. Like the left side surrounding my face is curly and the right just wavy. I figured I'd try this to jazz up the curl and even it out and I did it for several months but the only time I could make it look decent was if I diffused it and scrunched it with no poo gel and then it might last a couple hours before frizz set in. Now that it's almost waist length I just go get a weekly wash and blowout and because of the texture, that's all I need, and it always looks good. I was probably over washing.
There is so much more, but I've blocked it out. Hope none of you ever get it or care for a close relative with it because you are bombarded with folk remedies and opinions from people you would have assumed were rational. At least mayo on your hair won't kill you if you give it a go, like ignoring treatment and living on turmeric, fruit and apricot seeds may. But if you or a family member gets it, remember this phrase: ”I'll run it by my oncologist, thanks for the suggestion. How are you?” Asking about them is important, because then they start talking about themselves and stop thinking about your mother/sister/father or you.
I've never been much of a believer in natural anything. I did try no-poo once because my hair is very curly on most of my head but has sections with a slight wave, which is very odd. Like the left side surrounding my face is curly and the right just wavy. I figured I'd try this to jazz up the curl and even it out and I did it for several months but the only time I could make it look decent was if I diffused it and scrunched it with no poo gel and then it might last a couple hours before frizz set in. Now that it's almost waist length I just go get a weekly wash and blowout and because of the texture, that's all I need, and it always looks good. I was probably over washing.
fuzzyrodent85
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I read on Insider that putting sourdough starter on your face makes your skin softer.
It would depend on how long you soak your feet, but this should work (and without the vinegar) if you don't remove dead skin from your feet in some other way.
I've also seen adding bleach suggested. Tried it in very low quantities, no obvious harm, but wouldn't recommend it.
Ancient Egyptian cure for baldness: Rub crocodile fat and lettuce leaves on your head.
CharlesBarkley
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When I was a kid, there was this other kid who never wore deodorant and instead rubbed his armpits with a pear because he liked the smell.
That nigga was retarded.
That nigga was retarded.
fuzzyrodent85
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Did he eat it afterwards?
A cut pear to put the juice on himself, or just the outside of one?
This might work two ways: the fat and leaves cover up the bald bits, or the resulting rancid salad stops people getting close enough to you to see your hair's thinning.
Does anyone know why someone would use peanut butter as a face mask? It seems like it would make you break out like crazy.
CapricornusRex
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What's the best way to do it? I don't want to camp out by my washer and wait for the rinse cycle, so can I just run my clothes through a second rinse with some vinegar?
Basically any of them. People love to think that they know better than the people who are already making millions off this shit, or the doctors who had to test it and approve it for mass consumption. Oh yeah? Put tomato juice on my hair for more volume? Fuck off.
All these beauty/self-care hacks are the equivalent of the porn ads for “miracle penis growth” where you see some dude fucking a dragonfruit. Shit’s never gonna work and you’re going to look like a retard doing it.
All these beauty/self-care hacks are the equivalent of the porn ads for “miracle penis growth” where you see some dude fucking a dragonfruit. Shit’s never gonna work and you’re going to look like a retard doing it.
I just put it in the drawer and the detergent pod in the drum with the clothes.
