Weird and Gross Beauty Fads
I was glossing over my Flipboard feed last night when I saw a picture of Anderson Cooper with WHITE BIRD POOP smeared on his face. Haha, I had to see what it was all about and also this got me thinking about other weird and gross beauty remedies!
Bird poop facial
So Anderson Cooper tried this because apparently this is all the rage in Hollywood among celebs. And no, they didn't just make this up for the sake of being weird. This is a real beauty remedy that has its roots in Japanese Geisha culture. Geisha's are known for their perfectly fair skin and my haste google search shows that Tom Cruise is also into this!
Pizza hut perfume
Pizza Hut has a perfume! This is a gag that was initiated by Pizza Hut Canada (I know eh?!) and caught quite a bit of attention! I personally have never smelled it so I don't know whether it's the scent of meat lover's or good 'ol pepperoni. Another interesting thing about this perfume is that it isn't available for purchase, you have to go on their Facebook and state why you "desire" this. A pretty clever social media promo I think.
Placenta Chips
This one is SOOOOOOOOOO odd and also another Hollywood fad- January Jones did this. So placenta chips are basically dried flakes of placenta that people collect while giving birth. Some people think that placenta is THE fountain of youth (probably because babies live in it and they're well... youthful?). But doctors refute that placenta chips are good for one's body and skin. They say that placenta offers no nutrition and this is more of a symbolic "young wives tale". Ps. Placenta eaters will apparently not only eat make it into chips, but also into spread, and smoothie.
Honourable mentions: Bagel Head
This is a fad from Japan (but pioneered in Canada! huh?) where people inject their forehead to cause a swelling and then push down the middle of the circular swelling creating a bagel. I don't understand and I won't attempt to.
People do weird things in the sake of beauty! I've tried quite a few different things that's made my mom's mind boggle but I'm drawing my line at these odd "beauty" fads.
Julia Sharing :)