Painful, harmful and dangerous: 8 scary beauty tips from the web

We have collected the most “interesting” folk beauty recipes from the web, the effectiveness of which we do not advise anyone to check.

It even sounds awful! Nevertheless, this method of fighting acne has many followers on the Web. To get rid of blackheads, girls are advised to dilute stationery glue in water, apply the resulting “mask” to the face, wait for it to dry and remove it with a “ movie”. There is a logic to this: the impurities that clog the pores can “stick” to the adhesive film. But! Stationery glue is not intended to be applied to the skin! An allergic reaction is the least that such a beauty experience can threaten your skin with.

Another tip from modern beauty experts: a solid deodorant will help remove oily highlights from the T-zone and achieve a matte effect. Treat shiny surfaces with deodorant and save on mattifying wipes. We want to disappoint you, this trick will not work. The task of deodorants is to control perspiration and eliminate unpleasant odors; unfortunately they cannot cope with oily sheen in the T-zone. So mating wipes – to help you.

One of our favorite tips: a pimple appeared – burn it with toothpaste! Have you heard of it ? Some of us have even tried it, and we hasten to inform you that this life hack doesn’t work either. Toothpaste is powerless against acne. It’s possible for the inflammation to dry out a bit, but it’s even more likely that you’ll dry out the skin there and experience irritation in the form of a scaly red patch.

Running out of liquid eyeliner? No problem! Dip a thin brush into the mascara and line her eyes. We read this on one of the popular women’s forums. Out of curiosity, we tried. We want to disappoint you: nothing happened. The reason is simple: mascara has a completely different formula and a much thicker consistency than eyeliner.

Do you dream of learning to draw perfectly smooth arrows? Forget master classes! Take an eyelash curler, generously apply a black eyeliner over it, place it close to the upper eyelid and – voila! – get the perfect eyeliner line! This life hack intrigued us and we decided to give it a try. The result was terrible! The arrow (although it is difficult to call it an arrow) turned out to be massive, twisted and sticky.

What to do if the hair is “not the first freshness” and you don’t have time to wash your hair? That’s right, dry shampoo. But our favorite online beauty experts say dry shampoo is a waste of money. Why? After all, there is cornmeal! Apply a little flour to your hair (a little more on the root zone), distribute it all over the length – and you’re done! You cannot wash your hair for a few more days. It seems logical: flour absorbs fat, hair will look fresh. But! Suddenly it will be hot outside or inside, the sweat glands will begin to work more actively, the flour will combine with the liquid and you will get a sticky mass? Can you imagine what you will look like with a “pancake” on your head?

We don’t understand how anyone could come up with this, but nevertheless, an Oreo mascara recipe popped up on the web. To do this, you will need the cookies themselves and a face primer. Muffin should be crushed, then mixed with a primer and applied to the eyelashes with a stick from the old mascara.

Doing that isn’t even worth it for fun! Crumbs are abrasive particles and can scratch the cornea if they get into the eyes. In addition, cookies are safe for the stomach, but not for the mucous membranes. And finally, such a mixture will be more expensive than ordinary mascara.

It’s really really what a woman is not going to get her face dirty in the name of beauty. American beauty blogger Michelle Hahn is convinced that the best face masks come from… cat litter. The recipe is simple: dilute a small amount of mastic with water, add a few drops of aloe, apply on your face for 15 minutes. According to fans of the mask, the skin is soft and smooth and the pores are narrowed. True, not all fillers are suitable for the mask, but only based on bentonite clay (this type of clay is included in many face and body care products). Imagine, paying just 300 rubles for a pack of cat litter, you will become the owner of 5 kilograms of a natural cosmetic product! But don’t run to the pet store. Dermatologists warn that in addition to beneficial clay, cat litter products often contain bentonite and silicon dioxide, which simply dehydrate the skin.

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