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Dianna G#1 Stupid Thing I've done for Beauty's sake
July 17th 2007 20:53
And now, it's finally come to this...
# Pot Scourer, the new exfoliator
When Clearasil damaged my face – made it dry, itchy and started causing some dark spots to appear, mainly around my nose and mouth, I set about to remedy it.
I was staring at my face in the mirror for a while, wondering what I could use, when I spotted the Scotch-Brite Heavy Duty Sponge by the sink. A light bulb went over my head. After all, the sponge gets rid of grime and dirt from dishes and cutlery, it should do the same for the skin. Right? So I happily scrubbed away at my chin. Was the discolouration disappearing? No. It was actually making my skin red, feel rough and slightly irritable. You would think I would have stopped right there but no, I realised I had to go heavier duty. I enlisted the help of Scotch-Brite Heavy Duty Sponge’s companion, Stainless Steel Scourer. When I started scouring away, I had to fight back a yelp. The texture was hurting my skin, like someone was scratching at an existing wound but I doggedly went on scrubbing anyway.
What resulted, as anyone would have guessed, was a very irritable, rough bleeding skin around my mouth. Finally, the mad gleam in my eyes dissipated and I flung the scourer and sponge away, leaving them where they belonged – in the kitchen sink. Meanwhile, I had no one else to blame when I woke up the next morning and the skin around my mouth had turned pimply and even darker so that in dim light, I actually look like I had a moustache and a beard. For the next few weeks, whenever I had to speak to a guy I liked, I made a habit of bringing a book or a sheet of paper to cover my mouth. I could only be grateful that during my temporary insanity, it hadn’t occurred to me to tackle the discolouration around my nose too.
So, what's the stupidest thing YOU'VE done for the sake of beauty?
*image from www.wikipedia.com
# Pot Scourer, the new exfoliator
When Clearasil damaged my face – made it dry, itchy and started causing some dark spots to appear, mainly around my nose and mouth, I set about to remedy it.
What resulted, as anyone would have guessed, was a very irritable, rough bleeding skin around my mouth. Finally, the mad gleam in my eyes dissipated and I flung the scourer and sponge away, leaving them where they belonged – in the kitchen sink. Meanwhile, I had no one else to blame when I woke up the next morning and the skin around my mouth had turned pimply and even darker so that in dim light, I actually look like I had a moustache and a beard. For the next few weeks, whenever I had to speak to a guy I liked, I made a habit of bringing a book or a sheet of paper to cover my mouth. I could only be grateful that during my temporary insanity, it hadn’t occurred to me to tackle the discolouration around my nose too.
So, what's the stupidest thing YOU'VE done for the sake of beauty?
*image from www.wikipedia.com
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Comment by katyzzz
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You'll see from my pic here that I am just a natural beauty, if a little out of the ordinary. But no blemishes.
That yellow is the light shining through, the red is my blood and the rest, anything you like to nominate.
This #1 of yours made me squirm, I didn't know at first if I had the courage to read it.
katyzzz
Comment by Lara M
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Hmmm...remember when 'Creme de la Mer' was the rage?? If you know it, you'll also know it costs hundreds of $$. Well, I was gullible enough to spend a SIZEABLE portion of my pay on it. I saw no difference in my complexion! Perhaps my complexion was already so *perfect* that it made no difference...!
Another that I can remember -- using waterproof mascara then going dancing/clubbing...at the end of the night I ended up looking like a raccoon! No more mascara for me, don't care if it's waterproof or from space-age material!!
Comment by Aimzster
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Hi Lara, makes me wonder if we have any right to sue these products for false advertising! I haven't heard of Creme de La Mer and thank goodness, I hadn't. I would've been up there with you and pulling my hair out for spending so much on nothing.
Comment by Ash
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I`m pretty careful with my face... but I once used a beauticians OWN BRAND face mask... next morning I woke up with such a break out which lasted about two weeks. I was mortified!
what we go through!
ash
Comment by Cibbuano
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That'd be hard to explain the next day..
Comment by Aimzster
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Hi Cibb...there was a teacher in my school who had a beard. They thought we were related
Comment by Chic Critique
That made me feel a little sick in the tummy! You poor bugger!
I can't think of anything - except using one of those el cheapo face masks that come in a sachet and getting a rash on my face because I had some kind of allergy and then looking like I had the pox for about a week.
Comment by KylieW
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