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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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