It's a weeknight at 2am and you can't sleep. You turn on the TV and see commercials for random beauty products that do everything from "remove calluses" to "automatically tweeze your 'stache." They always claim to be miracles, and they never cease to amuse.
Cut to a lazy Saturday. You're strolling through the mall. You're approached by an ambitious kiosk worker who claims to have the most amazing, albeit bizarre, face mask/eyelash enhancer/therapeutic bath soak you've ever tried, but you wave them off with a shy grin. You leave the mall somewhat intrigued.
Fast forward to you, at work, when you have a moment to sneakily read your favorite beauty blog. They muse about beauty products with funny names or some off-the-wall ingredient in a new lip gloss. You can't help but wonder, despite its wacky appeal, if it's actually a quality beauty product.
Alright, enough with the hypothetical situations. The point is, we constantly hear about and see health and beauty items with bizarre names, strange ingredients, random packaging and purposes, and if you are like us, you always wonder if they might actually work. These aren't your typical, everyday beauty products, they are the ones you're likely skeptical or nervous to try. Well guess what -- some women aren't afraid of trying them and, in return, they love some of them.
Before you check out these weird beauty products that women love, check out the wacky uses for everyday products that readers on Facebook swear by:
Apple cider vinegar to cure dandruff
Kitchen butter as a hair moisturizing mask
Gargling lemon juice for bad breath
Visine on red zits
Milk of Magnesia as a mask for zits
Featured on "The Rachel Ray Show" and "The Doctors," this lip pumper (that's right "pumper") works as a lip plumper for "full, pouty, more kissable lips in seconds," the website boasts.
It looks a bit like a medieval contraption, and you should likely shut the bathroom door while using it. But, women claim it actually works wonders and "DELIVERS what it promises without pain, stinging or injections," says one enthusiastic reader. "This product is awesome. I use it everyday and it lasts about two hours I would say. When I look at myself before and after, it's amazing. My lips look huge, but natural as well. Seriously, you women who are thinking about getting lip injections, think twice," claims another Total Beauty reader.
This hair mask is made out of, you guessed it -- placenta, aka the organ that connects a fetus to the uterine wall using the umbilical cord. This particular product boasts bovine placenta and claims on the website to be "an extra-rich, super-strength formula" that combines "two of nature�s most complete hair conditioners" in order to "quickly repair and strengthen dry, brittle, lifeless hair."
Even though this product has an "ick" factor that tops the charts, women say it works and is worth it: "Okay, this sounds absolutely GROSS, doesn't it? My Mom bought it for me convinced it would help my dry/curly/damaged hair � I was weary of it too, but it VERY much helps my hair, and it makes my natural curls look kinky-curly," says one enthusiast. She uses it when she wants "to look especially awesome for something."
Despite what the name of this gloss implies, no, it does not vibrate. It does however allow you to "undress men with the flick of your wrist!" as the website describes. Each of the ten hunky glosses, named after dudes, comes complete with a front and back "photo of a yummy man" allowing you to "strip them to their undies" by tilting the gloss. If only it was that easy in real life.
So go ahead and undress Colin, the firefighter, Timothy, the future senator, or Julio the amateur chef because readers agree that it's not only the men that excite them about this lip gloss. Women love it because the gloss is not sticky, "smells great," and "lasts," say reviewers. One woman even professes "I'm in love with doug!! The best part? The brand hosts an annual Manhunt, a nationwide search for men to be featured for new shades, so start nominating anyone you want to see drop trou'.
This wacky-looking facial hair remover claims it "gently removes hair in one twist motion" off of the "upper lip, cheeks, forehead, chin, [and] neck," on its corny website (sorry Lindo, but it's time for an update). Women reviewing the product say that despite its weird appearance, it does the job and well.
"At first I thought it was bizarre, but it honestly works � so well for the upper lip," says one woman. "Unusual? Yes. Effective? Definitely," claims another reader. Most say it is the perfect alternative to wax for women with sensitive skin. Only downside is that Lindo might be fibbing a bit about the gentle nature of the product, as most reviewers claim it can be quite painful, so beware.
It's a weeknight at 2am and you can't sleep. You turn on the TV and see commercials for random beauty products that do everything from "remove calluses" to "automatically tweeze your 'stache." They always claim to be miracles, and they never cease to amuse.
Cut to a lazy Saturday. You're strolling through the mall. You're approached by an ambitious kiosk worker who claims to have the most amazing, albeit bizarre, face mask/eyelash enhancer/therapeutic bath soak you've ever tried, but you wave them off with a shy grin. You leave the mall somewhat intrigued.
Fast forward to you, at work, when you have a moment to sneakily read your favorite beauty blog. They muse about beauty products with funny names or some off-the-wall ingredient in a new lip gloss. You can't help but wonder, despite its wacky appeal, if it's actually a quality beauty product.
Alright, enough with the hypothetical situations. The point is, we constantly hear about and see health and beauty items with bizarre names, strange ingredients, random packaging and purposes, and if you are like us, you always wonder if they might actually work. These aren't your typical, everyday beauty products, they are the ones you're likely skeptical or nervous to try. Well guess what -- some women aren't afraid of trying them and, in return, they love some of them.
Before you check out these weird beauty products that women love, check out the wacky uses for everyday products that readers on Facebook swear by:
Apple cider vinegar to cure dandruff
Kitchen butter as a hair moisturizing mask
Gargling lemon juice for bad breath
Visine on red zits
Milk of Magnesia as a mask for zits
