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."
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
