14 “Obscure Beauty Trends” Throughout History That Sound So Bizarre Now

They knew it was dangerous by that time, so the manufacturers had to claim otherwise.

It gave a fair complexion with a tinge of blue..

And harmless to anybody too 🤔

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Yeah, a bit like covid "vaccines"

makes you wonder about what doctors of today recommend and if in 100 years people will be horrifyingly making fun of us.

It's still like that in many Asian countries.

And during the industrial revolution, when the masses moved to the factory Pale became common among the poor. So this eventually developed as the counter.

And I'd say the standard changed again since vacations in sunny places became more affordable and people became more aware of the dangers of skin cancer. Now too much tan (than your natural skin tone would be) comes across as trashy and uneducated.

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And at that time, many people worked in factories and never saw the sun. Tanning was a sign that you had money.

I was born in the wrong century

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Oh, me too! Too bad I missed the boat and was born 200 or so years to late.

Gah I hear ya, too bad my long horsey face isn't quite as popular now!!

😂😂😂😂😂

I wouldn't. I have relatively thick eyebrows and not that high forehead. Also, I have silky hard to manage hair (I never tried lard and flour though) that loves to go in my face which is why I'm wearing bangs

Cause if it was refrigerated it would be better?

I feel like throwing up just imagining the smell

I wonder what instigated the Portugal part..

Bon appetit!

Ummm it's still urine, even if it was refrigerated

It's urine. Im not sure age and refrigeration are factors to be considered it's urine.

*snort* LMAO

One and only time when it worked.* *Statement may or may not be true.

Thanks, I got on here to say that. The Romans used to make fun of the Spaniards for doing this.

That was one reason for the French Revolution. Nobility used so much flour for their wigs that almost nothing was left for bread and bread became unaffordable.

they didn't. no one slept with their wigs on. this whole post is nonsense.

Once they were attached to the head in a laborious procedure, they were left on for days, e.g. events over the weekend.

This is true, but what they were actually doing was combing pomade (which is greasy but not lard) through their hair and then applying powder in layers. This gave hair a lot more body to achieve these styles. A bit like root boost powder on steroids.