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Daftest advice you were ever given (light hearted)

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LakeTiticaca · 25/06/2024 17:10

What's the daftest beauty/fashion advice you were ever given as a youngster?. Washing my hair this morning triggered a memory of when I was about 15 and was told that rubbing vaseline into your hair after washing, them rinsing it out would make it really shiny and smooth ( this was before hair straighteners were invented)
So of course I tried it. What a disaster. I was in the bathroom for about 3 hours trying to rinse out the claggy mess I had created, with my mother shouting what the hells going on in there?
It was mortifying and took about 2 weeks and 2 bottles of shampoo to shift it!!
Another friend was told to rinse her freshly washed hair in vinegar to make it shiny. She came to school smelling like a fish and chip shop for about a week 😆😆

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Sadieandannasmum · 17/03/2025 10:51

I was told to rinse my hair with vinegar and cold water to stop it getting greasy. My mother ran the cold tap for so long the water was freezing and left me with a headache for the rest of the day.

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