What’s the worst beauty tip you’ve ever received?

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Inspired by the “what is the best beauty tip you’ve received” thread, I wonder about the opposite….

What is the most useless, unhelpful beauty tip you have ever received?

I’m torn between being advised to sit in the sun with tomato ketchup in my hair years ago to bring out the highlights (it didn’t and was v sticky), and the first time I fake tanned but didn’t know to wear mitts when applying and ended up with conker coloured palms for 2 weeks.

It’s the only thing that stops my lips chapping but I wouldn’t use it on the rest of my face as would be way too heavy.

I find it bloody amazing! Not hair but best way to heal a cut and I find it really helps keep Moisture in if I dab some around eyes and cheeks at night.

Eye hospital actually gave my son some on after an injury below his eye to help it heal.

Exfoliating my legs would prevent ingrown hairs after waxing. It never did. My hair is too thick and strong.
After 30yrs I bought a Lumea and I have weird smooth legs now.

I had a friend who did this. Essentially, she fried herself and looked like an orange pork scratching.

It's basically Vaseline and lanolin plus vit e - pure lanolin is what breastfeeding nipple cream is.

Lanolin is extremely thick so really hard to use on face etc but mixed with Vaseline it's a bit looser.

I used to use 8 hr cream all the time in the same way but it's ££! So just use Vaseline now

I use Vaseline on my nostrils, eyes, eyebrows and ears when I'm gardening because it helps with the pollen. I'll smooth my hair with the warmed up residue.

Cutting your cuticles. Just, dear lord, DO NOT CUT YOUR CUTICLES! I avoid watching YouTubers who do gel nails for this reason, it makes me feel sick when they do it. Cristine/Simply Nailogical and Leighton Denny have drummed into me why this is a Bad Idea, but still it persists. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Fancy. We used crisp n dry.

Spray hairspray all over your face to help your makeup stay on.

Not a chance I'd be doing that, it would feel horrible to begin with and I can't imagine it's going to do your skin much good.

Wasnt there a video somewhere with live snails on people's faces? Just no.

Coconut oil for dry skin. Nightmare. Dried me out even further and my already flakey skin came off and left me sore and red.

Never wax the top of your eyebrows
factor 2 is perfectly acceptable if you’re already tanned 🙄

Sadly I fell for the fringe look at graduation time and so I am forever wearing bad hair on my mum’s wall, even 20 years later

This, when I was growing up because there was never enough money. Am now TOTALLY addicted to Philip Kingsley at £70 for a large bottle each of shampoo and conditioner.

I'm guessing you don't mean the residue from your nose and ears....

Lard is as good as tanning oil!

Use 8hour cream on a flight so that your skin doesn't dry out
DH was in hysterics over my ridiculously shiny, slightly odd coloured, smelly face while I had no clue.

Go to a trainee hairdresser..... My hair colour didn't look any different.on the other hand my friend had bleach blobs and looked like a cheetah.

Plus sun in, lemon juice, crimpers over hairspray, overpplucked brows, lip liner darker than lipstick,frownies..

Duo Tan….. I was that Tango doll 😳

My lovely chubby cheeked oldest dd tried a bob once. Got back from the hairdresser wailing "I look like a satsuma!"

Was told by a barber (female) to coat my coarse, frizzy hair in mayonnaise and tie a plastic bag over it and sleep in it and it would restore the moisture. It leaked out when it had warmed up and I can only assume it must have gone in my mouth as I ended up with food poisoning .

Can you imagine the QVC episode trying to peddle their jars of hopeful jizz.

"You can use it as many times as you like, the more the better - before you put your make-up on, before you go to bed, let it do its work overnight, and any time during the day you just fancy a bit of of pick me up - even just if you're heading down the shops. Concentrate on your problem areas, really rub it in - feel that texture. It's so luxurious and the smell is just ... hmm, I don't know quite how to describe it ... there's a comforting familiarity about it ... but it is such a unique product. We've all had a go of it it here in the studio, even the boys! Look at these before and after shots to see the incredible difference it could be making to you for just half your yearly wage but you can pay in instalments so that makes it a bargain."

Re semen based beauty: we could do a reverse handmaids tale and make millions in an award winning range of women’s facial care by milking them like cattle. In humane pens with x-boxes mind you.

Right, I’m off to apply to Dragon’s Den for some start up investment….

'Cool toned' foundations. I have cool toned skin and look best in pale pastels and with ashy blonde hair colour. I classify as a 'light summer'. But cool-toned foundations look like camomile lotion on me. I find neutral tones much more flattering.

I did this once. Higights very patchy. Looked v silly so a hairdresser advised to use a semi permanent dye close to my natural colour and luckily it worked

Smart man, lol. Yuck