Fashion and beauty cons we fall for....

[Dogsby]

conditioner in a pot rather than a tube is a LOT better

(slight hijack, but Misschops, that's what I love about Liz Hurley. She ADMITS that to look like she does takes serious work, both of diet and exercise variety. And that even she does not look like that all the time... )

im yet to see someone who looks good in denim hareem pants... yet if i were to believe what i read everyone should own a pair..

Drum roll.............mineral make-up.

Gives you that dewy mortician look that we all ache for.

Light reflecting particles.

It's GLITTER

at pollywollypeptides.

Toothpaste that fills in all the holes in your teeth.

Eating nothing but cereal will make you look great in a red dress. No it won't, I'm 58.

Yes the special K diet

Its magical.

No it isnt. What you are doing is only eating one meal a day.

Using sea salt as a body scrub. Do sod off. I handful of scratchy stuff that clogs up your plug hole and then goes solid in your bathroom. Just buy a bloody body scrub from the pound shop.

Remember when the only exfoliator was that one with apricot kernels in it? Ouchy.

Those mascaras that came in two parts. One end was white and you put it on before you put the black layer on. It was meant to lengthen your lashes to seaside donkey proportions.

Actually made small particles of crap fall into your eyes all night and turn you temporarily blind.

On the other end of the mascara spectrum - clear mascara! Whats the bloody point in that?

yy to mineral makeup..shite

Noooo....love my mineral powder foundation.

Also, toothpaste that fills in the holes in your teeth is not a myth - that's how sensitive toothpaste works. My dentist said so....ner!

The biggest con is that anti-cellulite cream. The only way your arse is going to get slimmer is if you rub the cream in so vigorously that it actually counts as fat-burning exercise.

If only you'd give up coffee/tea/alcohol/sugar/wheat/dairy/beef/fucking tomatoes (insert more as appropriate), drink gallons of water daily and rub your thighs 'til they're bruised with this hard nobbly thing (that's £69.99 please), your celullite would disappear.
Bollox to that - made all of the above dietary changes due to the wild shites IBS for three years and the cellulite still clung on.
Never perservered beyond a week with the rubbing thing, though.
< necks red wine, chomps on cheese >

Body brush didnt do much for my cellulite but it worked wonders cleaning my bathroom tile grout

Now that I am nearing the big 4 0 should I be using "products" rather than soap and water????

Ooooh, ooooh, COLONIC IRRIGATION

because after a bout of D&V, we just feel so good, why not replicate that feeling!

That a face-goo will "repair your skin from the inside out". What, it will stop my wrinkles via my flesh, will it, Lancome girl?

"lengthen your lashes to seaside donkey proportions." , Che!

Body Scrub. Some of this gunge with added gravel sells at £30 a pot! Just get those cheap little scrubby gloves from Superdrug.

Any crap that you rub into your arse to 'reduce cellulite'. Never going to happen people. You're 'avin a laugh.

Volumising shampoo, conditioner, products. What a lot of crap. Baby shampoo will do no more no less IMO.

Mineral make up is indeed, shite.

I love a nicely packaged lippy etc, in fact I'm a marketing man's dream really but my hair just looks the best when I use my ds's L'oreal 2in1 strawberry shampoo.

Products which apparently "make you glow" or "reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles" - feck off you money-grabbing twats.

lmao at heart dropping out.
Yes, when one considers average Brit earns £25 000 and crap in jars costs £30 +++ i think 'We've all gorn mad'.
I never buy expensive soap or shampoor or conditioner, owt but cheapest toothbrushes and toothpaste. I will happily wash my hair in washing up liquid if I run out. Brings it up lovely, it does.

That by buying a fitness DVD we will suddenly:
(a) miraculously manage to find 3 x 1 hour periods of uninterrupted time each week in which to actually do the exercises (one would be quite a feat...), and
(b) acquire the fantastic figure of the celebrity mum featured on the DVD who has a personal nutritionist cooking all her meals and exercises at least three times as much as the DVD suggests is necessary.

Wearing a "jaunty" scarf will not make you look like a chic Parisienne.

That kids' strawberry shampoo is shite, it made dd look like beethoven.

Brown does not look 'more expensive' than black.

'Mixing high street and designer' does not make you look cool and eclectic, it makes you look as though you saved up for several months to pay massively over the odds for your labelled sunglasses/handbag/jeans.

To whoever posted about the sun cream. I'd advise you to reconsider. It's true. The UV protection decreases once the cream starts to oxidise - ie. everytime you use it/open it oxygen is introduced to the product. I can't remember the rate of oxidation but I think by the end on the season it is half as effective and by the following year it's even less effective. I have worked for cosmetic companies and was taught this in my product training.

I would say, if you are cynical about other beauty myths (some of the ones I've read on this thread are not all the shit you think they are, but that's subject to personal opinion) then fine but when it comes to something like sun protection, especially with global warming (yes, some people think that's a myth too ) I would be inclined to be cautious. After all, this is protecting us from skin cancer. And not just us but our children too. So I wouldn't be taking the gamble personally.

My particular pet peeve, just to join in the spirit of the thread, is companies trying to sell me mascara which lengthens and thickens your lashes by whatever percent when they have to use false lashes in their advertising. Why would I believe you?

Anything in a bottle that promises to reverse ageing.... absolute bullshit !!

TrillianAstra snorting with laughter. Alas, only the Parisiennes can wear a scarf without looking like a tragic old creative writing teacher.

Eve Lom cleanser. Looks like gritty snot in a pot and contains instructions barked at you about using a HOT cloth followed by a COLD cloth and ONLY use the 'pure muslin cloths'. £98 a pot!!!!!

Well I'm sticking to Ultra Bland by Lush at 9.95 and a facecloth from Superdrug at 50p. Now run along Lom.