10 WTF beauty rituals

Jul 08, 2011 11:02 AM by Sonja Holbrook

Posted in Beauty & Style / Splurges & Beauty Indulgences / Luxury & Spa

Bizarre Beauty Treatments

For centuries, women have been committing acts of medieval torture on themselves just to look, seem, smell or even just feel more beautiful. Here are the 10 biggest OMG WTF beauty rituals you might not know about... (and if you have tried one of them, tell us all about it because we haven't found anyone brave enough to try them yet!)

Bird poop facials

Japan

Weird beauty treatments: Bird poop facial

Smearing your visage with nightingale excrement sounds about as fun as, well, getting pooped on by a flock of seagulls.

The aptly named uguisu no fun (Beauty editor's note: "No fun" -- How fitting... ), a Japanese powder made from songbird feces, was used by 18th century geishas and kabuki actors to wipe the heavy white makeup off their faces.

But don't pooh-pooh the doo-doo just yet. Rich in the amino acid guanine, the rarified droppings are said to impart a soft, porcelain-white mien. But it'll cost you. At Shizuka New York Day Spa, for instance, a 50-minute facial will run you $180. We don't suggest you try this at home, since the droppings have to be sterilized to remove toxins and then ground into a fine powder. So back away from Polly and shop online instead.

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Comments on "10 WTF beauty rituals"

I should have stopped at the first one! I could never go to these extremes. Haven't they heard of good ol' fashioned beauty rest?

All of those are just nasty! I heard supposedly some people use human semen as moisturizers but then again that might be more fun lol

i don't think this is gross cuz like sum1 sd earlier i'm sure there r worse things in products u use everyday!!! Also, did u ever tk a look at there skin, they hv good skin!!!!! so if they hv good skin i would try whatever they r doing!!!!! if it works 4 them its gonna work 4 u!!!

Eeww, that is gross!!! No way would I EVER try that!! Too funny! :)

Oh good god this is nasty! LOL

Our beauty products aren't all that "normal," either. Most of the scary stuff is hidden in the ingredients label. I was just looking at my bottle of Eucerin the other day, and one of the ingredients is called "urea". If my freshman biology class serves me, I do believe "urea" is what makes urine yellow. So we could be wearing pee on our faces and not even know it. Some brands of yogurt use bugs as purple dye. We're probably putting things on and in our bodies that are way more disgusting. They're just hidden under fancy, scientific words. Just sayin'.

okay. Er Come on...now...! WHY?

Peeps can just go down to the pier @ the beach & bring food... There will be lots of this "facial cleaner" to be had for free!

um... EW!!!!!!!!!!

The only treatment I had heard about was the bird poop facial until now! Usually people try not to get pooped on and these people pay big bucks for it! I think I will stay with my Neutrogena. Simply amazing what people will try!