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!)

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Whale excretions

New Zealand

Ambergris -- sounds like my mom's fruit salad on Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, the truth is a lot less sweet.

"Gris" is a solid waxy substance originating in the intestine of the sperm whale. When the sperm whale has a bowel movement, the ambergris is usually expelled through the rectum. The chunks float onto the surface of the sea, where the sun sterilizes and cooks them.

Ambergris floats and washes ashore most frequently on the coasts of China, Japan, Africa, the Americas and on tropical islands such as the Bahamas. In Eastern cultures, ambergris is used for medicines and potions and as a spice. In the West, it was used to stabilize the scent of fine perfumes.

No word on the cost of whale vomit or diarrhea, but we're guessing they're for the natives.

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Comments on "10 WTF beauty rituals"

Yum!!!

I'll stick to Elemis thankyou!

Just reading about bull sperm conditioner makes me feel to throw up. yuck!

Ew! The Japanese really are gross!

So what does the whale poop actually do? They didn't actually say

The title of this sounds disgusting.

Wow...I'm pretty sure I wont be trying any of these! Totally grossed out.

Well, if it works. To each her own...

OMG! This stuff is insane! I am intrigued by the skin poker though!

I can't imagine trying these beauty treatments. They do not sound fun!

i've tried dr back 10 from korea, much like the MTS Roller but much more intensive. can't wait to have another session...

when I was 15 I was on vacation in Croatia, a local lady with beautiful skin told me to pick up a snale and rub it on my skin because I had, like most 15 year olds, bad acne. I laughed it off and never did it because it just seemed gross. Now that I read about the snale cream I dont think it would have been such a bad idea..

I cant believe that such things exist but then like they say, nature is the best antidote to our beauty problems! www.stylelifefashion

Lol..wtf is right but I have to say I would prob try the snail cream the placenta face cream and bull sperm conditioner. The snail cream seems cool, the face cream is ewww but I heard good reviews bout it and the bull sperm it doesn't have to touh my face it's just hair so wth il o for it.

I don't think I could ever do any of these except for maybe the snail cream, it's not like it's actually made of ground up snails, just a compound found in snails. But bull sperm, pee gargle, and placenta drinks, those just...those are just vomit worthy.

Really, wtf?!?! Bull sperm conditioner? Shivers.

To be honest I will try anything to see if it works. Maybe a lot of these do seem strange, personally they are a bit out there, but I like to keep the perspective that I should first consider why it is not strange at all to someone else. And you say no one would try these products, you need more people like me :)

Well I guess this isn't so bad because all the stuff they use is natural... It just seems weird because its not traditional even though actually, as @Swanzy said, the stuff we use nowadays is just as gross but hidden under fancy names. I don't think I would be able to use any of them except the ant stuff and the snail cream! Take care!

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