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The Worst Beauty Tips You Got from Mom

She may have been right about eating those veggies, but boy did she miss the mark with these bad beauty tips you all shared

August 2, 2011 | by Anna Jimenez | 74 COMMENTS

Rock a unibrow "I had a unibrow when I was younger so I plucked constantly to open a gap. My mom told me I shouldn't pluck my eyebrows because Frida Kahlo had a uni-brow and she thought it was beautiful. It's safe to say I still pluck to this day -- thanks though, Ma." -- Briana Lawrence via Facebook

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must have been lucky! I have never heard any of these from mom!

by 92jess11 Monday, April 8, 2013 at 09:28PM Report as inappropriate

Funny

by Mollysunshine Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 03:55AM Report as inappropriate

even still i get told some of these

by angel_golz Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 04:51PM Report as inappropriate

aha it was usually just other people that told me this! once I shaved my arms and I was so scared that the hair would get thicker. It didn't though. Thank god!

by xoxolilia Sunday, January 6, 2013 at 09:18PM Report as inappropriate

Thanks mom!

by LittleBunny Saturday, January 5, 2013 at 08:44PM Report as inappropriate

How funny! The only thing my mom told me was that shaving made hair grow back thicker. She didn't tell me not to shave, just that I'd been warned!

by luckygal79 Monday, December 31, 2012 at 08:55AM Report as inappropriate

Mother, gotta love her!

by EricaF123 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 08:05AM Report as inappropriate

This article is so funny! I remember the Aquanet! Super Glu for the hair, gotta love it!.....

by darlenam Tuesday, December 25, 2012 at 01:06PM Report as inappropriate

my moms favorite: Don't use eyeliner!

by Bon_Bon Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 03:07PM Report as inappropriate

aha i enjoyed reading this

by aishak55 Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 08:52AM Report as inappropriate

Lmao! I feel bad for these women! The only thing my mom did was use Aquanet like it was her last day on earth but that's it. :]

by Lamexicana1 Wednesday, November 7, 2012 at 09:05PM Report as inappropriate

Are these much older mom's who say these tips? My mom is in her early 50's and she never gave me any of these tips.

by Chris213 Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 06:34AM Report as inappropriate

I enjoyed a laugh reading these but I have to say my Mom never gave me any of these "tips" except she did suggest I get a perm when I wanted curly hair.....but it wasn't her fault it came out so frizzy...I blame the beautician who should have told me I only needed a body wave after describing the look I wanted!!

by CinnaBlaze Friday, October 19, 2012 at 11:55PM Report as inappropriate

never cake on your make up i have been wearing makeup since i was 14 my mom always said less is better and told me to use a good mosturizer i started using olay at 16

by beth_gramkow Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 01:44AM Report as inappropriate

Hahaha thanks God..my mom never told me any of this :3

by heidihannibal33 Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 09:35AM Report as inappropriate

Perms work great with my hair since there's already a bit of wave.

by asiagirl4ever Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 02:30AM Report as inappropriate

I can identify here.

by asiagirl4ever Sunday, July 15, 2012 at 02:24AM Report as inappropriate

Too funny !

by applepiealamode Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 04:58AM Report as inappropriate

My mom tricked me into getting a perm too. I had beautiful,soft,straight hair when I was little and I wanted curly hair. The way my mom put it, a perm would give me big,soft,volumous curls like my cousin had. After I got it, my hair looked ugly and it was super frizzy. It looked like curls they got in the 80s,only frizzer and drier. Ever since then I have to deep condition,,blow dry, and super straighten my hair to get it looking somewhat pretty.

by ForeverBrunette Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 09:54AM Report as inappropriate

Humorous and quite true!

by robyne00 Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 08:16AM Report as inappropriate

I especially loved the ridiculous "don't use conditioner."

by VV001 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 at 07:13PM Report as inappropriate

Lol...and to think that I used to think her advice as the absolute truth growing up...

by valeria_burton Monday, April 30, 2012 at 02:46PM Report as inappropriate

My mom taught me the pumping your mascara wand thing. Ruined quite a few tubes before I realized the error of our ways.

by pynkNymphette Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 12:23AM Report as inappropriate

haha my mom actually did tell me some of those!

by olkrav319 Monday, April 9, 2012 at 05:13PM Report as inappropriate

My mom usually gave good tips like wearing sunscreen daily and to stop touching my face.

by beautybody Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 10:26AM Report as inappropriate

Haha! My mom told me nearly all of these!!

by CCochran Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at 11:25AM Report as inappropriate

Fun read!

by tallredamanda Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 10:56AM Report as inappropriate

Good thing my mom never told me any of these haha

by Jonealle77 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 02:00PM Report as inappropriate

This is too funny! My mom taught me to pop my pimples but I figured out that was bad pretty quickly!

by powerwoman033 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 01:13PM Report as inappropriate

Interesting. My mom never told me tips on anything. Not sure if that was a good thing or not...

by mrselliott08 Sunday, March 18, 2012 at 04:50PM Report as inappropriate

This is so totally true

by FinalFlash Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 05:01PM Report as inappropriate

Good to know!!! Thx!

by PinkGirl76 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 08:34PM Report as inappropriate

cool tips. thx :)

by peaches095 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 07:14PM Report as inappropriate

thanks

by cielona_boco Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 07:38AM Report as inappropriate

Wow, some of the comments are really mean and judgemental. Calling someone's mom stupid?? Is that really called for? Anyways- I can totally see these things happening especially when you look back at beauty routines from the past - ironing hair, lots of hair spray, etc. Even though I really never knew you could remove freckles.

by msbrown822 Monday, January 30, 2012 at 10:57AM Report as inappropriate

Removed... a few freckles? I've never heard of something like that. What'd they do, cut them out?

by CausticCoquette Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 02:04PM Report as inappropriate

Good thing I never listened to my mom regarding her beauty tip which are exactly some of the things mentioned in this article. I knew I was right!

by celinedejesus Sunday, January 8, 2012 at 09:56PM Report as inappropriate

omg...the stories. At least my mom advised to put on sunscreen!

by sweettpea29 Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 04:57PM Report as inappropriate

omg. horror story!

by venenumletalis Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 07:07PM Report as inappropriate

I think my mom actually told me every single one of these!

by sportimonki13 Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 03:34PM Report as inappropriate

I do wash my face with just water, and it works just fine.

by cindy11052 Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 05:18PM Report as inappropriate

I heard about washing your face only with water, and I'm glad now I know it's bad! :)

by HairDresser2272 Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at 05:21PM Report as inappropriate

Wow, I also lucked out with a good mom for good advice. Most important - use sunscreen (don't tan) and always was face before bed.

by Agrimony Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at 02:57PM Report as inappropriate

What kind of freakish, doofy, madwomen were your mothers? NO ONE SAYS THESE THINGS!

by maryd. Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 12:18AM Report as inappropriate

my mom never told me things like that but its great tips incase anyone tells me these things

by Nicole2814 Thursday, November 24, 2011 at 06:50AM Report as inappropriate

my mom in her old times don't have a lot of ideas about beauty tips, ;) I'm the one who's telling her about it.

by selle_lou Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 02:08AM Report as inappropriate

My mother never told me any of this tanks god

by Flicky_95 Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 08:53PM Report as inappropriate

Wow... I'm so glad my mom is sensible! She's never told me any of these things.

by MysticMeercat Friday, October 21, 2011 at 06:59AM Report as inappropriate

wow seriously? My mom told me the complete opposite of all these things. I cant imagine a person actually saying any of that. I mean, come on, someone needs to be clueless to believe those things and actually press them onto their children. Im so luck I such an awesome mom :) shes the best. she never put me down and forced me to do anything I didn't want to do (except for cleaning my room and stuff :D)

by anna_davis Monday, October 17, 2011 at 03:40PM Report as inappropriate

Another one (not from my mom, but a friends mom): use toothpaste to treat acne. Worst advise to give an acne ridden adult.

by xjchenx Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:21PM Report as inappropriate

No conditioner! Ahhh! Poor girl..

by Only1KimmieD Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 05:38PM Report as inappropriate

My mom never gave me any of these tips, but other people did tell me not to condition (which I laugh at, I have wavy curly hair and conditioner is a LIFE SAVER) every time. They also tell me to use hairspray to keep flyaways down. Hairspray is sticky and just makes my hair look like a ratted mess (seriously) sooo not for me.

by karen_luttrell Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 07:51AM Report as inappropriate

This was very funny but I'm lucky that I didn't hear any of these tips from my mom :)

by vfalkow Tuesday, September 13, 2011 at 01:27PM Report as inappropriate

Lucky me...didnt get ANY ONE of these advices from my mother...lol

by janellelora Monday, September 5, 2011 at 02:47PM Report as inappropriate

Some of these actually remind me of my mom lol

by RoleModel Monday, August 29, 2011 at 12:21AM Report as inappropriate

These were funny tips. The only one familiar to me was the hair thing.

by stephgal Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 02:22PM Report as inappropriate

My mom never told me any of these except the facial hair one.. she told me not to remove ANY hair! Good old mom.

by itzelc18 Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 05:10PM Report as inappropriate

my mom popped my goddammn pimples too...lol remembering now i laugh but it was pain, got some scars and shite large pores now but what you gonna do? :D

by debjosh Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 04:24AM Report as inappropriate

my mom is always using hair spray... she would insist that I use it too... but for what? My hair is perfectly straight and I never curl it....?

by Bon_Bon Monday, August 22, 2011 at 06:38PM Report as inappropriate

These are some interesting stories, and what were some of the thinking behind them. I think the worst and somewhat disgusting, was taking off things from your face with saliva. I know there were other people who have seen this, but was it for lipstick?

by evet Friday, August 19, 2011 at 10:08PM Report as inappropriate

Haha I got suckered into the perm as a kid, by my mom! lol.

by ladyboarder9669 Friday, August 19, 2011 at 03:42PM Report as inappropriate

My mom did the same with my eyebrows! I had these awful bushy brows till I was 14. Then a friend went to town on them and made them even worse. If only my mom had taken me to a salon to get them waxed..

by olga_cirlugea Friday, August 19, 2011 at 03:42PM Report as inappropriate

My mom told me to never shave above my knees. That not only will my hair grow back thicker but more will grow. Any time she notices she still tells me not to. You rock your hairy thighs mom, not me.

by giselle89 Friday, August 19, 2011 at 01:24PM Report as inappropriate