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The Weirdest Beauty Tips You've Heard

Can toothpaste really zap pimples? Experts explain whether the wacky beauty tips you've been told actually work

March 21, 2011 | by Anna Jimenez | 92 COMMENTS

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Weird Tip: I read somewhere to let olive oil sit in your hair for 10 minutes before you wash your hair to condition it. I also heard it makes hair grow faster. True? -- Natalie via Facebook

Expert answer: "Olive oil does help improve hair health by adding nutrients and healthy fats to the root," says Fris, so using it as a deep conditioning treatment does work to make hair silkier, he continues. As for helping hair growth? Fris advises that "it doesn't speed up the process of hair growth enough to make it a useful solution."

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some of this seems odd but I like the olive oil idea

by butterfly11 Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11:31AM Report as inappropriate

No thanks!

by EricaF123 Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 08:19AM Report as inappropriate

ewh the urnie is so gross , haha who would try that

by aishak55 Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 03:00PM Report as inappropriate

Olive oil does make your hair feel really soft, but I found that I had to be kind of generous with it and leave it on a bit longer than they mentioned.

by Chris213 Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 06:37AM Report as inappropriate

Haha. Urine? I wanna know who has actually tried that. I hope they are using their own urine! ill stick to some of the other tips; but definitely not the urine one.

by danny54f Friday, October 12, 2012 at 10:43AM Report as inappropriate

I agree with everyone the urine one is nasty. Pee belongs in the toilet and I'm gonna keep it the way. These beauty tips are great. I have never heard of the hot sauce one before. I would like to try some of the mayonnaise. I would probably buy the hair mayonnaise from sally beauty supply. I like the real mayonnaise for my food.

by misschanel67 Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at 05:04PM Report as inappropriate

Absolutely amazing and honestly makes more sense than any other serious moisture creams.

by Janann Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 06:49PM Report as inappropriate

Actually I have tried mayo on my hair and it helps to calm down frizz or disguise breakage.

by AutumnFlower Monday, July 23, 2012 at 10:35AM Report as inappropriate

Please don't put pee on your face or anywhere else. Alot of these tips I have heard before. I've used the toothpaste trick many times. It does work!

by Crystal0107 Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 08:08PM Report as inappropriate

the urine one was just nasty, but the rest were pretty cool! this article really cleared things up!

by LeSucre Monday, April 23, 2012 at 12:07AM Report as inappropriate

I've done the toothpaste, olive oil, and the Preparation-H. In my teens, I also tried the mayo to the hair; it was just as nasty as one might imagine. I have never, however, been desperate enough to think of putting wee on my face.

by TwinkiDafur Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 08:14PM Report as inappropriate

wow i have actually used a lot of these tips on my own...it would be interesting to rty the hot sauce one

by olkrav319 Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 03:51PM Report as inappropriate

The urine thing is gross. I knew about most of these. Prefer to use actual products.

by Nicole1021 Monday, April 2, 2012 at 03:06PM Report as inappropriate

It's entertaining some of the things people think of... Also, even though they said the tea bath works for a sunburn--Noxema is easier and also works. Slather it on (the old school white cream type), let it sit for 2-5 minutes, then rinse of in the shower. I burn easily and this works for me EVERY TIME.

by tallredamanda Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 11:09AM Report as inappropriate

grooooossss!!!! urine!??? REALLY!?

by cuteAsAbutton Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at 01:16PM Report as inappropriate

Some of these I knew and I think they are great, but urine on your face? Even if did work, even if it took 20 years off of my appearance, I would NEVER do it! Disgusting!

by powerwoman033 Monday, March 12, 2012 at 12:09PM Report as inappropriate

Pee on your face? Gross! I have used olive oil on my hair, toothpaste on pimples, and hemmoroid cream on my puffy eyes though.

by queeniemeanie Wednesday, February 15, 2012 at 06:28PM Report as inappropriate

all these are great and weird lol. the only one i really think is weird is the 'pee' one where it says use it as a astringent to clear up acne. thats disgusting and i hope NOONE tries that lol. but all in all,good tips :)

by peaches095 Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 07:24PM Report as inappropriate

Great advice, although I disagree with the potato slices ! During a time in my life, when my skin was very oily. I sliced a potato, placed it on my face, and my skin had a similar look as if I used toner. Also the article didn't mention, how potato juice can lighten blemished skin over time !

by applepiealamode Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 06:33AM Report as inappropriate

These are great tips! Thanks!

by MissXu Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 10:48AM Report as inappropriate

ewwww have people actually put urine on their skin!?!? astringent is minimum like $5! come on people

by breakitdwn2420 Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 09:00PM Report as inappropriate

Ew on the mayo hair mask!

by LittleBunny Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 11:47AM Report as inappropriate

Ewww! Urine for your face?! Who does that?! It truly belongs in the toilet! I'm glad that poop isn't used as a replacement for a mud mask.

by elchica Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 02:50PM Report as inappropriate

like this article.

by sanam Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 04:28PM Report as inappropriate

The toothpaste!

by eatinglipstick Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 05:39PM Report as inappropriate

Toothpaste all the way! Good article.

by CeeNee888 Friday, September 23, 2011 at 03:09PM Report as inappropriate

I have heard of a few of these. I have tried the olive oil, toothpaste, and lemon juice. Its good to know whats true and whats not.

by stephgal Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 04:22PM Report as inappropriate

Tooth paste will just harm your skin. And mayo???

by arimshh Wednesday, September 14, 2011 at 04:15PM Report as inappropriate

Baking soda=soap...trust me!

by janellelora Monday, September 5, 2011 at 12:29AM Report as inappropriate

Great insights and explanations for some home remedies that have been around forever. I remember my grandmother using a few of these.

by Breton Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 08:56PM Report as inappropriate

Toothpaste is a for sure remedy.. a few other great tips too.

by dimps2lv Sunday, August 28, 2011 at 03:03PM Report as inappropriate

I tried toothpaste once on a pimple and it burned a layer of skin. Never again.

by itzelc18 Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 06:22PM Report as inappropriate

I just don't know how comfortable I'll be with mayo on my hair...

by gisellemarie Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 11:05AM Report as inappropriate

weird!

by queenofthegreen Friday, August 19, 2011 at 05:36PM Report as inappropriate

They are weird

by aguifra14 Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 06:13PM Report as inappropriate

I can imagine mayo would leave a stinky smell, even after many rinsings!

by odie Monday, July 11, 2011 at 05:40AM Report as inappropriate

I am a natural blonde and sometimes I feel the need to naturally lighten my hair and using lemon juice is a great way to do it! Love these tips! :)

by Lacindap15 Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 09:27PM Report as inappropriate

Yes, this is an old-fashioned favorite before all the hair moisturzers came out and it was all women had to use. The "natural" oils worked beautifully. I used pure olive oil to cleanse my face and photos of me that my daughters show their friends, they ask which of their sisters I am ! I am 51 years old ! they are in their 20's .Nature works best.

by cindi_hein Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 07:20PM Report as inappropriate

the olive oil really works!!

by attagirl Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 04:20PM Report as inappropriate

Very interesting, although a couple were kinda gross lol.

by shortbutsweet92 Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 09:01AM Report as inappropriate

Ew mayo smell...

by eatinglipstick Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 11:52AM Report as inappropriate

I will not put pee on my face

by porsha_coleman_mcdaniels Friday, July 8, 2011 at 11:37PM Report as inappropriate

very neat!

by hanbanana67 Friday, July 8, 2011 at 03:13PM Report as inappropriate

I'm definitely going to try some of these!

by brown_eyes23 Friday, July 8, 2011 at 01:53PM Report as inappropriate

very cool info!

by melissa_cline Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at 07:35PM Report as inappropriate

I have used the olive oil and the toothpaste and have gave me great result.. I will try the lemon juice with a friend someday.. oh and I used to hydrate my hair with avocado and aloe vera (home made9 and it really nourished my hair...

by laura_escolar Monday, June 27, 2011 at 08:36PM Report as inappropriate

Olive oil does make a great moisturizer, and conditioning treatment but I've also heard it isn't good for colored hair - that it can make your dye job wash out or fade away faster. Anybody know if that is true or not?

by dark_beauty Monday, June 13, 2011 at 11:33AM Report as inappropriate

interesting. the toothpaste thing never really worked for me though!

by breereinke Friday, June 10, 2011 at 08:27PM Report as inappropriate

Gross but cool: I can't decide if the mayo or the urine is more disgusting, though ...

by bukiyounahito Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 08:14AM Report as inappropriate

Interesting!

by dawnrager Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 07:30PM Report as inappropriate

be careful with the Hemorrhoid cream!! Instead of relieving puffiness it caused a horrible rash on a friend of mine!! I wouldn't use it!!

by LadyDena Friday, May 20, 2011 at 04:48PM Report as inappropriate

lols these tips are weird have people actually tried them n worked?

by azngrl25 Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 04:01PM Report as inappropriate

i tried the dryer sheet for static and it worked for me....loved the smell too!!!!!

by barbara_benjamin_tadokoro Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 11:56PM Report as inappropriate

i thought the mayo thing worked..i guess not...not that i have tried it

by judyangel101 Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 05:53PM Report as inappropriate

my mom has told me about the mayo thing

by kiofairy Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 03:17PM Report as inappropriate

my mom did the mayo thing to my hair when i was a kid

by AmandaAmanda Saturday, April 9, 2011 at 12:19PM Report as inappropriate

I hadn't heard of many of these "beauty tips" but this article was really interesting! I'll have to give the dryer sheet trick a try.

by LipglossandSpandex Friday, April 8, 2011 at 08:53PM Report as inappropriate

Urine as an astringent? What were they thinking??? But I've heard of most of the ones that work. (Interestingly, I hadn't heard of any of the ones that don't!)

by Jewelrydesigner Friday, April 8, 2011 at 12:44PM Report as inappropriate

The one about urine is SO GROSS!!

by rockgal911 Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 01:35PM Report as inappropriate

the vineagar deal does work...last year on one of the first warm sunny days we had i over tanned outside and got burned so badly it hurt to wear jeans ...anything with thick stitching i was reduced to wearing leggins for days.....and i did not want to let all my suffering go wasted ...since im so pale id eventually peel...my tan goes sunburn first time of the year tan and peels off and then im white as he*l again...so i bathed and put some vineagar in the bath and then put equal parts water and vineagar in a zip lock bag and lightly but firmly dabbed the soaked rag all over my body....and sure enough i did not peel at all thet time or for the entire summer for that matter and it was a quite severe sunburn.. i also got super tan after a short while ......so that proves it works....also take some aspirin...and if youre really in pain you can buy dermaplast spray at a drug store....it is like a spray for burns cuts etc....it is a disinfectant, antibiotic, and soothes away/numbs any pain you may have from a sunburn...i had one sunburn before so bad i had to resort to that as a treatment too!

by sarbear86 Wednesday, April 6, 2011 at 05:53AM Report as inappropriate

INTERESTING..

by doana_marcellus Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 04:31PM Report as inappropriate

I've heard of the dryer sheets for static hair but have yet to try it!

by ladyboarder9669 Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 01:11PM Report as inappropriate

White vinegar is the very best and cheapest and it DOES work and when it dries, no vinegar smell...... just clean. Pat it on after a cool bath as soon as you get out of the sun.

by sheryll_lyn Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 12:00PM Report as inappropriate

I always use Lifecell Skin natural ingredient skin Cream only it keeps my skin as smooth as baby soft skin.

by ella_torres Monday, April 4, 2011 at 11:13PM Report as inappropriate

Pee? On my face? .........never never never. Not even if it did work.

by mkgx7 Saturday, April 2, 2011 at 11:57AM Report as inappropriate

I wouldn't dare to apply lemon juice on my hair and go out. Oh my and the urine- ew!

by ebbsandtides Friday, April 1, 2011 at 08:51AM Report as inappropriate

Ooh gosh...the pee one is the worst by far...the others seem "normal"..that seems...well, just very gross and odd.

by kat_hamilton17 Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 12:59PM Report as inappropriate

Never knew about some of these, and I LOVE the black tea for a sunburn!!!

by richelle_hart_trivedi Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 08:58PM Report as inappropriate

hilarious!

by yckitsmary Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 07:38PM Report as inappropriate

some of these are terrible! who would give this advice?!

by mlenaei Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 08:04AM Report as inappropriate

You can also dab Visine on pimples to reduce redness. In a pinch, hand lotion can tame frizzy hair and dry ends. I also use baby powder to absorb excess oil at the roots.

by RoleModel Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 11:58PM Report as inappropriate

i heard about some of all these before. sounds interesting tho.

by vanitychild Monday, March 28, 2011 at 11:11PM Report as inappropriate

Hilarious what people will believe.

by Aphrosie Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 05:36PM Report as inappropriate

I'm gonna try the tea one this summer ^^

by Kirtastrophe Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 11:31AM Report as inappropriate

wholeheartedly agree....Urine belongs in the toilet gals,mayo in your salad,and lemon juice in ur lemonade glass enough already on the DIY cosmetic fixes, you'll end up hurting yourself or lookin like you've been burned

by yetunde Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 08:31AM Report as inappropriate

I am surprised that the comment on the lemon juice didn't include information on drying your hair out, but maybe I'm wrong about that.

by alictasia Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 05:14PM Report as inappropriate

Wouldn't the hot sauce burn and damage your scalp?

by SubCulture Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 04:34PM Report as inappropriate

Only a few are truly weird. Urine has its place (the toilet) I don't want to smell like a dryer sheet, and, I like hot sauce on my food!

by toddfan Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 02:55PM Report as inappropriate

I can't say that I would ever use preperation H on my eyes...

by Bon_Bon Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 11:39AM Report as inappropriate

I've heard of some of these things, but one thing I have heard about toothpaste is that you should not use it on a pimple because sodium floride can burn your skin. And I think olive oil makes a great conditioning hair mask!

by Organic_skin_rocks Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 11:38AM Report as inappropriate

I remember this comment from facebook. That urine thing is completely disgusting and I know someone who actually did that and tried to get me to do to it too. DID NOT HAPPEN. I'm sorry there has be some point where you have to stop and let your common sense kick in and say, "There is NO way that will actully work". I heard the mayo thing for your hair does work, but with all the products that you can use that are actually made for your hair, why not use them???

by msbrown822 Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 11:00AM Report as inappropriate

Definitely some interesting ideas

by shortbutsweet92 Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 10:47AM Report as inappropriate

nice artilce

by ChrisanneSkye Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 08:30AM Report as inappropriate

Toothpaste always irritates my skin...I have to try really hard to find one that doesn't make me break out around my mouth. I can't imagine using one on my face!

by LittleBunny Monday, March 21, 2011 at 06:29PM Report as inappropriate

next time i go out in the sun, im pouring a bunch of lemon juice on my hair to see if it works. :)

by brendag20127 Monday, March 21, 2011 at 01:56PM Report as inappropriate

I actually like how mayo works on my long hair, makes it soft, shiny and hydrated. The main trick is washing it out really well, then there's no smell or greasiness

by venenumletalis Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:58PM Report as inappropriate

Let's see...I've tried the mayonnaise thing and it hasn't gone well for me,besides the disgusting stench of it in my hair,the mayo greased it sooo much I had to wash my hair more frequently during 2 weeks until it regained a normal appearance and smell. As far as the lemon on the hair thing goes...NO! This is a BIG no! Sorry for the caps...I was yelling actually almost 8 years ao when I was stupid enough to try this and it ruined my hair sooooo bad that I had to wear a short bob for a few years until my hair was strong enough to be longer. Hate lemon acid! And if you do it like me and go with the sun exposure...You will cry,believe me! The toothpaste thing is really efficient and I don't need or want to buy anything to replace my good old toothpaste:) This one is good!

by selma Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:39PM Report as inappropriate

I'm lucky I haven't been sunburned in over a decade, but that's really interesting about the tea. I ought to tell that to some of my fair-skin friends.

by volta Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:34PM Report as inappropriate

The tea sounds great, but when I was in Florida one year I fell asleep on the beach and being very fair I got sun poisoning! 2 hours on the beach even with sun screen 50! The Docs. at the Hospital said a good home cure is to put about a cup of white vinegar in your bath to pull out the sting, and to soak gaze strips in vitamin D milk and place them flat on a cookie sheet in your freezer untell really cold ,but not frozen and place them wherever you are burned. It put's the moisture back in your skin. It works wonders! (If you do have sun poisoning you do need to go to the Hospital they might need to keep you for a few days. )I think the tea might smell better though!

by Candacecypert Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:21PM Report as inappropriate

i love canola oil and olive oil to moisturize my skin.

by addkg777 Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:17PM Report as inappropriate

I had no idea diaper rash cream would work on cracked heels! Looks like I'm headed for the baby aisle!

by voyager24 Monday, March 21, 2011 at 11:56AM Report as inappropriate

My mother gave me a mayo treatment when i was a child, and i must say it damaged me for life. I wouldn't eat mayo for over a decade, i hated the smell so much and i was so disgusted!

by Ninas_mom Monday, March 21, 2011 at 09:46AM Report as inappropriate

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