13 Beauty Myths Busted …
Is it true that brushing your hair 100 times before bed gives you stronger, more beautiful hair? Or that dry skin causes wrinkles? With so many beauty myths out there, it’s hard to know fact from fiction. I can help bust those beauty myths right now!
1. Brush your hair with 100 strokes before bed for shiny, healthy hair.
False! You should only brush your hair as much as you need to in order to get rid of tangles. Over-brushing can over-dry your hair, and give it static.
2. Dry skin will give you wrinkles.
False! Dry skin will only give you… dry skin. Wrinkles are caused by a lot of things but dry skin is not one of them.
3. Shaving will make your hair grow back thicker, quicker.
False! Shaving your legs or any other body part for that matter will not make your hair grow back any thicker or darker. When you shave, you’re cutting the hair off above the skin, not pulling it out from, or damaging, the follicle. It may seem like stubble is thick and dark, because longer hair tapers off at the end, but it’s exactly the same thickness and color as the hair you shaved away.
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Chocolate can make ... See more people break out, but not because of the cocoa. I am sure you are aware of this, which is why you might expand on that one a bit. Then again, just about everyone knows this so I guess it’s not totally necessary!
That’s interesting about the wrinkles. I never heard that dry skin causes wrinkles, but that dry skin leads to wrinkles. The difference being that wrinkles will become more defined because dry skin loses elasticity. In order to preserve elasticity, I guess people should moisturize early. I guess we sort of use it up as we get older or stop producing the stuff like collagen or whatever.
Anyway, that’s just what I know about that. Perhaps it is wrong too but I just want to expand on it a bit.
when girls sit with legs crossed, they cut off the circulation in the legs and that in turn leads to varicose veins.
I guess the jury on this one is hung in that case – If there is some proof that crossing legs can cause varicose veins. Though from what i’ve read up on it, ... See more in extreme cases where you cross your legs for extremely long periods of times without stretching your legs CAN but not necessarily will contribute to varicose veins. However, there are other researchers on the topic that say there’s really no connection. This is one of the articles that I found to be interesting on the topic
http://health.ninemsn.com.au/whatsgoodforyou/theshow/694062/does-crossing-your-legs-cause-varicose-veins
Really great learning factors :)
great post Jen. Even when you think you know something, a post like this lets you know what you were right about and what you weren’t and it really does clarify your doubts!
Don’t know if you remember me, but I commented a while back…thanks for replying! I didn’t get the whole stalking thing until you said it.
I don’t like that guy anymore. I ... See more stopped talking to him so now I like one of my closer guy friends.
On dieting, I decided to try this thing where if I eat fruit or vegetables or a vitamin, I drink a glass of water. If I eat out of the other food groups (read: fats, dairy, meat/fish, carbs) I exercise. So if I eat turkey, then I do strength training. If I eat a turkey sandwich, I run a mile then strength train. What do you think??
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That’s actually quite a good way of making sure you are burning up any excess calories. though you should know that it is suggested by dieticians that you shouldn’t perform any rigorous activity ... See more or exercise within the first hour or so of consuming a meal.
Now we know that the next gen will definitely not even have to bother about busting the myth :D
that is true.. but maybe it also serves to protect the skin from damage, so it’s needed more in the summer!
I really didn’t know some of these. I have always wondered about the 100 strokes.
I don’t have acne but once in a while ... See more when i get that one annoying pimple I use toothpaste to make it go away faster.
Glad you like the post.. It is quite an odd myth right about stroking your hair a 100 times! Then again, once you know that they’re false, almost all myths are odd :)
... See more /> and i love my toothpaste too for helping me with my acne.
#1 Caffeine! True in my adult years now I only break out when I go crazy with the diet-coke or coffee.
#2 Fat/oils. As explained to me your skin is a dumping ground for much of your body’s waste products. If you consume a great amount of fat, oil, or grease (and GOOD chocolate is full of butter fat) it will come out with your perspiration. After you dry off the oil then settles in your pores and attract dirt and TA DA big fat hairy zit! :P
I ate the chocolate, drank the pop and used alot of Sea Breeze on my face after hearing that. And probably still was more wrinkle bound Theo because that dried my skin out :P
thanks for those points – always a help to know more!
are you talking about dry skin or about when your sin dries up – as in during the winter. I’m just trying to figure that out since if it is the latter, then ... See more i need to be concerned too!
i’m with you on this one sweetie.