Things I learned this week....

[oddinary]

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Originally Posted by Kim. I always thought black absorbed sunlight, atleast that's what it's always said in textbooks and in school. Thanks so much for all of this information .

Me too! In the same way, people tell us we should wear light coloured clothes over black when we go out in the sun!

 

[SoutherNtellect]

I <3 the glowing morning skin. as long as it doesn't get greasy.
better than any TM/highligher/blush/bronzer you'll ever buy.

maybe is should turn my AC temp up more often.

 

[hnich]

very interesting!
but it's so hard to keep me away from my blemishes..sigh...how does one break that addiction?

 

[frocher]

Thanks for the info.

 

[spectrolite]

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11. The Victorians, bless their poor little hearts. They viewed pale skin as a sign of wealth and beauty. Women would lighten their skin with a paint base made of lead. Unfortunately for them, lead is lethal and would often lead to infections and skin lesions--which they ultimately covered up with MORE lead base--which lead to eventual death. They also lightened their hair with lye, a strong chemical compound which caused it to fall out. They fashioned wigs, and since there was no hair left for them to pin their wigs to, they "pasted" them down with pig's lard and honey. This made their wigs great living quarters for rats, birds, insects and other vermin.

For some reason this made me LOL. I know its sad that they were dying but...LOL anyways. Maybe they should have tried using leeches to suck out the lead? And omg the wigs...I can only imagine how much they probably stank! Ewwww.

 

[banjobama]

18. Cosmetic sponges will consume about 30% of your liquid/cream products.

I thought I was imagining it!!