UPDATE: CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER OF MARINI LASH (A $160 VALUE!!) IS KAT C.!!! Her unusual beauty advice is to use caster oil! She uses it currently and says it “works wonders!” …I may even give this a try 😉
I know that lash enhancing products have infiltrated the market as of late, so I think its high time you know which was the first and is still the best… Marini Lash by Jan Marini.
If you haven’t tried Jan Marini products in general, then you need to treat yourself to a facial at a high end spa- because that is one of the few places that you will find her skin care line. I have been using both Marini Lash and Age Intervention: Enlighten, from her skincare line, for over a month now, and am iN LoVe… xoxo!!! I had heard from a friend of a friend about Marini Lash years ago, and it took me until this June to procure my very own tube as it is THAT hard to find! In the month I have been applying, my eyelashes are fuller and longer and generally more lush than ever before. Anyone who has read my other posts knows that I have some serious eyelash vanity issues!! And if it takes a .23 oz. mascara-style tube with eyeliner brush applicator (one tube lasts about six months) once a day FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE– SO BE IT!! If you have always dreamed of gorgeous, flirty lashes, then this is a MUST for you! To find a location near you that sells Marini Lash call 1-800-347-2223…and tell them Beauty Snob sent you 😉 …One lucky reader will win her own Marini Lash next Friday—
Enter to win your own Marini Lash by telling me in the comments section the weirdest thing you have ever heard that supposedly will cause hair growth. A winner will be picked next Friday (August 8th) at 8pm west coast time. GOOD LUCK SNOBS!!!
-xoxo Anne
My friend told me that when she was a baby her eyelashes were so sparse that her grandmother clipped off all her existing lashes! She said that this supposedly will make them grow back thicker and longer. I guess it worked, because now she has some of the fullest and longest lashes I’ve ever seen!
I heard that urine would cause hairgrowth. That is something that I neither believed or would ever try. No matter how desperate.
I’ve heard before that peanut butter is supposed to cause growth by stimulating the folicle. Ick!
I will preface my story by saying that I grew up in Latin America, and was living in El Salvador when this incident took place.
Following a bad haircut, my mother was devastated. Our housekeeper went home for the weekend and came back (very pleased with herself) with a solution to my mother’s problem. The “doctor” in her town had recommended a treatment that would quickly re-grow my mother’s hair. Coincidently it was a clear liquid in an old Tabasco hot-sauce bottle. My mother used it diligently, both hoping for results and to avoid offending the housekeeper. My father caught on one day, and in an attempt to identify the mysterious substance found that it was water!! Needless to say, my mother’s hair did not grow any faster than normal.
it has to be promoting hair growth through hypnosis.
Well, my did not Dad want to get bald by 40 (it was hereditary for males in our family), so we had tons of books and recipes on hair growth (btw, Dad reversed his process, and still has a full head of hair!)
The most obscure recipe Dad tried was massaging scalp with sour milk. The most obscure one he never tried was an ancient advice from Caucasus highlanders: ribbing in goat’s urine 15 minutes a day.
The strangest thing I’ve heard to make hair grow (lashes, specifically) was, um, a certain male protein. EEEK! I’ve never tried it, of course!
I’ve heard you should use your own urine as a way to promote hair growth. Also it helps to keep your natural color. I’ve never tried this and don’t intend to! This was told to me by an old gypsy woman. She did have very long, black hair. I also heard from older relatives to use urine for facial treatments and foot fungus. It all sounds disguisting to me.
I heard that using hair conditioner as a body moisturizer (as in putting it on after the shower and not washing it off) is a way to condition hair and promote hair growth. All I can say is… sticky?
when i developed a bald spot in the 4th grade, my mom rubbed a slice of ginger across the spot for half an hour! it was the spiciest half hour of my life up till then, but my hair did grow back!
The weirdest thing that I have heard about is using Rogaine on your lashes! I would be afraid to try this one; after all, minoxidine is a strong drug! Can’t imagine using it around my eyes!
i know this is going to sound insane but when i was in high school my friend Tara got this horrible short haircut that she hated and her great grandmother told her that if she took goat’s milk, vitamin E oil, and a handful of cornmeal and massaged it into her scalp, letting it sit for an hour twice a week, it would help her hair to grow atleast twice as fast as normal. the most insane part is that she tried it! she was desperate! no luck though (obviously) 😀
we can’t forget the ridiculous deterrence tactic that MASTURBATION supposedly causes hair growth on the palms of your hands!!! now that’s the most ridiculous one of all!
Hello! Burnt Toast will put hair on your chest! Also, my dad used to tell my sons that spinach will put hair on your chest. Thanks, Cindi
I have heard eating curry leaves helps with growth of eyelashes. SOme people also believe in powdering curry leaves, mixing it with oil and applying on the hair…
Oh gosh! Where to begin.. my grandmother told me that using tampons will cause hair growth (ick!), drinking coffee will stop hair from growing all together, that once you lose an eyelash you will never get any additional eyelashes to replace it. I’ve heard that while urine is a great astringent in the morning, its an even greater hair growth stimulator and that you should use your first urine of the morning to rinse shampoo out of your hair; eating yogurt causes body hair growth and of course, the more you shave your armpits the thicker and darker that hair is (which is obviously a lie, its just rough from being sliced off).
Oh silly, silly people! 🙂
I had a friend who was certain that olive oil would do the trick. She obsessively rubbed it into her very over-plucked brows. Her eyebrows didn’t get any thicker but they were always oddly shiny. And smelled like salad.
I’ve heard curry leaves help stimulate hair growth ..one could dry and powder the curry leaves, mix it with oil to use it.
I’ve also heard that urine helps aid hair growth, but the strangest (and most dangerous) thing I’ve heard is to mash thai chilis into your shampoo and massage onto your scalp. I can’t imagine the pain if you got some in your eyes!!
A couple of years ago I heard that if you flush your freshly snipped off hair down the toilet, that your hair will grow back more quickly. Where that notion came from I may never know.
when i was a baby, my mother cut off my lashes. that was supposedly the trick to make them really long.
well, they’re not as lengthy as i want them to be now…and i learned to use
CASTOR OIL!
works wonders!
when i was a baby, my mother cut off my lashes. that was supposedly the trick to make them really long.
well, they’re not as lengthy as i want them to be now…and i learned to use
CASTOR OIL!
works wonders!
I personally think heat causes hair growth. Exactly how… I’m not sure and I can’t exactly pinpoint or explain my theorization on it. For example, on days when I’m on my period, hair seems to grow like every min… whereas on other days, my hair doesn’t really do much. Maybe it’s just me.
I heard that eggs make your hair grow…and not eating them…slathering them on your head!
I haven’t tried Jan Marini products, but I’m thinking to buy it.
I had a client once at Lancome tell me that this product really really works and suggest it to anyone so if there is a giveway, why not go ahead and give it a try, I am.
*Jumping for joy*
Yes! I won! Thanks so much!
By the way, there really is a marked difference when i used the castor oil. dab a little bit on your lashes before sleeping. Try it! =)
Thanks again!
Much love,
Kat