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Though some luxury salons peddle hair treatments containing pig placenta, bull semen, and whale vomit, cosmetic chemist Jim Hammer admits conventional ingredients like wheat protein and hydrating oils condition hair just as well, although "wheat protein certainly sounds boring." [L.A.T.]Ugly Truths About The Chemicals In Beauty Products
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From the Department of Flat-Out Erroneous & Ahistorical: "Since the beginning of time, women (and men) have been testing out solutions for under-eye stress." [Zoe Report]Nefertiti Was Airbrushed?
"The royal sculptor at the time may have smoothed creases around the mouth and fixed a bumpy nose to depict the 'Beauty of the Nile' in a better light." [Daily Mail]The Unintentionally Hilarious Language Of Cosmetics Marketing