Let’s agree that our poor grandmothers…suffered!
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Looking beautiful in the past wasn’t as simple as it is today, when we can count on the super advanced technology and medicine of recent times, with so many product and device options available on the market at our fingertips.
In grandma’s day, good production meant super time-consuming techniques, which often had to start the night before, as well as endless unorthodox and often even very dangerous methods, such as straightening your hair with the help of an iron. to pass and so on.
That’s why we decided to show you six beauty techniques from yesterday and today, you’ll definitely see how much easier things are today and how your poor grandmother struggled to look beautiful!
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Rice powder…Translucent powder
Who has never seen, at least in old films, those women with their faces covered in talc!?
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Well, it was impossible to be next to someone who was using rice powder without ending up with a coughing fit.
Of course, all because it is a mixture of odorless talc and soft pigments.
It was super chic to use this cosmetic that left the skin with a more beautiful and uniform appearance, which at the time meant skin with a much lighter tone.
Fortunately, things changed and, over the years, skin with an increasingly natural appearance gained strength and translucent powder, whose light texture helps to remove shine from the complexion, became the favorite and, thus, putting an end to the reign of old friend rice powder.
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Olive oil…Makeup remover
And thank God that today we have countless makeup removers, for all budgets, as this was a luxury item for those who loved putting on makeup.
Our poor grandmothers had to resort to (yuck!) olive oil. So, as olive oil is an oil, it ended up being effective when removing makeup.
But don’t want to honor your grandmothers by using this technique, find another way to honor them, as the fatty acid content in olive oil is too high for the skin, which can result in acne, so…don’t try to do this at home!
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Clothes iron…Straightener
And those who wanted to have straight hair also suffered, and things reached the extreme absurdity of people spending a long time with their head lying on the ironing board, yeah, is that good for you?
For your grandmother, it wasn’t, no, unless she had straight hair, the good old iron was the tool to straighten the locks.
Of course, this method was not at all healthy for the hair and not at all advisable, as with the loss of the hair structure, physical damage could be caused.
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Our daily straightener, however, is made from a less aggressive material, not to mention that its temperature is not as hot, affecting the locks less.
Remembering that any hot device damages the wires and should be used sparingly, and always with thermal protection products, which didn’t exist at that time. And another thing… the column, how was it, huh?
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Spoon…Curvex
Ok, this spoon technique is still widely used today, even by the top Gisele Bündchen, before the popularization of the eyelash curler, it was the good spoon that was used when you wanted doll eyelashes. Interested?
All you had to do was fit the strands onto the concave side of the spoon and press them carefully, and it’s worth noting that although there are already many eyelash curler options on the market, for all budgets and styles – the spoon method doesn’t do any harm, as long as it’s done correctly.
Of course, the effect is not as effective, but it can still be used in an emergency.
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Permanent…Babyliss
Today the demand for extremely straight hair is huge, but in grandma’s day, they used it and what they really wanted were curls, waves.
To do this, they used good old curlers, leaving them for hours on end, with their hair wrapped around them, under scarves or not, or even making curlers and sleeping with them, their hair would look beautiful and wavy in the morning (I’ve done a lot!).
In the 80s, women did the opposite of what they do today, where chemicals are used to make their hair straight, before they resorted to perms. This procedure damaged and changed the structure of the hair (I thought it was horrible!).
Finally, the curling iron arrived to save us and give us a little dignity, shoo curlers and scarf! The curling iron allows you to have curly hair in just a few minutes, in a super practical way.
See: Babyliss step by step – Tutorial and Tips
Toothpaste…Pimple dryers
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Poor grandmothers…when pimples appeared on their face, there was no way around it, they ended up resorting to good old toothpaste.
And that’s because the paste has drying components, but don’t try to do that, as these substances will not only dry out the pimple, but also burn the skin around it, leaving marks.
Today there are solutions for each case, taking into account various species, in general, attacking the cause. But the best thing is to see a dermatologist and never use toothpaste.
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