Don’t Try This At Home!!! Weird Beauty Trends Women Followed To Look Beautiful

Would you paint your teeth black or bath in arsenic or even use lard on hair to enhance your appearance? Obviously No!!! If you find these ideas dangerous and awful what would you say about these weird beauty trends of the past? And don’t get surprised if we say these are still practiced around the world.

Let’s take a time leap and travel through history when wearing lard wigs, foot binding, and urine mouth wash were normal.

Extremely Weird And Dangerous Beauty Trends Women Were Not Afraid To Follow In The Past

1. Black Is Beautiful For Japan

2. Shaved Brows And Hairlines

Queen Elizabeth, I was a trendsetter and every woman wanted to look like her. She had thin brows and a large head. In order to re-create Elizabeth, women used to shave their brows and hairlines. But this was not the only reason, those with high hairlines were considered intelligent.

This might not seem weird but the hair-removal products were undoubtedly bizarre. Bandages were dipped in vinegar and applied on the face to remove brows. Wondering whether men find these women beautiful or not?

They do, not sure about the past but surely in present because from Angelina Jolie, Miley Cyrus to Rihanna, several celebrities have tried this trend too and they are damn gorgeous.

3. Crushing Corsets

6. Deadly Skin-Whitening Formula of Europeans

7. Fake Stockings

You may not find this beauty trend dangerous but it is weird because women used to paint their legs with fake stockings. It was common among British women during Second World War. One of the reasons for this trend was the scarcity of supplies used for making stockings.

Not just these, bathing in arsenic water, using acid as toothpaste, diluted eyes, and mercury sulfide as blush, tapeworm pills, and painful dimples join the list of weird beauty trends. They were high in demand because women of the past thought that these tricks enhance their appearance.

And as a result, most of them suffered organ failure, skin problems, and even died following these dangerous beauty trends.