For most of us, a regular shopping trip won’t be complete without a look at the newest skin care products in the market. Now that we have already learned how to carefully discriminate one product from the other, we are already just a few steps away from becoming black belt skin care shoppers.
Black belt shoppers know better than choosing products that merely come in nice, cute packaging. With expert eyes, no label is left unexamined and every single ingredient is scrutinized. These shopping experts can easily spell alpha hydroxy acids without blinking and readily explain the effects of retinoid skin creams.
If you too are a black belter in product-shopping, surely, you have already encountered a smorgasbord of skin care products. Some of them may be off the cuff, strange and unusual to the common shopper. However, did you know that some of these peculiar products hold the key to beautiful skin?
1. Snail slime
Snail slime, unpleasant as it may sound, is actually one of the latest and more popular trends in skin care. Because of its intense moisturizing effects, snail slime is now an ingredient to many anti-aging skin care products. Aside from decreasing the appearance of wrinkles, it is also effective in healing acne, scars, and stretch marks. It stimulates collagen production and even helps speed up healing of wounds. Snail slime contains antioxidants, too!
2. Caviar
Recently, the breakthroughs in skin care technology are becoming more and more luxurious. Case in point: caviar as an ingredient in skin cream. Caviar is said to be very effective in rejuvenating the skin due to its high phospholipid and amino acid content. Skin cell regeneration is also possible with caviar since it works on the cellular level, or the deeper layers of the skin. This makes caviar a strong tool against skin aging.
3. Donkey milk
Aside from containing superstar antioxidants, donkey milk also has high amounts of minerals and fatty acids, such as Omega-3 and Omega-6, which soften the skin and decrease the appearance of wrinkles. Donkey milk helps purify the skin by removing dead skin cells and nourishing the healthy ones. It also improves skin elasticity and prevents skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema. Still doubtful? Try asking Queen Cleopatra – she swears by donkey milk!
4. Snake venom
This breakthrough in skin care technology is another animal secretion. This time, the animal is not as harmless as fish, snail, or donkey – it’s the snake. Snake venom is now an ingredient in many skin creams because of its relaxing effect on the skin, similar to Botox, which we all know is popular for fighting wrinkles. For people who are not so keen on using the actual venom itself, a synthetic version of it with the same properties is already available.
5. Placenta
The Chinese have been using placenta for their skin care regimens for over a thousand years already. Years later, placenta is still used as an effective agent in delaying the aging process of the skin. Placenta, because of its high nutritional content, is said to improve the appearance of the skin by rejuvenating and nourishing the skin cells. It also heals skin damage by stimulating tissue growth. The Chinese may really have been on to something.
There you have it: five bizarre products, produced by Mother Nature, to help us attain the perfect skin. These “weird stuff” may as well have been the secret ingredients of the fountain of youth. If you’re adventurous enough, we dare you to try them and see for yourself – unless you know some other bizarre skin care products which you can share with us?
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