"Mommy? MOMMY!"

Amazon lists this Facial Toning Mask Kit in the "Beauty" section.

I guess there's apparently no department for "Sending Loved Ones Into Cardiac Arrest"!

"Eyebrow Threading"?

I'm not sure what eyebrow threading IS, but it sounds horrible. So I asked the guy holding this sign to tell me.

"First, we run a colored thread through your eyebrow. We use a special needle, so that it doesn't hurt too bad," he said.

"Really?!" I asked.

"No," he admitted. "The real thing is much worse."

Worst make-up EVER: Take your pick!

Top photo from Robert Basler's Oddly Enough blog.

Unibrows? Okay! Back Hair? Never!

"A stands for Abhorrent! Whoo!"

Back hair IS gross. I was reminded of this by a football fan who shaved an "A" into his back hair (!).

See, he’s an Appalachian State fan, and…oh, never mind. Gross! (More on back hair here.)

Autorretrato con collar
 de espinas y colibrí

But is body hair —or even face hair— gross? To help answer this question, David Moye writes about women who have declared this month Decembrow. The idea is for women to STOP plucking their eyebrows. 

I can see the beauty in Decembrow . . . who wants to be yanking hairs out of their face all the time? And I appreciate strong eyebrows— or just one strong unibrow, like artist Frida Kahlo is sporting above.

But as for guys, some of us need to pluck. I mean, come on, Ramón Rivas!

The Hair Salon of Stinkiness

Photo by Richard Perry

Customer: Are we wearing respirator-gasmasks because you have gas?
Hair Stylist: No! I am not stinky. But the chemicals I'm putting in your hair reek.
Customer: So THAT'S what smells so bad. Well, as long as I look good!
Hair Stylist: Also, these chemicals can kill you. So do not touch your hair when I'm done!
Customer: Well, as long as I look good.
Hair Stylist: Also, if you pass gas, you can blame your hair.
Customer: Yes! I knew there had to be a good reason I was doing this.

Story and photo from the New York Times.

The Worst Jelly in the World

This "beauty jelly" from Japan has a weird name: Placenta 10000. What?! The placenta is the lining inside a mammal's uterus that gives nourishment to the baby. After the baby (or babies) are born, the placenta makes an appearance... and with humans, it is then usually disposed of as biowaste.

But most people do NOT rub the placenta on their faces. Do you know why? Because most people are not insane!