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Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:29 am  |
Hi all,
I was watching "Celebraty beauty secrets" last nite on E! Model Christine Brinkley uses *cat litter* with water to exfoliate her face 
Brittney Spear uses Castor oil to treat her split ends.
anyone tried the cat litter ? It really sounds crazy.
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:39 am |
No - I've never done that - it DOES sound crazy! Do you recall any other of the secrets? 
Pudoodles |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:41 am |
I think I'd rather use a traditional exfoliant than cat litter hahaha 
Aga |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:47 am |
 No thanks!! I have two cats and plenty of litter. That is the most rediculous thing I have ever heard. |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 11:51 am |
Christine Brinkley is a firm believer in exfoliation, the grittier the better, just didn't think she would actually use CAT LITTER But her skin does look FABULOUS for her age, and aren't all the cosmetic companies coming out with rougher and rougher scrub, like crystal, diamond....so maybe cat litter makes some sense, not sure how many kinds of cat litter are out there though, I am sure some are finer than the others.
My mom also exfoliate her skin religiously, she claims it helps to keep the wrinkles from forming, AND SHE HAS A CAT, maybe I can tempt her to be the guinea pig, haha.
Pudoodles, the other secrets like preparationH under eyes, brushing your lips......no news to all of us here  Although, they did talk about some kind BONE MARROW cream from france.
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:10 pm |
I remember watching that special months ago, too!! I remember Nicole Kidman rinses her hair with cranberry juice for color, and I don't remember whether it was on that show or another E! celebrity special, but apparently there's a line or two of cosmetics that include the, uhhh, discarded foreskin from a circumcision (EWWWWWW!!!!) and placental cells.
Traditionally, there's some kind of guano (I believe nightengale) treatment that I believe the Japanese used to use on their skin for its bleaching agents along with camillia oil. Then again, the ancient Egyptians used to use bat guano to perm hair because of the ammonia in it. Yay for the Discovery channel for that one!! |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:40 pm |
| LOL!! I'm with Winnie! I have 2 cats and plenty of litter, crazy I tell ya. |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 12:48 pm |
Sorry but nooooo way am I putting cat litter on my face - can't believe "uptown" girl does that....eeeeewwww.
Here's an old post of mine for other celeb beauty secrets:
Here are some home treatments that stars use.(911 Beauty Secrets by Diane Irons)
Cindy Crawford keeps her multi-million dollar skin moisturized with spritzes of equal parts of milk and water that she refreshes with throughout the day.
Jennifer Love Hewitt heals blemishes by applying a dab of toothpaste to the zit overnight.
Daisy Fuentes has a quick weight lose trick of drinking one liter of chamomile tea and one liter of water daily-- the combination accelerates fat burning!
Michelle Yeoh rinses her face with lemon juice and water.
Diana Ross stays in shape by doing her own housework! "Cleaning is a tremendous stress reliever and keeps my body taut, " says Miss Ross.
Catherine Zeta-Jones keeps the high luster in her hair with castor oil and maintains her gleaming smile by brushing her teeth with strawberries-- a natural teeth whitener.
Supermodel Giselle Bundchen stays shapely by pouring hot stuff on her food for a natural thermogenic burn.
Nicole Kidman rinses her fiery red hair with cranberry juice.
Jennifer Aniston took Courtney Cox's friendly advice to line her eyes with a matchstick!
Julia Roberts keeps her nails in top condition by soaking them in olive oil.
Donna Karan does a quick slim down by blending cabbage, apple, parsley, carrots, and celery in a juicer and drinking it for a day or two.
Susan Lucci observes a Portuguese diet staple-- she snacks on sardines because their omega-3 fatty acids are essential for smooth skin.
Caffeine is the first ingredient in most treatments that reduce the appearance of cellulite. Diane says many top models and beauty contestants (yeah, they get cellulite, too!) skip the fancy-schmancy spa services and favor this cheap-- yet slightly messy-- at-home cellulite treatment:
· Get some used, slightly warm coffee grounds (yup, you and Mr. Coffee are about to begin a new relationship).
· Line the bathroom floor with newspaper and sit on the edge of your bathtub.
·Use a loofah mitt, or your hands, to rub your cellulite-laden areas with the coffee grounds.
· Most of the grounds will drop to the newspaper, but enough of a residue will remain.
· Detoxify the area by wrapping yourself in plastic wrap-- seaweed is better, if you can find it.
· Let it set for a few minutes.
· To intensify the treatment, use an old-fashioned rolling pin to further smooth out the cellulite.
·Unwrap, brush the remaining grounds onto the newspaper and shower off.
·Do this treatment at least twice a week for top results.
Then again, Vanessa Williams keeps her gorgeous shape by eschewing caffeine and wheat- she came to this dietary conclusion by consulting a psychic! |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:38 pm |
| diderot wrote: |
Christine Brinkley is a firm believer in exfoliation, the grittier the better, just didn't think she would actually use CAT LITTER But her skin does look FABULOUS for her age, and aren't all the cosmetic companies coming out with rougher and rougher scrub, like crystal, diamond....so maybe cat litter makes some sense, not sure how many kinds of cat litter are out there though, I am sure some are finer than the others.
My mom also exfoliate her skin religiously, she claims it helps to keep the wrinkles from forming, AND SHE HAS A CAT, maybe I can tempt her to be the guinea pig, haha.
Pudoodles, the other secrets like preparationH under eyes, brushing your lips......no news to all of us here Although, they did talk about some kind BONE MARROW cream from france.
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Cat litter! Hilarious! I'd try it but the only kind I have is the clumping kind.
-Cheri |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:42 pm |
Hi Cheri,
If you REALLY will try, please please please report back !! I am thinking it might sound crazy for the face, it may work well for the body......
D |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 1:43 pm |
| diderot wrote: |
Hi Cheri,
If you REALLY will try, please please please report back !! I am thinking it might sound crazy for the face, it may work well for the body......
D |
That's whereI was thinking of using it on! Couldn't hurt the body much right? |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:14 pm |
the FEET... 
D |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:07 pm |
OK...I'm not really here, but...cat litter is (or was at any rate) fullers earth. Heard of it before? sure you have! It is used in just about every oil-zapping face mask going. In the old days, before they put deodorisers and other chemicals in it, my big sis used to use our cat litter as a body mask. She took it fresh from the bag btw, not from the tray.
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:14 pm |
I have a book which I got free with a magazine ages ago, it is called The Worlds Best-Kept Beauty Secrets by Diane Irons.
This is what she has to say about cat litter
"We have all heard of clay masks. Clay is perfect for detoxifying the skin. What I discovered is that these so called mud or clay treatments are nothing more than cat litter. The kind you want is "fullers earth", pure and simple, the bag must be marked 100% natural clay. It cannot contain any chemicals, additives or clumping materials.
How to use: take about a tablespoon of the dried clay and reconstitute it with a small amount of water. Mud is mud is mud. I have worked with the most fabulous celebrities who swear by my cat litter facial, including top make-up artists. Although they love this facial, they know that their clients may be a little reticent to try such an unorthodox facial. So they pour cat litter into an attractive container. You might want to do the same at your house to avoid strange looks. Potpourri jars make delightful hiding places for your new find."
Hopefully this is useful to you.
I have not tried it so I don't know if it will work or not. If anyone does try, let me know. |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:27 pm |
| guapagirl wrote: |
| OK...I'm not really here... remember you aint seem me |
Oooooh, I'm telling teacher! You're not allowed to be here. 
Still, you lasted 5 days without posting. A good effort.
Cat litter eh? Sounds feasible. Only trouble is that my cat uses a wood/paper based litter. Don't think that would be any good on the face.
Whoever decides to try it out first must post a review ASAP. |
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Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:39 pm |
| Kaz1 wrote: |
I have a book which I got free with a magazine ages ago, it is called The Worlds Best-Kept Beauty Secrets by Diane Irons.
This is what she has to say about cat litter
"We have all heard of clay masks. Clay is perfect for detoxifying the skin. What I discovered is that these so called mud or clay treatments are nothing more than cat litter. The kind you want is "fullers earth", pure and simple, the bag must be marked 100% natural clay. It cannot contain any chemicals, additives or clumping materials.
How to use: take about a tablespoon of the dried clay and reconstitute it with a small amount of water. Mud is mud is mud. I have worked with the most fabulous celebrities who swear by my cat litter facial, including top make-up artists. Although they love this facial, they know that their clients may be a little reticent to try such an unorthodox facial. So they pour cat litter into an attractive container. You might want to do the same at your house to avoid strange looks. Potpourri jars make delightful hiding places for your new find."
Hopefully this is useful to you.
I have not tried it so I don't know if it will work or not. If anyone does try, let me know. |
wow....suddenly, it doesn't sound crazy anymore.
D |
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Normal/Combo, prone to freckles, dry cheeks sometimes. Early 30s. React to products FAST. |
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 6:28 am |
Well, it looks like Liz beat me to the punch on providing this enlightenment...
I haven’t done it myself, but it’s not as wacky as it sounds, although I haven’t heard it used as an exfoliator before...I’d heard cat litter used as a drying mask! Cat litter (I’m taking about the super cheap stuff, not clumping litter or litter crystals) is made from clay. And don’t a lot of facial masks have clay as an ingredient? But what on earth is “Fullers Earth”? I have *never* heard of that before!!
BTW, I just read something the other day that said the toothpaste trick to fight blemishes is nothing more than an old wives tale...personally, I think I’ll stick with my new found Yonka Juvenil, if it’s all the same to you guys!! |
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 8:43 am |
"Jennifer Aniston took Courtney Cox's friendly advice to line her eyes with a matchstick"
Well, I tried it and as a result, am returning my newly purchased $18USD cream eyeliner brush from Sephora. The cardboard matchstick is fantastic - both for application and smudging! |
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Mon Feb 28, 2005 9:26 am |
oh, and I remember Bionce (or someone else) uses Neosporin to make the zits go away. I tried it, it seems to work.
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 2:44 am |
| Penelope wrote: |
"Jennifer Aniston took Courtney Cox's friendly advice to line her eyes with a matchstick"
Well, I tried it and as a result, am returning my newly purchased $18USD cream eyeliner brush from Sephora. The cardboard matchstick is fantastic - both for application and smudging! |
Are you serious? Are you talking about the ones that come in little flat packs and you need to pull the match away from the others first? |
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:35 am |
| I'm just guessing, but I think it's more likely Jenn and Courtney are using *wooden* match sticks. To me, at least, that would make more sense.... |
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:48 pm |
| Yes, Mabsy - those are the matches. The wooden sticks would be too hard. The cardboard ones are pliable and gentle and hold just enough product. I can get a perfect line with one stroke and I especially like how easy it is to blend the eyeliner on both the upper and lower lids. |
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Tue Mar 01, 2005 8:08 pm |
Whoa, Nelly! I don't know about putting burnt matches on my eyelids close to my eyes...isn't that pure carbon and burnt sulphur? That doesn't seem like an eye area/skin friendly combo,does it?
I guess "if the shoe fits..." though.... |
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 6:38 am |
I don’t think you’re supposed to light them (i.e.: ‘burnt’) before you do it, but I’ve been wrong before!! 
Speaking of matches and eyeliner...did anyone else use a match or lighter to heat the tip of their black, Maybelline eyeliner pencil before using it to line your eyes in order to make the liner more intense and noticable (it also softened the pencil up enough to make it easy to draw/line the inside of your lower eye rim)? This was circa early 1980s, when there was no such thing as a soft ‘kohl’ pencil and Maybelline black eyeliner pencil was the only choice you had unless you wanted to use your mom’s liquid eyeliner and end up looking like Brigette Bardot! Am I the only who remembers doing this? Or were my friends and I the only ones dumb enough to put hot melted wax (or whatever the stupid pencil was made from!) that close to our eyes, just so we could look more grown up at the skating rink on Friday night???? Geez, I guess I’m really dating myself now!
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Wed Mar 02, 2005 10:41 am |
No, you were not the only one - add me to the list of those who tried this - it worked like a charm. Thank goodness the soft eyeliner pencils came into production. I love the look of the lower inner lid lined.
And for the record: use the end of the match WITHOUT the sulfur. |
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