Wednesday, October 22, 2008

New Thing #226: Olive Oil Gone Wrong

Health magazine is again the culprit for this new thing. They had an article on alternative uses for food, i.e. as beauty projects. Most seem really interesting, a strawberry face-mask, pumpkin skin scrub, etc. The easiest was using olive oil as an alternative to lip gloss. Seems harmless enough...the raved of its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties and stated that "a pea-sized amount dabbed on the lips will hydrate a parched pucker." 

so I tried it and...

At first I thought it was wonderful! My lips were smooth and hydrated, I was raving about it...until I woke up the next morning with a giant crack down the center of my lip that took a week to go away...I do not recommend trying this one at home :)

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