Can you spot the TRUE story in this week’s Beauty Science Quiz? 4 of these facts are fake – guess the real beauty science story and leave a comment. I’ll post the answers tomorrow.
Guess which story is TRUE
- Drinking 4 cups or more of coffee a day can prevent wrinkles. (Great, now we’ll have “Starbucks for Skin.”)
- Slather on the salad dressing! Bleu cheese is the next high tech anti-aging ingredient skin care ingredient.
- It’s an old wives tale, or is it? Researchers confirm that saliva is effective against acne.
- Hagfish slime could replace other proteins as a film-forming skin moisturizer. Yuck!
- Onion and garlic based skin lotion helps neutralize skin toxins.
Good luck!
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I’m guessing 3 is true, but I’m rooting for 1. mmmm coffeee…
I truly hope it is #1, but I suspect #4
#3
Its #3, I’ve done it (learned it from a lady I knew from India) and it does work!
I say the onion/garlic thing… isn’t garlic supposed to have all kinds of healing properties?
Number 3!
Here are this week’s answers. No one guessed correctly this week! Am I making these too hard? Thanks for playing anyway!
1.Drinking 4 cups or more of coffee a day can prevent wrinkles.
False, but 4 cups a day may prevent some forms of oral cancer.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121210133456.htm
2. Slather on the salad dressing! Bleu cheese is the the next high tech anti-aging ingredient skin care ingredient.
True: Scientists research the so called French paradox found that certain types of cheese (like bleu cheese) have Anti-inflammtory properties that function well on the acidic surface of the skin.
http://www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/Formulation-Science/The-French-secret-to-anti-ageing-It-s-a-bit-cheesy?
3. The old wives tale is true! Researchers confirm that saliva is effective against acne.
False, but they did find that cortisol levels in saliva are related to your ability to make good decisions in stressful situations.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121210080633.htm
4. Hagfish slime could replace other proteins as a film-forming skin moisturizer.
False but hagfish slime can be used to make petrochemical-free fabrics and plastics.
http://news.discovery.com/tech/hagfish-slime-super-clothes-121203.html
5. Onion and garlic based skin lotion helps neutralize skin toxins.
False, but onion and garlic can be used sop up heavy metals from contaminated materials.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121210112345.htm
That is actually pretty cool that hagfish slime can be used instead of petrochemicals because petroleum is non renewable. I wonder how long we’ll be using mineral oil.