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Wouldn't
it be great to have amazing Brazilian legs, long thick,
luscious Indian hair and a Scandinavian complexion? Well, it's
not all genetics.
Every
country and culture has an age-old secret to keeping their
woman beautiful. These tips are fun, and have been passed
through generations. Plus, we all have genetic origins from
other parts of the world. So if your heritage is from a
certain culture, then it just follows that the advice could be
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ITALY
Teens
are instructed by their moms and grandmas to keep their
eyelashes from breaking by applying castor oil at
night. |
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CHINA
Take
one-teaspoon rosemary oil, and mix it with a cup of green
tea. Then pour it over your head as a final rinse for
hair that really shines.
In
China white tea holds the anti-aging secret! White Tea comes
from the silver tip of the green tea plant. It's also known as
the emperor’s tea. Harvested over a four-day period, the plant
houses all the antioxidants in the tip. It acts as an
environmental shield that the free radicals can’t penetrate.
Recently, a few skin care lines have realized the benefits of
white tea and actually incorporated it in their products. You
can find white tea in Origins products. |
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GREECE
Grecian teens head to the beach where they oil their
bodies with baby oil, exfoliate their skin with sand, and
rinse it all off in the ocean. Of course, they apply
their sunscreen before laying out. |
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POLAND
Honey
is used as a beauty product. Although their moms warm it
and apply it all over their faces as a super moist facial
treatment, polish teens use honey as a lip-softening
treatment. |
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BRAZIL
At
the beach, it's common to see Brazilian women, known to be
some of the most beautiful women in the world, rubbing
handfuls of sand on their bodies. Why? It helps with cellulite
and smoothes and stimulates the skin. In fact, Lush, a company
out of England that makes fresh, handmade cosmetics, just came
out with a body bar that contains sand and hydration to help
smooth the skin and break up the cellulite and boost sluggish
circulation. |
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INDIA |
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Yogurt and almonds are an every-night necessity.
Grid ten almonds to a pulp with a mallet, and then add just
enough whole yogurt to make it easy to spread. This
beauty mask is applied to a clean face and left on for
twenty-five minutes. Then it's wiped off with
cheesecloth and rinsed.
Besides in India, coconut oil is the trick to getting
full, thick, shiny hair. It's also great to help strengthen
thinning hair. The women in India do a hot oil scalp massage
once a week. Heat some up in a bowl and give yourself a scalp
massage once a week. Sleep with it on and wash in the morning!
It will help seal the cuticle and rid those split ends not to
mention making your hair thick and healthy. |
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EGYPT
Keep
teeth white and beautiful with a combination of baking soda
and coarse salt. Apply it with your fingers and let it
set a minute. |
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AUSTRALIA
Girls
here love to walk barefoot and wear toe-revealing
sandals. To achieve flawless feet, they rub avocado
skins all over their rough spots. |
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SPAIN
Spanish teens sometimes party just a bit too
much. When they have the dark circles to show their good
time, they take a potato and cut it very thinly. Then
they apply it on the eyes for ten minutes, allowing the juice
to seep into the darkness. |
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JAMAICA
These
Caribbean beauties treat their skin with banana peels.
They rub the peels over their face to soften and protect from
the sun. They also use it on sunburned
areas. |
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SCOTLAND
Fair
girls from this country have very sensitive skin. They
use almond oil after cleansing. |
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RUSSIA
On
the coldest days, Russian teens express their style with jeans
and the best coat they can buy. And when they cut
themselves shaving, they rub garlic cloves on the affected
area. Garlic contains antibacterial
compounds. |
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JAPAN
The
secret of the Japanese smooth, flawless skin is camellia
oil. White camellia nut oil, contributes moisturizing,
conditioning, nourishing and softening benefits to the skin.
It gives the skin a texture and glow unmatched by any other
skin care product. There are special formulations for helping
to eliminate wrinkles after giving birth, revitalizing hair
growth, and treating burns. It helps to restructure the skin
and strengthen nails. It is one of the most rapidly absorbed
oils making it an excellent choice as facial oil. Seaweed, is
also the big secret in beauty here. It's sold at
supermarkets and is prized for its cleansing and toning , and
its ability to make the skin glow. Teens here use it on
their bodies for cellulite, on their faces as masks, and eat
it in their salads to help their hair grow. |
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AFRICA
In
some areas of Africa, teens pour milk over their heads and let
their hair soak every other day for twenty minutes before
shampooing. |
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KOREA
Generations of Korean teen teens treat dry areas with
kukui-nut oil, which comes from a native tree. |
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TURKEY
Turkish teens eat a lot of kefir, a fermented milk
product similar to yogurt. You can get the same benefits
by choosing yogurt with five cultures. They help you
break down food and get more nutrients from your
food. |
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SCANDINAVIAN |
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Scandinavian women know that beautiful skin is easy to
achieve. They simply drink at least 1.5 liters of pure spring
water every day and splash their faces 15-20 times twice a day
with ice-cold spring mineral water. This encourages the skin's
own natural functions, so it regulates itself without the aid
of expensive exfoliating and rejuvenating lotions The ice-cold
water also helps to reduce puffiness as well. Vadhera uses the
Evian spray on her clients not only to refresh them but to set
makeup. |
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TAIWAN
These
teens not only drink a lot of tea, they swab it on their body
to cool sunburn. The tannic acid alleviates the
sting. |
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FRANCE
French teens are more resistant to tooth decay because
they eat cheese. It contains substances that strengthen
tooth enamel and neutralize plaque. |
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SWEDEN
Swedish beauties eat wild blueberries with cereal and
meats as their No. 1 beauty food. |
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