Just How Well Do Bizarre Beauty Ingredients Actually Work?


Updated 10/26/09 2:00 PM · Posted by BellaSugar · 0 comments

Just How Well Do Bizarre Beauty Ingredients Actually Work?

There are so many odd ingredients in high-end beauty treatments these days, from bull semen to pigeon excrement to snail trail slime, but there's only a little information out there about how — or if — these things work, as the Los Angeles Times examines. A lot of these treatments seem a bit gimmicky to me, and I can't help but wonder if many of them are just a way to charge more for the Read more

Definition: Bull Sperm


Updated 04/03/08 10:57 AM · Posted by BellaSugar · 56 comments

Bull Sperm

Believe it or not, bull sperm (yes, bull semen) is becoming a cult hair treatment at a swank UK salon. The solution combines Angus bull semen and a plant root called katera. Both ingredients are protein packed and help penetrate and condition the hair shaft. Supposedly it's deeply nourishing and revitalizing as it has earned a nickname "Viagra for the hair." A treatment costs just over $100 and Read more