Time-Warped Beauty: The Most Outdated Beauty Advice (SLIDESHOW)

Cross-posted from Elle.com

Let's face it: much like your first tube of red lipstick, it might be time to toss your mom's beauty advice. From putting toothpaste on pimples to sleeping with a meat mask, Elle collected the best bits of outdated beauty advice and revised these secrets to suit the modern woman.

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Then: Suntanned skin was a sign of health, high status, and style.
Coco Chanel was the poster child for high fashion—and high status. So when she came back from a cruise with a deep golden tan in the 1920s, it’s no wonder her fans began adapting darker skin tones too. Sporting a bronzed glow sent the message that one was wealthy enough to afford a leisurely outdoor life and by the 1930s sunlight was touted as a cure for everything from acne to tuberculosis. The result: Tanning oil became a beauty staple through the 1980s and was applied as vigorously as SPF lotion is today.
Now: A little sun can perk up your complexion, but even a slight tan represents injury to your largest organ (your skin). SPF is a must-wear for every day—including during the winter and in the shade. Experts say the incidental sun exposure you get while driving in the car or walking to lunch is enough to meet your daily vitamin D quota, and recommend reapplying sunscreen every couple of hours.

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Comments

[queotic]

Is that sun tanning advice supposed to apply to black people too? I doubt it.

[hulagirrrl]

Sorry, did of course mean chelated magnesium..

[Truye]

HA! I meant I am scared of getting MS. Not "not getting MS" aaahhh it's been a long day. Can anyone tell me if what I wrote above is true for those who live in places that only get full sunshine on an average of 30 days a year?

[Truye]

I know, I know, we should wear SPF Everyday...and I sort of do now, HOWEVER! I live in the Pacific Northwest where we are all almost vitamin D deficient. Incidental sunlight is not enough for us here in Seattle (or at least according to an article I read that scared the H E double hockey sticks out of me). I take calcium, but I still am very worried about getting natural vitamin D...and not getting MS...

[hulagirrrl]

Truye, no worries so much about sunlight. Being originally from a country with very little sunshine, my physician always told me that walking in daylight every day for about thirty/fourty minutes should do the trick, not only to combat depression but also give you light enough for your vitamin D. If you to take calcium however, it will not be digestest without cgekated magnesium. I am not a physician, so you may ask the next time about the connection between magnesium and calcium.

[MicheleCA]

rather than checking out elle.com, take a look at the cosmetic database affiliated with ewg.org.