International Beauty Secrets for Teenage Girls

Ever been curious what teen age girls from other countries besides the United States do to make themselves look and feel beautiful. A lot of their beauty secrets are handed down from grandmother to their daughters who will then hand it down to their daughters. You may get beauty tips and secrets that are hundreds of years old.

These beauty tips have been updated for today’s young ladies.

In Italy teens are instructed by the older women their lives to keep their eyelashes from breaking, they apply castor oil to them at night before bedtime.

In China the young ladies there take one teaspoon of rosemary oil and mix it in a cup of green tea. They then pour that over their heads as a final rinse to make sure their hair really shines.

In Egypt to help keep their teeth white and beautiful, the young ladies there take a combination of baking soda and coarse salt were it is then applied with their fingers on to their teeth and left sit for a minute.

In Japan seaweed is the biggest beauty secret to be found there. It’s sold in supermarkets and it is prized for its cleansing and toning and its ability to make skin glow. Teens there use it on their bodies for cellulite and on their faces as masks as well as it eat in their salads to help their hair grow.

Did you know that in ancient Japan teens blackened their teeth as a status of beauty? It’s a good thing that its not something that is done now as their wasn’t very good for their teeth.

In Australia young ladies there love to walk barefoot and wear toe-revealing sandals. To achieve flawless feet they rub avocado skins all over their rough spots and they love to wear bright toe nail polishes.

In Poland honey is their biggest beauty secret for women of all ages. Teenage girl moms will warm the honey for their daughters who will then apply it all over faces as a super moist facial treatment. Young ladies are well known to use honey as a lip-softening treatment as well. What a way to make your lips kissable soft!

In Spain, sometimes when the young ladies party too much they might find that they have dark circles under their eyes to show for it. A common problem all over the world it seems. To fix the fact that they had too much fun the night before Spanish teens will take a potato and cut it very thinly. They will then apply to their eyes for ten minutes to allow the juice to seep into the darkness and draw it out.

The best beauty advise that could be offered for teenage ladies from different heritages and different cultures is to ask your mom what were her beauty secrets when she was growing up and what does she do now to stay as beautiful as she was as a teen. Her beauty secrets might as well be just using products you can find in your kitchen.

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