The Most Absurd Beauty Trends from Times Gone By
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I'm sure you're already using a bunch of creams and serums at home to help you achieve Flawless skin there are so many different brands and types of products out there that it's even hard to choose one well women in ancient Rome however didn't have that many options instead what they used was sweat and to add to the grossness of it all it was not their own back in those days Gladiators were viewed to be symbols of fierce power who dazzled Roman ladies so their sweat would be scraped from their bodies using a special metal tool called a "strigil" and sold inside small pots outside the arena some bought it as souvenirs some would wear it as perfume and others would apply it as a form of face cream to smoothen the appearance of their skin however one important thing to be mentioned here is the fact that most of the time this unusual ingredient was available to wealthy or aristocratic women because of how expensive they were wearing any type of makeup was thought to be an indication of belonging to the lower class and was deemed dishonorable so applying sweat to their face was one of the few ways wealthy women thought would enhance their natural beauty.