Disgusting beauty moments that I LOVE!

August 15, 2012

I’ve already shared  eight beauty moments I love , but that got me thinking about ones that aren’t so beautiful…you know, the ones that I love because they are totally disgusting.

1.  The moment when I wipe my face with a towel during a workout and pull it back to see some of my makeup on the towel.

2.  Taking a dry brush to my skin when I haven’t exfoliated in days and I’m super scaly.

3.  The moment I discover an ingrown hair and clear my afternoon because yeah, I’m going to want to get this sucker out.

4.  Biore Pore strips. Anyone else?

5.  The moment when my waxer gasps at the sight of how much hair is on the strip she just pulled from my brow, and then shows me so I can gasp for myself.

6.  The moment I see the true color of my nails after removing my nail polish.

7.  Certain whiteheads.

8.  The astringent-soaked cotton ball after I’ve run it over my face. Bonus points if it looks disgusting and I actually thought my face was clean.

Hey, beauty isn’t always pretty. What are your favorite disgusting beauty moments?

About the author

Rachel Wilkerson

Rachel Wilkerson writes the blog The Life & Lessons of Rachel Wilkerson, where she covers those "getting it" moments when a light bulb goes off and suddenly everything makes sense. Whether it's a new way to get motivated to work out or the new gadget she never knew she always wanted, she loves sharing her lessons with other people in a straight-up, no-BS kinda way. Her work has been featured on Shape.com and she is a panelist for U by Kotex's Real Answers. When she's not writing, downward dogging, drinking tequila, or writing about downward dogging and drinking tequila, she works full-time as a community manager for a hip little online entertainment company in Houston. She and her boyfriend recently bought a juicer and are officially addicted.

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