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10 wacky beauty ingredients to help you get gorgeous
We’ve let fish nibble the dead skin off of our feet for pillow-soft soles, and regularly let someone rip the hair off our most private parts with hot wax. When it comes to making ourselves look pretty, it seems nothing is off the table. With that in mind, the industry has recently introduced a slew of wacky ingredients. Seriously, you won’t believe what some of these products are made of – and you might be better off not knowing!
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Why you may want to consider eating an avocado a day
Many of us are eating avocados every day – or at least that’s what the 90,000+ avocado toast posts on Instagram would suggest. Here’s a big myth debunked: for one, eating avocados regularly won’t make you fat. “The monounsaturated fats in avocados are what give it the creamy texture that make it such a good replacement for butter, margarine or mayonnaise,” says Michelle W. Book., the in-house nutritionist at the Canadian Health Food Association.
