{"id":4739,"date":"2010-09-06T11:45:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T11:45:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/how-pretty-do-you-want-to-be\/"},"modified":"2010-09-06T11:45:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-06T11:45:51","slug":"how-pretty-do-you-want-to-be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/how-pretty-do-you-want-to-be\/","title":{"rendered":"How pretty do you want to be?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across this list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/story\/148056\/7_strange_things_people_do_to_make_themselves_more_attractive\">7 Strange Things People Do to Make Themselves More Attractive <\/a>and because I simply cannot resist a menagerie of bizarre treatments (and because, let&rsquo;s face it, I don&rsquo;t want to suffer the gross imagery of most of these procedures alone), so here&rsquo;s the complete list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Snail Ooze Facial <\/strong>(courtesy of  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollandandbarrett.com\/pages\/product_detail.asp?pid=869&amp;searchterm=snail%20gel&amp;rdcnt=1\">De  Tuinen Snail Gel<\/a>, which, incidentally, is a Dutch chain of cosmetics, beauty, vitamin and some health food stores where I source most of my beauty products because of their commitment to fair trade and banning animal testing)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snake Massage <\/strong>(exactly what it sounds like, at <a> Ada Barak\u2019s  spa in Israel, the $80 treatment gets you several non-venomous snakes slithering around your body)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ramen Noodle Spa Bath (<\/strong>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japanprobe.com\/2007\/07\/15\/japanese-theme-park-opens-ramen-bath\/\">Hakone Kowakien Yunessun<\/a> of Japan you sit in a tub shaped like a ramen noodle bowl where the water contains pepper-flavored water colored a light, milky brown. Apparently the collagen and garlic contained in the ramen produces beautiful skin and moisture retention).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bull Semen Hair Treatment <\/strong>(I am not saying more, it is exactly what the title says. The treatment is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naturallycurly.com\/curlreading\/ingredients\/bull-semen-the-latest-hair-miracle\">this London hair salon<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fish Pedicure <\/strong>(Funny enough, they just opened <a href=\"http:\/\/www.drfish-amsterdam.nl\/\">Dr. Fish<\/a>, one of such places nearby and I wanted to check them out just to see the tanks and people having their feet voluntarily eaten).<\/li>\n<li><strong> Sheep Embryo Injections<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>24 Carat Gold Face Mask <\/strong>(The secret to glowing skin? According to the good people at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.umouniverse.com\/spa-treatments.html\">UMO<\/a>, its  slathering gold all over your pores. I suspect Kanye West is all over their case because, really, that&rsquo;s the most likely beauty treatment for someone like him).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across this list of 7 Strange Things People Do to Make Themselves More Attractive and because I simply cannot resist a menagerie of bizarre treatments (and because, let&rsquo;s face it, I don&rsquo;t want to suffer the gross imagery of most of these procedures alone), so here&rsquo;s the complete list: Snail Ooze Facial &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"loftocean_post_format_gallery":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_ids":"","loftocean_post_format_gallery_urls":"","loftocean_post_format_video_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_video_url":"","loftocean_post_format_video_type":"","loftocean_post_format_video":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_type":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_url":"","loftocean_post_format_audio_id":0,"loftocean_post_format_audio":"","loftocean-featured-post":"","loftocean-like-count":0,"loftocean-view-count":1101,"loftocean_coauthors":"","alpaca_post_content_reading_setting":"","alpaca_reading_speed_per_minute":0,"alpaca_reading_speed_unit":"","alpaca_single_post_template_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[264,896],"class_list":["post-4739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beauty-is-in-the-eye","tag-going-the-extra-mile"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How pretty do you want to be? 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