9 Beauty Tips to Try from Your Grandmother's Generation ...

Jennifer Jan 1, 2024

9 Beauty Tips to Try from Your Grandmother's Generation ...
9 Beauty Tips to Try from Your Grandmother's Generation ...

Your grandmother was right about so many things, and she always has the best advice. Sure, some of her beauty tips seem weird, but hey, they really work! Here are a few of my glam-ma's beauty tips that really do work wonders.

1. Olive Oil Moisturizer

My grandmother swears by olive oil for keeping skin looking young, and also for treating facial cuts and scrapes (and for chapped lips). I've tried it, and she's right! I also use a little on the ends of my hair in winter to tame fly-aways.

2. Baking Soda Toothpaste

My grandmother keeps a box of baking soda in her medicine cabinet, and she uses it as toothpaste to keep her teeth white and her breath fresh. It tastes terrible - truly, it's nasty - but wow does it work!

3. Root Veggies for Your Face?

This one is so weird, but Gigi says it's true: if you rub a raw turnip or potato on your face every morning, and then again every night before bed, it'll clear up acne and remove spots. It's awkward, but it really does work!

4. Skip the Straw

My grandmother has always refused to drink from a straw. I thought it was just an odd preference, but nope - she says it's to keep wrinkles from forming around her mouth. Beauty experts agree with her, too, so from now on, no straws for me either!

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5. Ladies Don't Smoke

Long before doctors discovered the havoc cigarettes wreak on our bodies, ladies knew it was bad for your beauty too. The smell? Disgusting! It also causes wrinkles and discolors your skin and teeth.

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6. Get Your Beauty Sleep (on Your Back)

This is another one that just sounds so weird - sleeping on your back is better for your skin. Add to that the recommended 8 hours of beauty sleep, and you're gorgeous in the morning, darling!

7. Red Lippie

My grandmother is 91 and she still rocks the red lippie. The key, she says, is choosing one in the hue that's right for you... and when you swipe it on, you'll always feel put together. She's right!

8. Pond's Cold Cream

Gigi has always, always used Pond's Cold Cream every night to remove her makeup. I mean, there's a reason it's been around forever - it works!

9. Smile!

Okay, so this might cause a few more wrinkles (Gigi calls them "laugh lines") but there's nothing you can wear that will make you look prettier than a smile. Thanks, Gigi!

So what words of beauty advice has your grandmother given you? Do they work? Do tell!

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Sure the straw may cause wrinkles around the mouth, but they will also prevent stained teeth. Just a suggestion. I drink water from a bottle so either way I don't use straws

Thanks may belle

I use ponds and find it works the best in removing makeup,

I love using straws so that coffee and things don't stain my teeth!!

Absolutely loved all of 'em. I do try the baking soda n ponds one. Works wonders👌🏻

I have tried some of these and they do work! I haven't heard about rubbing a raw potato on your face but I'll give it a shot. Who doesn't want an even skin tone? Thank your Gigi for the tips

I use coconut oil primarily, but rib olive oil with avocado oil on my heels and elbows. Plus I put olive oil on my lashes. It makes them thick and grow beautifully. Baking soda I started to use with my toothpaste. It does work.

Baking soda toothpaste might be ok before you actually brush, but the plaque is disturbed by the action of manual brushing - the main reason for toothpaste is to apply a strengthening agent (fluoride) to the teeth, so baking soda toothpaste may be cosmetically good, but it's not doing any good for your teeth

@totalblondie I know, but sensitive skin can easily react to it. Not bacteria acne, just burns, hives, etc. I speak from experience and from seeing people come into the hospital with reactions to it.

@Mabelle how do you use olive oil in your hair? I've wanted to try that & coconut oil but would think it'd make it greasy looking.

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