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

hair,pink,face,clothing,blond, 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

hair,face,black hair,eyebrow,pink, 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?

hair,human hair color,black hair,face,clothing, 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

face,hair,person,black hair,beauty, 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!

5 Ladies Don't Smoke

nail,finger,manicure,hand,cosmetics, 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.

6 Get Your Beauty Sleep (on Your Back)

hair,eyebrow,face,nose,forehead, 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

face,hair,eyebrow,blue,nose, 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

skin,beauty,product,cream,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!

human action,hair,person,face,nose, 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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Katia @CountryPrincess You just have to put it on your roots and wash it ! Or you can just not doing the shampoo ☺️
CountryPrincess @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.
Read13 Thanks may belle
trina @Read13 I wrote how you use ponds on the page after your question because I am so sorry I don't really know how you use the application!
trina You use ponds by taking a good amount out and put it all over your face and then use a cleanex and take it off. It is best to take your eye makeup off. I use vasalean and then I use a wet cleaning cloth and take it all of with that
trina My grandmother always used oil of Olay the original pink one...and I swear that she never looked her age and another secret she used petroleum jelly to take off her makeup off.....and another one is Nivea
Read13 How would I use ponds to remove makeup ?? With a cotton ball? How ?
- Mabelle @Read13, I remember my aunt using those flat cotton swabs. Oil of Olay has also been in the beauty routines of our moms aunts and grandmas.
CountryPrincess If you have sensitive skin or rosacea Olive Oil will make your face redder and your rosacea flare up I tried it once and it was horrible won't ever do that again (lol) if it works for you you're lucky 👍🏻 just a heads up for sensitive skin/rosacea skin
- Mabelle @CountryPrincess, I use olive oil on my hair. Coconunt oil has always been used as well as hair treatment.
Jaimie I love all those great advice! Will try it!
Carmen All of these tips works I swear by the ponds cream its s great makeup remover and also a good cream to put on your face at nightI am 61 yrs old been using it since I was 13
Barbii Barbara Palvin😍😍😍😍
LittleDarkHair Hot water and lemon. Beauty on the inside shows on the outside :)
GJP My grandma had great skin and she used Ponds cream every day for 70+ years
Jaci Love this
Wendy Tell your glam-ma I said thank you great tips! :-)
nadia I don't encourage smoking but if a women smokes it doesn't make her any less of a woman
nadia also ladies can smoke
Melissa 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.
Emmybear 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
- Mabelle @Emmybear, I agree. This is an old remedy that can be effective in whitening but may make the teeth fragile.
Brys Great article
Alyx Also just a quick Google "Mineral Oil, Water, Ceresin, Beeswax, Triethanolamine, Behenic Acid, Fragrance, Ceteth 20, Cetyl Alcohol, Carbomer, DMDM Hydantoin, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, Methylparaben." The ingredients are very comedogenic. Mineral oil is like the main reason people break out from cheap moisturizers. Beeswax clogs pores causes allergic reactions etc. Not face friendly.
Alyx And it traps bacteria in if you apply it over any, and it's hard to make sure it's all off without completely drenching the skin in antibacterial cream or alcohol.
Alyx @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.
totalblondie128 @Alyx pond's cold cream is noncomedogenic, so it won't clog pores
Cheryl I use ponds and find it works the best in removing makeup,
Alyx Also, if you are acne prone, using olive oil on your face can worsen it. Jojoba oil is much better, its the closest thing to the skins natural sebum and it won't clog pores like olive oil does. Same with ponds cream. If you are acne prone or your skin is sensitive, it will make it worse. The potatoe thing isn't the potatoe, its the action of getting the blood flow to your face. Massaging it brings the blood to the face, causing acne to heal quicker. Using potatoes without cooking them can bring on bacterial acne. Use your clean fingers or buy a facial massager. Potatoes have tons of bacteria that you can't get rid of without cooking them.
Alyx Don't use baking soda on your teeth! It literally scrubs off your enamel. You can't get that back. You are damaging and making your teeth so vulnerable to cavities, sensitivity, staining, etc. Use TOOTHPASTE not an abrasive scrub that'll do nothing but damage.
sharon Love these tips. I love the red lippie one. I use the olive oil as a mouisteriser too it's really good
ReneeK Great article. I enjoyed reading it.
Lily 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
Shanzy The baking soda toothpaste is quite good and so is olive oil
Pomps Absolutely loved all of 'em. I do try the baking soda n ponds one. Works wonders👌🏻
Aysha Thanks for the tips I have been doing some especially with the olive oil it's a must wherever I go. The red lipstick thing however i have always wanted to do but never found the one for me, I look weird in every red lipstick I have tried maybe it doesn't work for my skin tone. Not sure y! :(
Luanne 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

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