OK, I know this sounds extremely gross. But I’m on a really tight budget and have been trying to experiment with homemade facials, made with things that I find in my kitchen. Butter -good. Tomato -good. Nutella- rash. Honey- good. Peanut butter-bad. I seriously experimented with pretty much everything I could find in my kitchen cabinets. Everything that is except for, dare I say it, cat food. Until now.
Wait. Wait. Hear me out. It was the Seafood Medley flavor. Sure, the smell made me want to regurgitate like a mama bird, but seafood is loaded with omega 3-6-9, which is amazing for the skin.
So I plugged my nose and slathered it on. My cat looked extremely confused and kept going over to her bowl and meowing. I think she was saying,” the food goes in here, dumb ass”. If you think the smell of wet cat food is bad when it’s in a bowl on the floor, imagine how bad it is when it’s literally right under your nose.
But I promised myself I’d go 10 minutes before rinsing it off. David Blaine, if you want to try something that really pushes the limits of human endurance, forget hanging upside down, try sitting in your living room with cat food on your face for 10 minutes.
Anyway, I made it 8 minutes, not a second more, then ran to the kitchen to rinse it off. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised with the results. My skin had a really nice glow and was super soft and smooth. Although, it took at least two very thorough rounds of facial cleanser to get the smell completely off, but other than that, I have to say my skin looked pretty damn nice.
Happy April Fools Day everyone! I was just kidding. Just because I’d rub butter and salt on my nose and blow dry my hair with Saran Wrap over my face, doesn’t mean I’d use cat food as a facial. Dry cat food as an exfoliant maybe, but wet cat food as a facial never.
Please tell me you didn't really think I was that crazy. Sorry, if reading this made anyone's stomach queasy.
You!!!
I was reading this thinking, "Man, homegirl has really lost it..."
Congrats on being the first person to punk me today.
Posted by: Alexandria | April 01, 2009 at 12:22 PM
ok... I totally didn't even think about it being april fools day today...
yuck!!
good one!
Posted by: rebecca | April 01, 2009 at 01:27 PM
Oh good gracious, you definitely got me. I was thinking, eh, sounds like a...reasonable thing for a crazy person to do...I don't think I could personally get over the smell though...
Thank God it's a prank! :)
Posted by: Jessica | April 01, 2009 at 01:54 PM
Ohhh, ya got me!
Did you really put Nutella on your face too?
Posted by: keiko | April 01, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Ha!! I fell for it too. It's just something I'd sort of expect you to do.
Posted by: Minze | April 01, 2009 at 02:49 PM
HAHAHAHA! I totally fell for that, I read the whole thing in disgusted fascination. Thanks for the laugh (and the nausea...). :)
Posted by: Laura | April 01, 2009 at 02:55 PM
I am soooooooooooo glad that was an April Fools.... Guh, just the thought... Not to mention that my cat would probably eat my face off! Yikes, on many levels!!
Posted by: Margo | April 01, 2009 at 04:21 PM
After reading your blog for the past few months, i'm totally convinced that you would try just about anything in the name of beauty. I love it though. You're funny!
Posted by: Neesh | April 01, 2009 at 05:21 PM
Ha. I don't know whether I should be flattered that you guys think I would do anything for beauty or disturbed that you think I'd smear cat food on my face:) And yes, Keiko, I did try Nutella on my face. I figured nuts are filled with healthy oils. I wasn't expecting the rash though.
Hope everyone had a good day!
jenny
Posted by: jenny | April 01, 2009 at 10:34 PM
What a hoot....you totally had me going! I thought it could be reasonable since you threw in the benefits of Omega 3-6-9 but was still slightly disgusted as a scrolled down to read more!
Posted by: Lisa M. Rodgers | April 02, 2009 at 07:12 AM
OMG, that is awesome. You brought tears to my eyes (perhaps just from the thought of having that stuff on my face). I totally thought you really did it, considering your past exploits. Fer real though, you might want to try Halo Spot's Stew canned food. It really looks like a stew with whole peas and such and even smells like something you'd consider eating. I bet that would get your skin glowing. ;)
Posted by: Sonja | August 05, 2009 at 09:59 PM
I didn't care if it made me look 20 years younger - No way in H@ll!
Posted by: Connie L | August 05, 2009 at 11:13 PM
lol,I was actually thinking about trying this :/ wow!
http://foodfacial.blogspot.com
Posted by: rachel | January 18, 2010 at 11:09 PM
from the moment i read the title of the post, i knew this was a joke. :D
Posted by: cat insurance | February 12, 2010 at 05:33 AM