kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoThe latest skincare fad is rubbing salmon sperm on your facewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1160arrow-down13
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minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI mean, bat shit is a common ingredient in make-up and whale barf is used in high end perfumes. The cosmetic industry uses a lot of gross products.
minus-squarewolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoTo be fair, they didn’t know that ambergris was an excretion of the whale until long after they started using it for these purposes. It was just “that waxy thing we find floating in the ocean.” Also, it’s apparently not vomited, but defecated.
I mean, bat shit is a common ingredient in make-up and whale barf is used in high end perfumes. The cosmetic industry uses a lot of gross products.
To be fair, they didn’t know that ambergris was an excretion of the whale until long after they started using it for these purposes. It was just “that waxy thing we find floating in the ocean.” Also, it’s apparently not vomited, but defecated.