Old School Beauty Treatments That Should Stay Vintage

Boric Acid For Sparkling Eyes

Get ready because this is a wild one: American actress Joan Crawford said that she used boric acid to get her sparkling eyes. Who wants to put acid in their eyes?! Apparently, this dazzling lady. Boric acid is actually a pretty common ingredient in modern eye drops. However, that is only in very low amounts, and you should definitely not soak pads in boric acid and apply them to your eyelids.

It's thought that boric acid has mild sterilization effects and some eyewashes use it to treat irritation. But, again, that is in very, very small doses and ingesting the acid is actually really bad for you.