Have you ever wondered if the stuff people post on Pinterest is true? Well I have, and I test them all so that you don’t have to, ’cause ain’t nobody got time for that. Click here to check out all of the pins I haven taken on. You might be surprised by some of the results!
Nope, I didn’t stutter mis-type. This pin (click for link) claims that you can straighten your hair with the kitchen’s best kept secret – the brown sugar. The simplicity of the instructions really should give it away. Mix brown sugar with water, spray on hair. Let air dry.
When my niece, Taylor, came to visit with her friend Olivia, I knew this was the perfect opportunity. Taylor has long, gorgeous curly locks. Even Cameron Diaz told her, “I love your hair!” (Yes, that happened, at a minor league baseball game when Cameron was dating A-Rod, and Taylor was stalking, I mean … casually ran into Cameron.) Here are my supplies,
my skeptical but willing test subject,
Taylor
and the subject’s pre-treatment hair:
Beautiful curly locks.
We followed the instructions perfectly. Step One: Mix one cup of water with two tablespoons of brown sugar. Step Two: Spray on hair. Step Three: Let air dry. Step Four: Marvel at your hair’s straightness. Here goes nothin’ …
The sprayer was not quite cooperating, because the sugar did not completely dissolve, and clogged the spray mechanism. Plan B: pour the sugar water all over the hair.
Here comes the reeeeaaallly exciting part: the waiting. Yep. Mmm hhmmmm. Fun stuff.
<twiddle thumbs>
<whistle>
<play a few games of Super Mario Brothers … die frequently. Use 11 continues>
<make brownies in a mug>
Here is my test subject, unimpressed with her sticky sweet hair:
OK, so her hair isn’t completely dry, but [SPOILER ALERT] when it dried, it looked just like this. I took a picture of the back so we could analyze a side-by-side comparison:
I know it is confusing, but the picture on the left is from the original pin. Try not to get disoriented or confused, I know the similarity is striking. Brown sugar as a hair straightening tool turned out to be the kitchen’s dirty little secret – that doesn’t work at all. I can’t say I am surprised, I just wonder if people put this crazy stuff on the internet hoping it will get pinned like crazy and drive traffic to their website. That is my best guess.
No teenagers were harmed in this segment of Pinbusters.
Lol ah ha! Another Pinterest pin bites the dust., now you owe your niece a grilled cheese sammich 😉
Poor Taylor! I cannot believe how grown up she is…and I feel old saying, “I remember the day she was born!”
Thats exactly why people put this kind of stuff up! There are so many pins on pinterest that make me wonder, and this was definitely one of them. Thanks for myth-busting it because I was quite skeptical!
LOL Great pinbusting! Loved your comment about Super Mario Brothers! Me and hubby played Super Mario Bros Wii and spent almost an hour on ONE stage cause we just couldn’t get past it! LOL And used just about 11 continues! LOL
Thanks so much for clearing that up!
I can’t say I am surprised but I have tried coconut oil and that works pretty good as a moisturizer.
Hmm, I thought you were supposed to comb the hair with the spray mixture in it then let air dry… At least that’s what some girls on you tube do.
Thank youu i was just about to try this and then i saw this post haha
I totally did this and it was a horrible mess. I was so super excited to try this and told my room mate what I was going to do. He laughed at me and said that Pinterest was playing an April Fools joke on me. I scoffed at him, thinking, “Little does he know!” Boy was he right, the mess, the stickyness, the clean up. -_-, so not worth it. Btw, your website is awesome! (:
haha thx i was just abt to try this. soooo glad i didnt:/