Today I was at work showing our huge range of shampoos to a picky lady. “This is the Queene Helene Plecenta shampoo” I say. The lady looks at me like I am covered in blood. “It doesn’t have Fetuses in it, does it???”
No.
Last time I checked, a fetus and the plecenta were separate.
“Oh ok” she says, “I got a little scared there. You remember when they had all those stories about aborted fetuses being used in cosmetics”
No. I don’t. That’s one of the wierdest things I have ever heard. Not to mention one of the wierdest things I have ever been asked.
I’m glad it wasn’t me she was asking, torie. There is no way on earth that I could have answered that question with anything except a completely straight-faced “Yes. Yes, it has fetuses in it. All the best shampoos do now. They’re absolutely great for getting the tangles out, with their little fingers and all.”
Hair that is damaged by frequent chemical processing is lacking in protein. The idea is that placenta (which is rich in protein) will replace that lost protein temporaily, improving the look and feel of the hair.
Well, no, but it kinda discounts the foetuses thing…
Then I have to think about the fact that I don’t have any idea what most of the things in my shampoo are… Many also have urea, which is just as disgusting. Better not to think about it.
