10 Weirdest Beauty Ingredients

 1. Snake venomThe new must-have poison in the latest beauty products wish-list is snake venom, an ingredient believed to steer the wrinkles away from your face. There are no positive results proved from the rancorous beauty ingredient yet people are ready to take the risk.

2. Umbilical cord
Novo Solutions MD has added a new dimension to the famous 'cord of life' - umbilical cord. Their scientists have launched a new anti-ageing product by extracting cell-free blood from the umbilical cord after the baby's delivery for making their famous beauty products line which by the way enjoys a huge success rate.

3. Beauty and the breast
Who would've thought that breast milk meant for your baby will turn into a famous beauty ingredient? Some midwives from Killmaster Soapworks, a natural soap manufacturing company became popular after using human breast milk, an uncanny ingredient for making soaps. Incidentally, they have received great response.

4. The catty smellGet catty and go on a prowl when it comes to choosing your perfumes, literally! The civet musk or civetone, a base substance for making high-end perfumes and colognes, is obtained from perineal glands of cats found in Asia and Africa. A perfect ingredient to unleash your wild instincts, believe perfumers!

5. Smashed cochineal beetles
Before you flaunt that red sexy pout or the hot blush on your cheeks, think again! There is a possibility you may be applying smashed cochineal beetles on your face, an ingredient used to get the deep crimson dye in cosmetics. If you've an aversion towards insects, read your beauty labels more carefully.

6. Whale's vomit
Whale's vomit known as ambergris (yes it has a name!) is used for making perfumes. Easily spotted on some American and Australian beaches, the substance is usually washed up by the waves. But it's only a fixative stuff that remains with an earthly and sweet odour which is used in perfumes.

7. Precious placenta
Placenta has become an essential ingredient for skin creams, applied on the face by beauty-obsessed women! The product now comes with a great packaging and is not at all as gruesome as it sounds.

8. Snail's secretions
From being a tried-n-trusted beauty ritual in the ancient times to being a high-end ingredient in beauty products, the snails' slime has crawled a long way on to heal all the skin problems faced by humans! In fact, it's such a pricey affair now that some women use the raw snail slimes available naturally in the gardens for their skin nourishment.

9. Nightingale's poop
Envy the flawless beauty of Geishas? Well, they sing a different tune when it comes to their facials with nightingale poop as their major ingredient. The uric acid content in this substance is supposed to do wonders for your skin. In fact, several spas in UK are following suit with this alternative beauty route.

10. Bull semen
Shampoo, conditioner and hair spas are passé. The new revolutionary product in hair care as vouched by some Europeans is bull semen. The proteins in the semen are supposed to make your hair healthy and add shine and volume to it.