Danae Mercer Ricci, 36, stunned fans after she tested out beauty hacks that involved rubbing fruit and veg on her face – but it had a pleasantly surprising result
Usually, when beauty hacks go viral they make the application process much easier, helping you get the latest looks just a neat in a smaller amount of time.
If we told you that you could get your trending fake freckles by dabbing broccoli on your face – would you try it? Most of us wouldn’t – but apparently, using fruit and vegetables to apply your makeup is the latest viral trend.
However, you won’t have to try them yourself as body-positivity influencer and journalist Danae Mercer Ricci has done the testing for you. The 36-year-old, from the US, has built up an impressive 2million followers on Instagram thanks to her self-love dedicated posts and ‘online’ vs ‘reality’ snaps.
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In her latest clip, which has received more than 123,000 likes, she took to social media in an attempt to ‘de-influence’ people by showing the truth behind the bizarre beauty trend. She was seen applying freckles with broccoli, eyeliner with a banana and even made blush and a lip tint from beetroot.
While many of us may assume it wouldn’t work — because standing in your room rubbing veggies on your face isn’t exactly ‘normal’ — Danae was actually, pleasantly surprised. She wrote: “Banana didn’t work for me (what’s the secret? I tried multiple bananas…).
“Broccoli freckles were genius but took some practice. And beetroot was perfection.”
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Instagram viewers were also surprised by how well some of them worked and even said they would try it out for themselves at home. One user said: “Why I wonder do people do this. I mean…cool?”
Another joked: “No way not with the price of groceries these days!” A third commented: “The beet one is so lovely! How nice to be able to put some thing on our cheeks that doesn’t contain weird chemicals”.
While a fourth wrote: “Women used beets centuries ago as rouge, lip colour and to dye clothing 🙂 I grow them in my garden and always use them as a lip & cheek tint while making dinner!”
