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The Rise of the Vampire Facial

Summary by MONTECRISTO
For as long as beauty rituals have existed, there have been secret, strange ingredients touted as the magic elixir for a youthful complexion. In ancient Rome, wealthy women bathed in donkey milk and slathered on face masks made with lanolin, the grease extracted from sheep’s wool. Geishas in eighth-century Japan used a facial made of nightingale guano to wash off makeup and soften skin—a treatment some spas still offer today. This perpetual conv…
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MONTECRISTO broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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