Old-fashioned hygiene practices that are anything but clean

If you think modern hair bleach is harsh – just you wait. Back in the Elizabethan era, women used urine to lighten their hair. The ammonia in the urine helped to bleach the hair – a highly sought-after look at the time.

Hair was soaked in urine, and the sun did the rest. While the result was supposedly effective, the method is pretty unimaginable by today’s standards. Goes to show ya, the lengths people will go to for beauty is astounding.