Beauty Mistakes: Mixing Up Products

My camera is on the frizz and it's been a while since we had a discussion post so the Hot Topic today is...

How many of you have accidentally mixed up your beauty products and used something else instead? Or had a family member/ friend accidentally use the wrong product?

Quite a long while back, my father was convinced that he had caught lice from somewhere as his scalp was itching like there was no tomorrow. Mum walked in on us kids looking through his hair with a magnifying glass (yes, he was that paranoid) and after listening to Dad's explanation, she walked into the bathroom and came out with a funny look on her face.

"Did you use this to wash your hair?" She held out a bottle to Dad.

He paused in mid-scratch. "Ya, what's wrong with it?"

"What's WRONG with it? It's dish washing DETERGENT, that's why. I poured it into an old shampoo bottle to keep for washing the toilet."

My sister and I broke into hysterical laughter as Mum railed at Dad for not noticing the smell or colour. Bright green liquid should have been a tip-off.

Years later, I would end up dating a guy just as blur as my father. I was on the phone with my boyfriend a year back when he mentioned in passing that he ran out of shower gel and used some out of the travel bottle I left in his place.

I paused. "But I didn't leave any shower gel in your place."

He paused. "Then what on earth was the blue stuff?"

"Alamak, that's conditioner! You had better go take another shower."

"Really? I was wondering why it didn't bubble but figured it was one of your weird shower things."

*face palm*

And of course, no story would be complete without one involving my sister, who accidentally plastered a liberal amount of strong AHA + BHA peeling stuff all over her face after I absent-mindedly told her to "go ahead and use anything in my cupboard" when she asked me for some moisturiser.

Her yowls still ring in my head.

Let's hear those stories, ladies!