Out of everyone in Hollywood, Shailene Woodley is who we would least expect to enter a Sephora and walk out with a factory-made beauty product. For years, the 26-year-old has been surprising fans with the unusual natural beauty hacks she uses for her red-carpet glow. The “Big Little Lies” star takes natural beauty to a whole new level, from the clay-based toothpaste that she swallows instead of spits to the vegetables and fruits that she cooks to make lipsticks.
Though Woodley doesn’t make all of her beauty products from ingredients she can grow in her backyard, she does have a lot of natural beauty hacks and, for the most part, stays vegan and toxin-free. And while it’s fun to learn that the “Divergent” star uses algae as eyeliner or brushes her teeth with clay, the real question is: Is it safe" To find out, we talked to experts in beauty and health who determined whether Woodley’s hacks are safe for our bodies and if they actually work. See which hacks are worth trying ahead. Using Roasted Beets to Stain Her Lips
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The Hack: Instead of store-bought lipsticks, Woodley revealed in an interview with Bon Appétit that she uses roasted beets to stain her lips a deep-red color. Woodley praised the hack again in an interview with InStyle, in which she revealed that she roasts the beets for 30 to 50 minutes at 350 degrees before letting them cool and rubbing them on her lips. She also recommends raw cherries and po...