Meet Rice Water, The Ancient Beauty Practice You've Been Seeing All Over TikTok

What to Know About Rice Water, The Ancient Beauty Practice You've Been Seeing All Over TikTok
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Ariana Yaptangco
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Long before rice water went viral on TikTok and YouTube and ended up on Kardashian blogs, the beauty practice had been used for centuries by women in Asia. According to research published in the Journal of Cosmetic Chemists, court ladies during Japan's Heian Period (794 to 1185 CE) used Yu-Su-Ru (a.k.a leftover water from washing rice) on their floor-length hair.

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