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Mud Wrestling - April Fools' Day

04.01.2009

Submitted by dsimmons on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 11:00pm.
The Bite:
Facing a slippery opponent? In your battle for a clear complexion, that is. Put oily skin in a headlock with a cheaper-than-dirt mask of Chicago River Mud (a fave with the s'leb set like this guy). Turns out this slimy, mineral-rich black gold works wonders to purify skin - without the SLS, formaldehyde, and parabens in other masks. Just hit the banks near the Merchandise Mart (they're especially mucky), scoop some into a reusable container, then slop it on your face and neck using upward strokes, and let it dry overnight (sleep on a towel, natch) - organic, scum-loving micro-organisms will suck your pores clean. Plus, when you wash it all off, it'll go right back where it came from. No choke.
Wanna Try: 
Chicago River mud, available beneath all leg-pulling currents. All you can grab, free.


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Cocktail Fact

Dermatologists suspect that small amounts of manure in mud causes mud-wrestler's rash, an unusual form of dermatitis resulting in red bumps.

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 Chicago Biters use organic mud rather than a conventional mud mask just once, we'll keep the weight of 17,000 bikini-clad mud wrestlers in paraben-laden products off our bods and outta waterways.

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ryan  on April 01, 2009 at 10:38 AM 1
ummm, i have always been under the impression the chicago river water is polluted....so maybe i am ignorant to this, but it doesn't seem like the best idea to grab some mud from its banks. am i wrong in thinking this?
Idealbite Team Member tgonzalez   on April 01, 2009 at 02:08 PM 2
For more information, check out today's blog: http://www.idealbite.com/blog/fooled-you
asan  on November 13, 2009 at 03:18 AM 3
i have always been under the impression the chicago river water is polluted.games adventure games

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