Ever consider how your showering habits can disclose some of your deepest secrets? It’s accurate! According to scientific theories, what you wash in the shower first can reveal a lot about your personality. It seems like a scene from a psychic’s script, don’t you think? So grab a seat, for this insight will clear your doubts and leave you feeling uncannily accurate.
Get a loofah out of curiosity or giggle until you cry because what you do in the first few minutes of taking a shower says a lot. Let’s explore this soap opera and see what your approach to taking showers says about you.
1. If you initially wash your hair
Oh, those who prioritize their hair! What’s wrong with you? If you wash your hair right away, you’re probably a control freak who gets upset by even the tiniest hairstyling. Isn’t it the “my way or the highway” mentality you possess? Your life’s shampoo and conditioner are order and discipline, and to be honest, you probably give up bubble baths in favor of timeliness. When choosing companions, you put intelligence above strength because, let’s face it, no one wants to stick around with a knucklehead.
2. If you first wash your chest
Washers who put their chests first are showing off their skills with assurance. In a group of betas, you’re the alpha. You speak the truth; I won’t put you through any sly tricks. Feeling at ease in your own flesh? You have plenty of comfort, I see! Your confidence in yourself and your short-term objectives is almost irritating, as though having second thoughts is a crime.
3. If you initially wash your underarms
Armpit enthusiasts, you are the people that everyone wants to be around during a party or emergency. You exude dependability and empathy. Because you love without limits, friends come swarming to you. Your universe is dominated by black-and-white thinking: there is either complete scorn or great devotion. Reasonable tones of gray? Not for you, haha!
4. If you cleanse your face firsts
Oh boy, you’ve got your vanity on full display, face-first washers! Immediately catering to all five senses demonstrates a near-obsession with one’s own appearance. Too anxious? Indeed! As though your soul depended on it, you’re anxious about remarks and criticism. Unwind—no one is paying that much attention. Could you perhaps quit glancing at your mirror in every puddle?
Don’t waste time fretting about a terrible hair day ever again since life is too short!
5. If you first wash your neck and shoulders
People with necks and shoulders, you overachievers! Cleaning here first indicates that you’re successfully hunting as if this were your main food source. Your objectives seem heavy to you, and to be honest, it’s making you feel like Herculean lifters. You adore being the center of attention in every circumstance and are fiercely competitive. Here’s a secret: you’re doing such a great job carrying that weight that it hardly shows.
6. If you initially wash your legs or arms
Arms and legs? You are the salt of the earth, after all, aren’t you? You are, on the one hand, as modest and grounded as a monk in zen mode. Conversely, you are displaying your limbs as though they were banners of power and rebellion. The only thing that can match your determination and willpower are your extreme dislike and intense affection for an object. I’m happy to have you join the human contradictions team!
7. If you initially wash your underwear
Do you still grit your teeth? Cleaning your underwear first makes you seem like the bashful one—possibly a capital-I introvert. Even though you’re not the light of the party, people who connect with you find you to be quite sincere. socially disregarded? Perhaps. A jewel that’s hidden? Without a doubt. You find it difficult to stand up for yourself, yet everyone in your immediate circle benefits from your warmth.
8. Alternative
You are the “other” parts washer, the wild card. Are you not complex? It’s as though you’ve mixed up a secret recipe for mayhem and kindness. You’re a stand-up guy at heart, maybe even interesting. It’s time to start living a little more boldly, embrace unpredictability, and flaunt your individual flare. And who knows, your perfect mate? Seek for someone who worries about their appearance as much as you do about appearing erratic. A union made in heaven, indeed!
There you have it, then. Even something as easy as cleaning up can reveal a lot about who you are! One scrape at a time, who would have thought that those soothing minutes under the mist could strip you of your secrets and expose your soul? Maybe consider your priority list the next time you take a shower. Happy cleaning until then!
15 Celebrities That Are Descendants of Great Historical Figures
Families can be a bit confusing. And not just when it comes to behavior and relationships, but also when it comes to bloodlines. Today, many companies use genetics to trace your ancestors, all the way back to many generations. These very companies have researched famous celebrities and found out some surprising facts about their antecedents.
Bright Side delved into just a handful of these celebrities and found some relationships. Enough for us to exclaim that history truly repeats itself.
1. Beyoncé Knowles is the 25th cousin of Queen Elizabeth II.
Beyoncé Knowles, well known for being music royalty, has royal blood running in her veins too. She is the 25th cousin to Queen Elizabeth, once removed since they both share King Henry II as a common ancestor.
2. Angelina Jolie has lineage from King Phillip II of France.
King Phillip II of France ruled from 1180 to 1223 and is known to have brought financial stability to his country. He also increased the royal coffers. Actress Angelina Jolie carries French royal blood considering she is a direct descendant of Philip II. Strangely enough, she played Queen Olympias in the 2004 movie Alexander, opposite Val Kilmer’s Phillip II, only this was Phillip II of Macedonia.
3. Brad Pitt is a descendant of King Henry II of England.
Brad Pitt is no less royal either. He can trace his ancestry back to King Henry II of England, who ruled from 1154 until his death in 1189. Coincidentally, King Henry II’s wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was first married to French royalty, making Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie somewhat predestined to a failed marriage. This also makes Pitt a 25th cousin, twice removed, to Queen Elizabeth.
4. Jane Austen is Anna Chancellor’s great-aunt.
In 1995, Anna Chancellor starred as Caroline Bingley in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice BBC Miniseries. But she has a deeper connection to Jane Austen as well. The highly venerated author is an 8-time great aunt to Chancellor.
5. H.H. Asquith is Helena Bonham Carter’s great-grandfather.
Helena Bonham Carter is best known for her off-the-beaten-path roles, like that of Mrs. Lovett in Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. But she comes from illustrious family background. Herbert Henry Asquith, the Prime Minister of the UK from 1908 to 1916, was her paternal great-grandfather. She is also related to Jane Austen, and subsequently to Anna Chancellor.
6. Harry Lloyd is a descendant of Charles Dickens.
Harry Lloyd, who plays Viserys Targaryen in Game of Thrones is the great-great-great-grandson of the famous Charles Dickens, the author. Lloyd’s mother, Marion is the descendant of the seventh child of Dickens, Henry Fielding Dickens, who in turn had 5 children.
7. Benedict Cumberbatch is the 16th cousin to King Richard III.
Benedict Cumberbatch is distantly related to King Richard III, who ruled England from 1452 to 1485. He was the last English king to have died during a battle, and later, there was a whole investigation into finding his remains, enough for a reburial. Cumberbatch, who plays Doctor Strange in the Marvel movies, is the 16th cousin to the king. He also read a poem at his royal ancestor’s reburial.
8. King Henry I is the ancestor of Sigourney Weaver.
There seem to be many celebrities who can trace their lineage right back to English kings. King Henry I, who ruled from 1100 to his death in 1135 may have died without a male heir, but his bloodlines spread far and wide. Actress Sigourney Weaver, known for her role in Alien, is a descendant of Henry I, and this also makes her the 24th cousin of the Queen, once removed.
9. Jake Gyllenhaal has antecedents back to King Edward III.
King Edward III ruled the English from 1312 to 1377 and is known as a rather conventional king, who pursued warfare but could also show great clemency. There are many celebrities who can claim blood relations with him, including Maggie and Jake Gyllenhaal. Others include Michael Douglas, Hillary Duff, and more.
10. Meghan Markle is related to William Shakespeare.
We know Meghan Markle is related to the British Royal Family, by way of her marrying Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex. But she already has famous blood in her veins, considering she is cousins with the great playwright, William Shakespeare. Markle is a fifth cousin to the Bard, 12 times removed.
11. Ozzy Osbourne is related to Tsar Nicholas II, and more.
Then there is Ozzy Osbourne, and DNA might prove there is a method to his madness. Researchers say that the singer is not just a descendant of the Neanderthal man, but also a relative of outlaw Jesse James. But his claim to royal fame is with the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II, whose entire family was wiped out in the revolution.
12. Cary Elwes is a descendant of infamous miser John Elwes.
Actor Cary Elwes is related to John Elwes. As a man, John Elwes may have been unremarkable except for the fact that he was an extreme miser. It is also alleged that he was Charles Dickens’s inspiration behind the miserly character, Ebenezer Scrooge, in the classic A Christmas Carol.
13. The Deschanel sisters are related to Louis IV of France.
Zooey and Emily Deschanel have both made their names in Hollywood. Zooey is the star of the series New Girl, while Emily Deschanel was the heroine of Bones. And both can lay claim to royal French blood, all the way back to King Louis IV of France, who ruled from 936 to 954.
14. Anderson Cooper is Cornelius Vanderbilt’s great-grandson.
Anchor and host Anderson Cooper is the great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the shipping and railroad magnate whose familial wealth was once more than the US treasury. His mother, Gloria Vanderbilt was the granddaughter of Cornelius, but Cooper remembers deciding to start work early, considering the family fortunes were much diminished by the time he was in his teens.
15. Robert Pattinson is a descendant of Vlad the Impaler.
Robert Pattinson may have played the love-sick vampire, Edward Cullen, in the Twilight series, but he has a real-life blood connection to “Dracula.” Bram Stoker’s famous character was allegedly inspired by the Transylvania despot, Vlad the Impaler, and Pattinson is related to him, via the British royal family.
So which of these celebrity connections really caught your interest? Do you know of your family’s famous genealogical connections too?
Angelina Jolie’s relationship with her father, Jon Voight, has been complex and fraught with tension. However, they have managed to reconcile their differences, with Voight becoming a supportive figure in Jolie’s life, particularly during her divorce from Brad Pitt.
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