How to Clean Your Belly Button
Bodies are exhaustingly high-maintenance. The list of things you’re supposed to be doing just to stay alive and in reasonably good health gets more detailed the longer you live—especially when…
Why You Shouldn’t Use Dish Soap in Your Washing Machine
There’s a reason why some social media cleaning “hacks” are only surfacing now, decades after domestic scientists and home economists developed many of the products and techniques still used today:…
Three Surprising Things That Can Make Your Sunscreen Less Effective
Sunscreens are marvels of modern engineering: Not only do they reduce the amount of ultraviolet radiation that hits our skin, they’re formulated to keep a thin layer of protection all…
Use Soap Before Water to Clean Greasy Hands
Photo: Kasarp Studio (Shutterstock) Everyone knows the traditional hand-washing procedure: get your hands nice and wet under running water, add soap, and scrub away for at least 20 seconds. Unfortunately,…
The Best Prime Day Deals on Beauty and Personal Care Appliances
Self-care can be as simple as taking a bubble bath—or as complex as putting your skincare in a tiny fridge. Appliances and devices can get costly, so you’d be forgiven…
‘Natural’ Skincare Is a Lie
Adding manufactured substances to our skin is pretty unnatural, when you think about it. Even the most “natural” skincare products have their ingredients extracted, chemically formulated, and processed in some…
5 Clever Ways to Use a Bar of Soap in Your Garden
Even if you prefer washing your hands and body with soap in gel or liquid form, there are still plenty of reasons to have a few bars of soap on…
What to Do Instead of the Viral TikTok ‘Everything Shower’
“Everything showers” are big on TikTok these days. When I first heard of these, my thought was: “Right, like when I wash my hair and shave my legs.” That’s the…
5 Drinks You Should Avoid For An Acne Free Skin
We all know that what we eat and drink can have a significant impact on our skin, especially when it comes to the development of acne. While there are a…
15 Unexpected Household Uses for Baby Powder
Photo: namtipStudio (Shutterstock) Baby powder has a misleading name. Not all of us have babies, but most of us have a container of baby powder sitting around, probably because it’s…