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Should You Make Your Own Deodorant?
Though the internet’s wisdom on the dangers of using antiperspirant are overblown (you don’t actually need to worry if yours contains aluminium), you may nevertheless have pondered whether you should go the more natural route when dealing with your body odour. Deodorants mask odour without inhibiting your body’s production of sweat (which is what an…
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Fabric Softener Is Total BS
We’ve already covered why you should stop using dryer sheets — now it’s time to vanquish the next unnecessary step in your laundry routine: fabric softener. I know, you like how it makes your clothes feel! (And smell.) If you’re a longtime user, you’d be forgiven for thinking in fabric softener’s absence, all your clothes…
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21 Clever Things You Never Knew Table Salt Could Do
Oh sodium chloride, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depths of my crock pot, breadth of my amateur dinner repertoire, and height of my Costco-sized Himalayan salt shaker. Without you, my hastily-put-together nightly family nourishment would be all but unpalatable. (My kids would argue it already…
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15 Smarter Ways You Should Be Using Baking Soda
Remember that person who had a crush on you for years — who hung out right there, by your side, close but not stalking, quietly waiting to be noticed while you messed around with flashier, trendier versions of the real deal? Who, once wizened by adulthood, did you look back on and think, “Huh. They…