personal hygiene
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You Need to Stop Using Cotton Tips and Invest in an Ear Cleaning Device Instead
We get it, ear cleaning isn’t really the most glamorous thing, but given that it impacts our ability to hear, we’d argue that it’s pretty important. If you’ve been poking and prodding your ears with cotton tips and haven’t given much thought to the potential risks involved, it’s time to stop. Itchy, irritated ears happen…
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How To Talk To Your Tweens About Personal Hygiene
Tweens are going through a lot. Puberty is starting, their bodies are changing, their voices may be changing, and now we have saddled them with all sorts of new, unreasonable expectations, such as daily showering. Personal hygiene can be a touchy topic with pre-teens, but there are ways to handle it to make the transition…
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Leave Your Favourite Toiletries at Your Parent’s House So They’re There Next Time You Visit
Six years ago I relocated from North Carolina to San Francisco. The majority of my good friends still live in NC, which means a few times a year I end up visiting for at least a week at a time, sometimes longer. The first few of those lengthy trips brought up a dilemma: what do…
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How To Be A Clean Person, With Jolie Kerr
This week we talked about personal hygiene with professional clean person Jolie Kerr. Jolie’s been a cleaning expert for Esquire, Deadspin and The Hairpin, and she’s the author of the New York Times bestselling book, My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag… and Other Things You Can’t Ask Martha. In this episode, Jolie answers questions from…