Ahem, cue sad music: Every hour, a taint is abandoned and forgotten. They suffer alone, hidden away in the dark, dripping with incessant moisture. They wait… and wait for someone (anyone) to care for them. But today, we’re rescuing that often overlooked patch of skin cramped between...
A single spritz of cologne can transform you into an aromatic cloud of goodness, pleasingly triggering nearby noses for hours, if not days on end. But how do fragrances adhere so tightly to your continually-moving body for that long? The answer is actually pretty simple. Liquid perfume...
Even if some lockdown restrictions are still in place, people will almost certainly find a way to soak up the sun this summer, converting their backyards into beaches, planting lounge chairs on their patios and even climbing up onto their roofs if necessary. Hey, some people will...
Good things can happen when you know how to exfoliate properly: Your acne lessens, your skin begins to glow and shaving can become a heck of a lot easier. It’s helpful for every minor skin-related ailment you can imagine. To find out how to exfoliate like a...
A vasectomy is a quick and relatively simple procedure, but it requires some preparation — namely, manscaping. That’s right, you need to shave the whole area before you go. This keeps pubic hair out of the surgical incisions afterwards, lessening the risk of your scrotum healing improperly...
I shaved my arms sporadically when I was in high school. I was on the water polo and swim teams, and I was required to shave my entire body, arms included, at the end of the seasons to increase my speed and overall slipperiness. Back then, my...
I like to think I have a fairly moist face, as far as faces go. I moisturize after every shower, which feels like a considerable amount. But compared to my silky cheeks and chin, the area between my eyes — smack-dab in the middle of my otherwise...
When I was just a young boy, I slammed my thumb in a car door. That fingernail proceeded to fall off about a week later, revealing a brain-like section of skin that both intrigued my boyish self and absolutely terrified every normal adult who had the misfortune...
Skin: It’s your body’s largest organ, and the first line of defense from the harsh elements that surround us. Make that “surrounded us,” as it were, because for the many of us still working from home, we’re spending less time outdoors than we used to. Indeed, it...
It’s easy to convince yourself that all the soap and shampoo cascading down your legs is enough to clean your feet when you’re rushing blearily through your morning shower. But is that really true? Chemist and product wiz, Fadi Mourad, took us through the science of how...
If your home basement gets flooded, it’s no joke — the water needs special equipment to properly drain, furniture and floors need to be replaced, rot and mold have to be dealt with. Luckily, when your groin feels like it’s floating in a standing pool of water,...
The only thing worse than having acne-prone skin is shaving acne-prone skin: It’s painful, it’s messy and it’s unfortunately something a whole lot of us have to deal with — studies indicate that between 40 and 55 percent of people between the ages of 20 and 40...
