The bathroom is, when you think about it, a vile place: Since flushing the toilet launches aerosolized toilet funk into the air, virtually everything you touch could be coated with a fine mist of invisible poo particles. For that reason — and many others — washing your...
It goes without saying that the holiday season is going to be a bit different this year. With some stores opening and closing at unusual hours, or limiting the number of people who can enter the store (or not limiting the number of people who can enter...
No, you’re not going nuts — your toenails really do grow much more slowly than your fingernails. According to a study performed at the University of North Carolina, fingernails, on average, grow 3.47 millimeters a month. Toenails, on the other hand (or foot, rather), grow only 1.62...
First, a bit of poo-101: Bowel movements are the end result of eliminating what’s left after your body takes the nutrients it needs from the food you eat. Water makes up about 75 percent of it, while the rest is a gross combo of dead and live...
Let’s set the record straight: While there are antiperspirant deodorants out there, antiperspirants and deodorants aren’t one and the same. In fact, according to chemist and product wiz Fadi Mourad, these two chemical compounds — while often combined into a single product — function very differently when applied...
Is your facial hair getting a little gray and you want to look younger? Are you going stir crazy and want to turn your facial hair bright green? Be warned: It can be done, but dyeing your beard isn’t nearly as easy as growing it. The challenge...
We’ve all wondered, when waking up too late for a proper shower, “How often should I wash my hair, anyway? Won’t it just, like, wash itself eventually?” If you turn to the internet for grooming advice, you’ve probably read that shampooing your hair every day strips it...
Provided we don’t end up in a Mad Max-style post-apocalyptic nightmare, where water is hoarded by barbarian warlords, the future looks pretty good for the average bathroom. Here are just some of the upgrades we’re likely to see become standard in the next couple of decades. The...
Alongside our expert advisor Anthony Rossi, dermatologist and source of infinite ingrown hair knowledge, we’re here to help you figure out why that unsightly bump is there — and more importantly, how to make it disappear. What’s this weird, hair-waggling bulge on my face? That would appear...
You cover your table with a tablecloth so it doesn’t get messy. You cover your grill so rain doesn’t mess it up. If you have kids, you cover your electrical outlets so no one gets hurt. Why wouldn’t you do the same for your razor? No, razors...
Because only so much hair can grow from your top lip, mustache styles are limited. Still, there are a few classic styles that have stood the test of time (and kept top lips warm and cozy round the world). Below are five of the best mustache styles...
When the time comes to manscape your groin, chest, armpits and other sensitive regions, the practice has its obstacles: Navigating your nether regions, managing the sheer volume of hair on your body and, of course, the seemingly inevitable prickliness that follows. But you don’t have to feel...
