Many of us have considered sprinting for the shower without wiping on days we’re running late (or out of toilet paper). But is that actually a viable option? According to Dr. Anish Sheth of the American Gastroenterology Association and the American College of Gastroenterology, it’s more than...
Cologne is not deodorant. You know this, and yet you — be honest — have at some point probably committed the unspeakable crime of trying to use cologne to get away with not taking a shower. Let’s take a look at why that really, really didn’t work...
Where you put cologne is almost as important as what scent you pick, because just as there are definitely right places to apply it, there are some seriously wrong ones, too. Cologne should go on the hottest parts of your body, where your blood vessels lie closest...
I have tattoos scrawled across my entire body, stretching from my fingers to my toes. My hair is long enough to touch my shoulders, where it commonly shrouds my pierced ears, except for on the days when I decide to wear it up in a bun. I...
After a hard, stressful day, having a long soak in a bathtub can be incredibly relaxing. Unless you do it wrong. There aren’t a lot of ways to mess up a bath, but if you make the mistake of staying too long in a bath that’s too...
When rashes, blisters and sores force us to consider the kinds of microscopic critters hitching a ride on our bodies (and frequently giving us some sort of skin infection), we likely think about bacteria, or in the nastiest cases, some type of virus. And no wonder: Infections...
The bathroom is the most used room in your home, which is why its contents can quickly become overused. Did you know, for example, that the average toothbrush contains 10 million bacteria or more? Likewise, bathroom floors have been shown to be one of the most contaminated...
They say you should love the skin you’re in, so why not spend this February 14 giving your face some love? Taking care of it really comes down to two distinct phases: 1) Doing things that remove dead skin, dirt, and excess oil from your skin, and...
Some say having soft skin is a sign of emasculated weakness. And to those people, I say: Put on some moisturizer, bro! Your skin looks like a piece of beef jerky old enough to have watched the dinosaurs eat a giant asteroid. I must admit, I may...
Here at Dollar Shave Club, we get asked a lot of questions about grooming and a whole bunch of other things, too, all of which we’re delighted to answer (well, mostly — you know who you are, and you know what you asked). You might have seen...
Pop quiz, hotshot: What’s a hangnail? Some people use the term to refer to torn skin around their nail and cuticles. Others reserve it for nails that break, rip or split. In reality, it’s the former — but whatever you call it, the goal of treating hangnails...
We’ve written before about how to protect your skin against wintry weather, but because winter officially blows, frigid temperatures can also wreak havoc on your hair and scalp. To help you help your hair survive the winter, we asked hairstylist Natalie Rose Dixon for some tips: Easy...
