The Truth Behind Spoooooky Grooming Myths There are a lot of horror stories around shaving — let’s see which are true, and which are big, hairy lies. Since we’re counting down to Halloween, we thought we’d get into some weeeiiiirrrrd grooming myths and see if we can...
How Does My Body Hair Know When To Stop Growing? There’s a good reason you don’t have long, flowing locks all over your body. It always seems weird — but extremely fortunate — that our body hair just stops growing at a certain length. It means, for...
What’s All This Body Hair FOR? Every hair on your body — from head to toes — served an evolutionary purpose. Here’s how all that fur helped your distant ancestors weather the storm. As you enter the shower to remove all your unwanted body hair with our...
Just How Nasty is Your Bathroom? For a room that’s dedicated to getting you clean, it can sure be one filthy germ-pit. It’s gross to think that the bathroom — that place we spend a lot of time naked — is crawling with germs, but it makes...
Why Do We Dance When We Need to Pee? Seriously, what is it about jiggling up and down that staves off the most frantic of all urges?? Some of us cut a rug better than others, but the one dance everyone can do — even more so...
What IS Acne, Anyway? We all know it when we see it, but most of us have no idea what’s actually going on in there. Zits: They’re gross and unwelcome (yet occasionally horribly satisfying when popping), but there’s more happening beneath the surface than you might think....
Squeeze the Last Out of Summer Summer — official and otherwise — is quickly evaporating, so here’s how to keep the season going long after Labor Day. No! Wait! Stop! Don’t go, summer! Don’t goooo…oh, you went. Welp, it doesn’t mean we have to give up all...
Getting More Interesting By Degrees As people start heading back to school, let’s take a look at some of the more unusual — but super intriguing — classes out there. If you’re questioning the path your life has taken, there’s a whole bunch of deeply fascinating subjects...
Endless Summer Don’t want summer to ever end? Here’s the trip you’d need to take to make it last forever…or at least, a year. By this point in the summer, you may well be craving the sweet embrace of fall. But for those wishing summer could just...
No Pants, No Problem! As summer rolls on and the heat makes being neck-deep in water the only sensible option, here’s a guide to matching your swimwear to your body type. Choosing swim shorts can be a weird experience. Are they covering too much? Are they not...
How to Sleep Without Air Con If you aren’t one of those lucky folks with arctic-level air conditioning, this is what to do to get some rest in the middle of a sweltering August. We’ve all experienced them: Those sweaty, miserably humid summer nights when it’s just...
Despite living at a time when science (mostly) trumps tradition, some of us still believe in old home remedies — like, for instance, curing body odor with vinegar or soothing dry skin with olive oil. But do any of these supposed “grooming life hacks” actually hold any...
