Most fat-free products have more calories than the full-fat variety and have textural problems, as well.
Best to eat less of the real thing.
We have a joke around the shop…the only security Norton provides is job security for computer techs.
or Microsoft Windows
Technically I’m not sure if that counts. Windows is an OS. An OS is designed to make a computer useable.
A computer without an OS is not very useable at all.
A computer with Windows is annoying, but sometimes useable.
Uh, cite? While added sugar can be a problem, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a product that’s fat-free be more calories than the non-fat-free version.
Glad to know I’m not the only one who does this. A little oil from the overly endowed T-zone seems to help the dry zones. Lips included. I just kind of re-distribute things by rubbing my face with my (clean) fingers. Kind of like brushing hair can redistribute oils. Some might find it gross. I find it effective.
What if you make it your life’s goal to eradicate any and all oil from the T-zone?
What if your skin is so dry that you need to use Cetaphil super-thick cream as facial moisturizer and in the winter, you need to add drops of oil to that so your skin doesn’t dry out?
I gots no oil in my t-zone. It’s 
and 
at the same time.
The out sides? :smack: Now he tells me!
Formula 409. It works well as a cleanser, but the residue is a dirt magnet.
Color me extremely skeptical. “Fixes the pH of your scalp?” By what mechanism? I can see changing it temporarily, but actually altering the PH of body tissues permanantly with a topical rinse?
However, I’ve been wrong before, so a couple nights ago I used a vinegar (white, I didn’t have apple cider, but the cite above claims it’s the acetic acid that’s the active ingredient) rinse on my hair–I had flakes again within an hour of the hair drying, and I haven’t noticed any decrease since. And my wife complained vehemently about the smell (which does in fact go away when your hair dries, but can’t be completely rinsed or shampooed out in my experience). I’d like to see a real study, please. For now, it’s back to T-gel.
Anti-Odor Spray for shoes. For whatever reason, it seems to make my shoes smell even worse, and adding more powder only increases the smell.
I get better results from Lysol disinfectant spray.
I envy you! I’ve been told at make up counters that I have dry skin but to me it always feels super oily. I recognize that on occasion it’s dry and I do moisturize daily but I’m always happier when it’s a bit drier. Oily skin skeeves me.
Yes, some fungi live on the cornstarch in powders, and talc can absorb and retain odors.
Best is spraying with Tolfanate anti-fungal, letting dry, then using a cedar shoe tree between wearing. In general, let your shoes rest at least 1-2 days between wearing.
Since these are mostly medical… the “soothing cream” that comes bundled with some yeast infection treatments. I’ve tried it several times and it always, always burns worse than the infection. Then I have to figure out how to get it off. Ow.
I have one that might be controversial…
Nicotine replacement products to quit smoking/dipping. The gum, the patch, lozenges…all of them. They give you enough nicotine to notice but not as much as you crave so it spreads out the withdrawal. You can suffer through vicious nicotine withdrawal for 3 days or so until it is out of your system (although the cravings won’t go completely away) or you can use nicotine replacement products and go through the symptoms slowly over a long period of time.
Just stepping in to solve the “lip balm: dry out my lips or not?” debate.
In the “about me” section of who the Beauty Brains are: The Beauty Brains are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means.
And I’m nominating “green” dishwashing liquids. They all just move the crap around, not actually wash them. I’m looking at you, Seventh Generation. Ecover is the exception.
Bagless vacuums. WHO on earth though this was a good idea? You have to empty these suckers outside so you don’t undo all your hard work.
I’m going to have to disagree with this as a “product that makes it worse”. I love, love, love my bagless vacuum (well as much as one can love a vacuum and still be a relatively well-adjusted individual- it is strictly platonic ;)). I do empty it outside weather permitting or hold a trash bag around the canister and dump it that way so that dust doesn’t go flying…but mostly it is so much better than changing bags which I never really got the hang of and always ended up with a nice pile of dust next to the vacuum anyway. And it is so much easier to retrieve small items accidentally sucked up.
For me, Sudafed. I know for some people (like my mother), it works just fine, but whenever I have taken it, it has turned my mildly stuffed up head into a dried out, throbbing, painful pumpkin. Even when I have tried the non-drying kind, it has never made me feel better rather than worse.
Oh, and our Roomba. We got one fairly early on, but it got lost and stuck so much that monitoring its plaintive beeps and setting it straight was probably more work than just sweeping the damned floor would’ve been. I hear they’re better now.
My mother used the stuff after she had her ears pierced; the piercings almost developed into little ulcers. She has a couple of files discussing this reaction; apparently, it’s pretty common.