I know there have been threads done on the “As Seen On TV” products; the ones that are available mail-order before they’re available in the stores, but that’s not quite what I’m talking about. I recently bought a Schick Intuition razor; for those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s a ladies’ razor where the shaving part is a triple-blade razor embedded in a solid bar of shaving cream. The area to be shaved is wet, the head of the razor is wet, and as you shave, it lays down a thin layer of shaving cream, and you get a really close, comfortable shave. The first time I used it, I had to keep feeling with my hand to make sure it was actually removing hair, cuz I couldn’t feel the blades against my skin! I love it!
While I haven’t tried Dawn Dissolve cleaning spray yet, I have two sisters who have, and say it’s the stuff of miracles.
So what about you? What recently released products have you tried and either loved or been disappointed in?
Funny you should mention it… On a recent trip to Brazil, my wife impressed her cousins with two products from here: the first one was the shaving-cream-razor you mentioned and the second was that spray stuff you can use that “relaxes” fibers and “irons” your clothes.
Both of these products are not in common use there, and both are things my wife cannot live without. A caveat to the ironing spray: it ain’t gonna put creases in your pantlegs or remove major wrinkling in a linen shirt, but it does a pretty good job in unrumpling stuff that travelled in a suitcase.
X-Men cereal. Actually I am lying because I have not actually tasted it, I just don’t like the idea of it. It’s toffee and caramel flavour so I know I would hate it even more if I tried it.
A toothbrush with rubber gum stimulators on the sides of the bristles. Looks like some kinky medical instrument. All I can say is that I have the happiest gums in world right now. I love the thing.
I tried that new soup that you warm up and drink out of the can - Campbell’s, I believe. Yuck. It wasn’t so much that it tasted bad; I just couldn’t get over the weirdness of drinking something hot, with little vegetable chunks, out of a can. I bought two varieties and couldn’t make it past the few couple of sips with either of them.
Windex wipes. “Streak-free”, they claim, but who knows? If they left streaks, you couldn’t see them; they’d be hidden by the film that only straight vinegar can cut…
I ordered one of those “Turbo Groomers” from The Sharper Image. Man, what a worthless piece of junk. They tickle like crazy, they yank and pinch hairs, causing pain, and they just plain don’t cut hair very well. Despite costing over $50, they’re made mostly of cheap plastic. Anyone considering buying one, save your money and stick with scissors.
I keep reading that as the “Schick Institution Razor”. I was wondering why institutions would choose that kind of razor (maybe it keeps them from being a safety hazard for suicidal patients, or maybe they are just cheaper than buying razors and shaving cream seperately.
And then I wondered how you got those institutional razors, figureing you probably stole them from work or something, because if you bought them you’d probably have to buy a few hundred…
I tried some pre-bottled Crystal Light lemonade and iced tea recently after my doctor wanted me to float my kidneys after a stone passed. Stuff tasted like warmed over tap water, even though it was ice cold. Just awful.
Not really a new product, but I started using Kleenez Viva paper towels recently. A bit more expensive, but I absolutly love them, and work nicely in my office for patients handwashing instead of cloth I have to clean daily.
My mom says the Dawn Disolve stuff doesn’t work at all, so there’s a discenting view for you
I’ve tried two new products that I hate:
Clorox Teflon Toliet bowl cleaner.
Supposedly they added teflon to keep things cleaner longer, but it keeps the toliet clean half as long as the Lysol version. I’d hate to see how poorly it works without the tefon.
Quaker Fruit&Oatmeal Tostables- apple cinnamon and brown sugar.
Wow, they’re awful. I should have gotten Strawberry.
From drop’s “I didn’t believe my wife when she told me this works but I hate to admit she’s right” file:
– Rather than Dawn Dissolve, use fresh baking soda in a moist, but not wet, pan. After a few minutes rub it out with a damp dishcloth. Schmutz comes right off!
– I have had an infection of some sort in my shin for a couple years (I’ve said before that I will only see a doctor in an emergency and my leg wasn’t about to fall off) that I eventually began to suspect was a fungus. She said, “Smear on some Noxema and wash it off a couple minutes later–don’t leave it on all night, for instance. The (I wasn’t paying attention) in it will kill anything.” Sho’nuff, the infection is clearing up!
As for nasty, NASTY shit she likes because she’s insane, Vanilla Coke and Vanilla Pepsi. Why doesn’t somebody just make Vanilla Root Beer, since the flavor of root beer is mostly wintergreen and vanilla, anyway?
Zap! tile restorer worked wonders in my friend’s bathroom. Mind you, he is not the most avid housekeeper; the tiles were pretty filmy, the grout was dirty beyond belief, ugh… Smells nice too, sort of a minty smell rather than cleaning fluid.
I also love the spray-on wrinkle relaxer- it’s great for stuff that’s been crammed in a drawer or a too-full closet. I recetnly discovered a facial product by Philosophy called “The Greatest Love” (I adore their products, but they do have stupid names). It’s sort of a home microdermarasion scrub- it’s wonderful, but you have to be careful with it. I’ve been using it every week for a month and my soon-to-be-43-yr-old skin looks better thanit’s looked in years.
On the dislike side- actually, my dog, Auggie, The Cutest Dog on the Planet (TM), used it. It was one of those special dental chewie bones, with little nubby things on them. I think they're meant to last for a few days. Auggie ate his in about 20 minutes, and for the next several hours had the worst, stinkiest poops ever that were the exact color of the chewie. Yeesh.
