Why drop serious coin on something that goes down the drain? Body wash presents a special challenge. Most of the inexpensive products marketed towards women are drying and too perfumey. 
This Old Spice Red Zone Body Wash is surprisingly moisturizing and great for shaving. The scent it leaves behind is more Chanel No. 5 than Love’s Baby Soft. This stuff is especially fantastic if your body chemistry brings out the sweet notes in fragrances.
Plus the names are hilarious: “Swagger,” “Afterhours,” “Showtime.” I’m anxiously waiting for the newest fragrance: “Boner.” The color might be oddly electric, but the Old Spice gives good suds. 
When is the last time you cleaned out your make-up box or bag? That bacterial orgy is nasty, for reals. Time to handle your biznass.
First things first, sort through your collection and liberally toss anything falling into one of the following categories: 1) products not used within the last three months, 2) mascara older than three months, 3) old, cracked, raggedy-ass products, sponges, tools, or brushes. Think of it this way – you are making room for a few new treats just in time for the change of season. 
As wonderful as traveling can be; it can be equally skeevy. Protect yourself with tapestries. Tapestry might be a bit of a misnomer. We aren’t talking the woven things that hung on walls in the 15th century. 
Use them for extra warmth or a barrier between you and the hotel bed. Tapestries make the best beach blankets. At the end of your trip, you can even bundle all your dirty laundry inside by tying the four corners together. Once you add tapestries to your packing list you will wonder how you ever traveled without them. 
When it comes to incense, stick to Nag Champa or Super Hit. Everything else smells like a nasty, smoky, perfumey, headachey mess.
Nag Champa clobbers farts, weed, cooking smells, and pet odors leaving behind a pleasant mellow after scent.
Whether it has psychoactive properties is debatable, but it has been favored in ashrams for centuries.
Derived from the Ailanthus Malabarica tree, Nag Champa brings a little India to you (without the long flight and the dysentery).
There are very clear and distinct rules for hosting an overnight guest. If hosting is done properly, a lot of preparation and careful forethought is required.
First, you must clean. You must clean above and beyond your normal routine. If you don’t have a normal cleaning routine, you are a filthy pig and don’t deserve a visit anyway.
Guests should never have to confront your pubes on the toilet, your hair in the shower, or a dirty bathmat. The accommodations you provide for your guests should exceed the standards of cleanliness at a four star hotel. Even if your accommodations are modest, they must be impeccably clean.
Your guest needs a place to put his or her things. Provide empty shelves in the bathroom and hanging space for clothing. Think about what you need when you stay somewhere, provide extra towels, extra blankets, ear plugs, and any little extra luxury your guest might enjoy.
As a guest, be respectful and use only the guest bathroom. Keep your things in your assigned space and not scattered about your host’s home. Respect each others privacy. 
Guests, you’ve got three days. That’s it. Hosting well is an art and it can be tiring. To ensure a repeat invitation always leave your host wanting more.
The kitchen sink is one of the dirtiest places in your whole house. 
When is the last time you gave yours a good scrub?
Scrub the entire area at least once a week to kill illness inducing pathogens.
I’m sure many of you are familiar with Mrs. Meyers, so I won’t bore you with reiterations of her greatness. I like hard-to-find Rhubarb best. Concentrated, effective, earth-friendly, break it out for some spring cleaning.
