How to Be a Clean Person With Jolie Kerr
This week we talked about personal hygiene with professional cleaner Jolie Kerr. Jolie has been a cleaning expert for Esquire, Deadspin, and The Hairpin, and is the author of the New York Times bestselling book, My Boyfriend Is Stabbed in My Purse. … … and other things that Martha cannot be asked about . Starting this week, she will lead a column for the parent vertical Lifehacker, Offspring, about how , as a parent to be clean . In this episode, Jolie answers audience questions about how to deal with smelly feet, strange breathing, and other annoying issues we all face (but don’t want to admit to).
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What we were talking about
- Why are we all secretly afraid of the smell
- How to make sure you don’t smell
- Where in no case should you put Gold Bond powder
- Correct use and care of washcloths
- Why dry cleaning gets rid of stains, not odors
- How to care for shoes without socks (and avoid bad odor)
- The reason you take too long to dry after a shower
- Why you shouldn’t clean white clothes with chlorine bleach
- How to deal with vaginal discharge
Our weekly updates
Every week we want to tell you about the improvements we have made to our lives. This week we talked about managing jaw pain, an easy way to make your bathroom feel more like a spa and pleasures with an extra- extra- firm mattress.
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