Ad agencies and the companies who hire them are masters of selling us products we don’t need. They play to our fear that without this or that product we will embarrass ourselves, be less competitive and successful, and turn off the opposite sex. They prey on our insecurities to sell us stuff we [Continue reading] Tags: Deodorants

Most bar soaps are made from beef tallow. Beef tallow  is a slaughterhouse by-product. It’s the fat that’s left over after everything else usable is taken from the cow. It’s plentiful, and inexpensive, and that’s why so many commercial bar soaps contain it. If you knew your soap was [Continue reading]