We become totally attached to certain products and use them religiously. Well, what if those products we are using don't actually work? In other words, they don't actually do what they claim to do or in some cases, they are even bad for us. Would we stop using them once we found out? I doubt it. Hope springs eternal as they say and we want to believe that the answer to our problems can be bought at the store. So what are some of these products I'm talking about? Oh, they are things that I'm sure many of us, if not most of us, have in our bathrooms. Are you ready?
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Here are five things we all use that totally don't work.
Antibacterial soap
Most antibacterial soap is so full of chemicals that it is more of a danger to you than a help. The FDA has started to demand that soap manufacturers start proving that what is in their soaps is safe or that they take the "antibacterial" substances out all together.
Douche
Douching is not only unnecessary, it's harmful, ladies. Go on and wash your outer nether regions with good ol' soap and water, but do not shove anything up inside your cooch that claims to deodorize or make you feel fresh. Plus your lady bits are not meant to smell like strawberries or a lavender meadow, that's just weird.
Mouthwash
Mouthwash claims to give you fresh breath and it does for a minute, but then it sets you up to have stank breath, which creates a vicious cycle of feeling like you need mouthwash. It has to do with the alcohol in it and how it dries up your saliva. Saliva is your best defense against bad breath, if you dry it out with alcohol your breath will start to stink like a rummy's (that means drunk person).
Vitamins
I take a multivitamin every day because I'm convinced it makes me stronger, yet three recent studies have come out that say vitamins don't help most people and can actually cause diseases like cancer. I'm still taking my vitamins, though. It's a hard habit to break.
Anti-cellulite creams
In my humble opinion, anti-cellulite creams are a bunch of BS. Sure they may "temporarily" reduce the appearance of blah, blah, blah, but they don't get rid of nothing. If there was one out there that ACTUALLY worked don't you think Oprah would have told us about it?
