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What are some specific products* that are evidence of the cosmetic industry and/or toiletry industry convincing us of their necessity yet in

reality they are ONLY profit-generators for the manufacturers that serve no truly useful or essential purposes?

*This includes women’s, men’s, and unisex products.
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Posted - December 20, 2020
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  • 10643
    All makeup products - eyebrow pencils, rouge, blush, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, (etc.).  None of these items are "necessitates", however they have a high mark-up.
      December 20, 2020 10:45 PM MST
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  • 4624
    Perfumes.
    A pleasant smell is neither useful nor necessary.
    Often, other people find the fragrances offensive or even allergy triggering.
    A clean, healthy body never needs perfumes,
    and no perfume can mask BO, alcohol, illness, or tobacco breath.

    This includes household and toilet "air-fresheners". 
    A clean house doesn't stink.

    This post was edited by inky at December 21, 2020 8:19 AM MST
      December 21, 2020 1:17 AM MST
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  • 17599
    Face toner.  I stopped paying $20 for a little bottle of Clinque toner when I was around 35.  When I learned that the ingredients in ingredient lists were listed according to their prominence and realized that it was mostly witch hazel, I started paying $.89 for a bottle of witch hazel rather than $20 for Clinique toner.   Very thrifty, don't you agree?
      December 21, 2020 6:42 PM MST
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  • 53509

     

     Very thrifty indeed, I agree wholeheartedly!
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      December 21, 2020 7:55 PM MST
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