According to Hartman, getting a smooth, even finish is all about the prep. “Exfoliation is one of the most important prep steps for self-tanner,” he says. It gets rid of dead skin so you’re not layering product on top of rough patches, which is how you end up with darker knees and ashy elbows. “Pay…
First, turn on the car’s interior fan on the low setting and open up the car’s windows. Get a disinfectant, such as Lysol or an AC disinfectant from an auto parts store, and spray it into what’s called the plenum. The plenum is a box that connects to your heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system,…
Using heat pumps can be one of the most efficient ways to cool and heat your home. Compared with other heating and cooling devices, they are eco-friendly and could save you money. In cooling mode, they work like air conditioners, extracting heat from the air inside and releasing it outside. In heating mode, they do…
One of the lesser-known apps in the Google Drive online suite is Google Forms. It’s an easy, intuitive way to create a web form for other people to enter information into. You can use it for employee surveys, for organizing social gatherings, for giving people a way to contact you, and much more. But Google…
Leather, suede, silk, and linen: These are all items that should be dry-cleaned and not machine-washed to protect the fabric, says Sarah Armstrong, new product brand manager at the home appliance maker Maytag. Shoes: Leather, wool, velvet, silk, and shoes with cork soles or any kind of beading on them would be damaged if you…
15. Bawls Guarana Photograph: Amazon Bawls Guarana Original Flavor (12-Pack) Regarded as the first “energy soda” explicitly marketed to gamers, Bawls is a fun throwback to the heady days of StarCraft and LAN parties in the late ’90s. The profile of the unnamed flavor in the iconic blue bottle, which still lines the checkout labyrinth…
The biggest difference between the new Uncharted and the C-HR is one that longtime Subaru fans wouldn’t expect. Subaru, a brand that has all but become synonymous with all-wheel drive, offers a front-wheel-drive version of the Uncharted, while its Toyota twin doesn’t. Sacrilege or not, this should at least offer a less expensive option for…
I was not sure what to expect from Diadem’s new BluCore paddle, which is among a handful of new paddles that have replaced the standard honeycomb polymer core with closed-cell foam—they sent me a sample of the stuff, and it looks like you could make a gas station cooler out of it. That foam is…
Even the best artificial intelligence agents are fairly hopeless at online freelance work, according to an experiment that challenges the idea of AI replacing office workers en masse. The Remote Labor Index, a new benchmark developed by researchers at data annotation company Scale AI and the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), a nonprofit, measures the…
Amazon Prime Day runs from July 8 to 11, and it’s a feeding frenzy for beauty steals, so I’m here to help you spend your money semi-responsibly. I’ve combed through countless hot tools, dental devices, and skin care gadgets to find the best Prime Day beauty deals. We’ve tested everything here and would vouch for…