Jager bet on Dryel, a home dry-cleaning system, and Fit, an antibacterial fruit-and-vegetable cleanser.

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Gently pull back the cuticle, and really scrub the nail, not just wipe them, with a cleanser.

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Dr. Bronner's best-selling product, a bottle of all-purpose liquid hemp peppermint Castile soap, is not your run-of-the mill cleanser.

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Dubbed "Georges the cleanser" for his aggressive cost-cutting strategy, Mr Plassat said that he would continue to cut waste and streamline operations.

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The "toxins" turned out to be the dirt, make-up and skin oils that any cleanser would be expected to remove, she said.

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Savory sorbets, unlike their sweet cousins, work better as a beginning to a meal or a complement to a dish than as a palate cleanser.

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Regularly clean telephones, TV remotes and computer keyboards with sanitizing cleanser.

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'Tis also the season to replace your facial cleanser with a gentler, oil-based product, such as one of Shu Uemura's Skin Purifiers, which dissolve dirt and makeup without stripping natural oils.

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TLC's latest offerings include "Freaky Eaters, " about people with bizarre eating disorders and food addiction, and "My Strange Addiction, " which features those who battled obsessive behaviors like eating cleanser and sleeping with a blow-dryer.

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