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Depend
incontinence product
Some people might feel
uneasy having to ask a
store clerk for help buy-
ing this product. Fortunately, Depend
sends free sample kits to new customers.


Bausch + Lomb
contact solution Used lenses
can clog pipes and sink to the
bottom of waterways. Bausch +
Lomb’s recycling program has
safely disposed of more than
2.5 million pairs since 2016.

Olay
antiaging skin care
A year after its launch, in
2018, Olay’s Regenerist
Whip has become the


top-selling new skin-care product. Num-
ber two: Regenerist Whip with SPF 25.

NyQuil
cold & flu remedy People
with high blood pressure get
sick, too, but decongestants
can be dangerous for them.
NyQuil’s HBP formula is
specially made without
decongestants.

Aveeno
moisturizer In the 1940s,
an oatmeal bath by American
brothers Albert and Sidney
Musher worked wonders as an
eczema treatment. Since then,
Aveeno—from the Latin for
“oat”—has pioneered dozens
of nature-based skin products.

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lip care
CHAPSTICK

The Egyptians used beeswax. A 19th-century book,
The American Frugal Housewife, suggested earwax! So
Charles Browne Fleet didn’t invent lip balm. But in the
1890s, he combined wax with petroleum jelly, camphor,
and aromatic oils, and his ChapStick is still with us today.
(As is Fleet’s other famous health aid: the Fleet enema.)
ChapStick’s packaging is almost as ingenious as its in-
gredients. The signature tube, largely unchanged after
more than 100 years, can slip into any pocket or purse.
(It was so inconspicuous that E. Howard Hunt hid mini
microphones in hollowed-out ChapStick tubes during
Watergate.) Convenient, but not addictive, as some In-
ternet rumors insist. But don’t lick your lips before apply-
ing it—saliva is made to break down food, not moisturize.

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