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product 1: deodorant

OK, this is an anonymous blog: I can be honest. I think I sweat more than the average person. Really I do. On a given summer day, no matter how many swipes I’ve taken with my roll-on or easy-glide or extra-strength deodorant, I’ll sweat right through it.

I’ve tried, I’m not kidding, dozens of deodorants. Dry Idea, Teen Spirit, Ban, Suave… you name it, it’s probably sitting up in my bathroom cabinet somewhere.

It got so bad, in fact, that I told my best friend about it on the phone one day. What deodorant do you use? I asked her. Tell me it works.

Maybe she was trying to make me feel better, but she said she knew exactly what I meant. She’d been searching, too, without success. We resolved to combine our efforts. Surely something would satisfy.

Well, about a month ago, she called me—she’s a good friend, as you can tell—to say she’d found the one. She’d asked her sister-in-law, her friend, a random person, and a particular brand, right down to the scent, came up: Secret Platinum, in the invisible solid, in the Jasmine Orient scent. She tried it, she tested it and voila: success.

I’ve been using it for a few weeks now and fully agree. I don’t think I’ll ever switch—hallelujah! Ask me to pay whatever you want, Secret, I’m sold!

BTW: one more tip—don’t, don’t, don’t get a different version of this brand. It has to be the invisible solid. Don’t ask me why.

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The other day, on NPR, someone was talking about the prevalence of online reporting. All the blogs, the chat rooms, the self-made authorities seem to be trumping the respected experts, at least sometimes. Joe Citizen wants to know what his peers think, not what the reporter at the New York Times has to say.

I suppose I agree, all things considered. I like being able to access loads of information–true or untrue–and discern what I want to believe. I also think this very notion is what makes PF blogs successful. Few of the PF-ers are financial professionals, at least not the ones I love to read. We’re regular, everyday people making regular, everyday salaries and trying to stretch/savor/spend our dollars however we can.

So. Here’s where I’m going with this. I’ve found there are certain products in my life that I love to spend money on. I will actually choose to pay full price, when necessary, because these items are so reliable and trustworthy in my book. I want to tell you about them.

I’m getting no compensation for these posts, I promise. I just want to tell you that I wish I’d always known how great these things are, and I think you should try them.

Also, ( here’s the time for a little unabashed begging) I’d love to know what products you love. If you “sell” me, I’ll give your product a try.

First post in this series? The all-time, unbeatable, driest, surest deodorant out there. Really.