The Prepster
Help Your Son Detox to a Natural Deodorant
Switching from antiperspirant to natural deodorant comes with a one-to-three-week adjustment period — here's why it happens, what to expect, and the habits that make the transition faster and easier.
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How to Teach Your Son Good Personal Hygiene Habits
Teaching your son good puberty hygiene habits starts before puberty arrives, takes a brief practical walkthrough rather than assumptions, and sticks best when he has products he actually likes and low-key daily reminders rather than lectures.
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What Moms Don’t Know About Pre-Teen Boys
What most parenting books skip about raising a pre-teen boy, from brain rewiring to why he genuinely can't smell himself, and how to build a hygiene routine that actually sticks.
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Mar 26, 2018
Essential Oils vs. Fragrance Oils
Essential oils are plant-derived concentrates with known, named compounds. Fragrance oils are synthetic blends that can hide over 200 undisclosed chemicals under one label word. Here's why the difference matters for teen personal care.
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Feb 20, 2018
Baths Aren’t Just For Babies
A warm post-practice soak isn't just for babies — for active teen boys, it's an effective recovery and hygiene tool. Here's why it works, what to use, and how to convince a screen-addicted teen that the bathtub is actually the athletes' recovery pool.
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Jan 30, 2018
How To Tell Your Son He Smells
Telling your son he smells works best when it's brief, matter-of-fact, and comes with a solution already in hand. Three approaches that work at every age, from subtle product placement to making hygiene feel like his own decision.
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10 Active Dry Powder Do's and Don'ts
Ten rules for using active dry powder correctly — the 5 do's and 5 don'ts that make the difference between a product that works all day and one that clumps, leaves residue, or gets abandoned. Built around Prep U's Talc-Free Active Dry Powder.
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