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Beauty-Obsessed Venezuelans Dealing With Another Shortage: Personal Hygiene Products
FOX News Latino ^ | June 19, 2014 | By Ángel Bermúdez

Posted on 06/21/2014 5:13:50 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I don’t know how much baking soda goes for in Venezuela, but it makes a dandy substitute for shampoo. True, you won’t get that lather effect, but your hair will be clean and shiny. Gar-un-teed!


21 posted on 06/21/2014 6:48:54 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is PUBLIC ENEMY #1)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Sponge. Stick.

Hmmm...I’ll store that in my memory bank for future reference.


22 posted on 06/21/2014 6:59:18 PM PDT by berdie
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To: workerbee

AND your scalp doesn’t itch! Yay for NaHCO3! (How does it work since it’s not a detergent?)


23 posted on 06/21/2014 7:03:36 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (Mind your atomic bonds.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

No problem ,soon they’ll all smell the same and no one will notice


24 posted on 06/21/2014 7:04:35 PM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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To: berdie
Having field tested a lot of what I suggest.....

I suggest that you buy all the TP that you can afford and have room for.

Then... consider the sponge and stick Roman method.

/johnny

25 posted on 06/21/2014 7:07:08 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The cash-strapped government has been dealing with all sorts of scarcities

Gee. How does this always happen in socialist countries? Huh. What a mystery.

26 posted on 06/21/2014 7:07:31 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If they are truly good looking, like me, you can get by on just about anything....


27 posted on 06/21/2014 7:15:57 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer; Kartographer

Socialist Venezuela: home of hot, smelly chicks. Maybe the Bus Driver will die from a whiff of all that BO.


28 posted on 06/21/2014 7:19:40 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Border Crisis = Cloward-Piven, Chicano-style!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I sincerely hope the George Washington of Venezuela arises soon.

These people deserve better.


29 posted on 06/21/2014 7:21:00 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: cloudmountain

It might actually be true, but the mighty, glorious socialists simply cannot get it out of the ground, because they’re not practicing real socialism. /sarc


30 posted on 06/21/2014 7:21:24 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Border Crisis = Cloward-Piven, Chicano-style!)
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To: workerbee

Baking soda for toothpaste. I could live just fine with baking soda, bar soap, deodorant and tp.


31 posted on 06/21/2014 7:33:29 PM PDT by bgill
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To: berdie

I don’t do nail polish, either. It doesn’t last two minutes working in the garden and hand washing dishes.


32 posted on 06/21/2014 7:36:00 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Ellendra

What flowers help with body odor?


33 posted on 06/21/2014 7:38:13 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ferfal wrote about using toiletries as bribes during the Argentinian crisis


34 posted on 06/21/2014 7:41:43 PM PDT by Oshkalaboomboom
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“The cash-strapped government has been dealing with all sorts of scarcities – from staples like milk to medical supplies – because the country has put controls on the purchase of hard currency.”

I think I see the problem.


35 posted on 06/21/2014 7:41:58 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Lurker

“cash-strapped government”

Here is an idea, allow the private sector to import and sell stuff for profit and reap the taxes from that.


36 posted on 06/21/2014 7:42:59 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Patriot Babe

Lavender and chamomile are the ones I can think of off the top of my head. Somewhere I’ve got a book that listed several. No idea where that book went.


37 posted on 06/21/2014 7:44:41 PM PDT by Ellendra ("Laws were most numerous when the Commonwealth was most corrupt." -Tacitus)
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To: bgill
I don't do nail polish either, unless my grand-daughter wants me to paint her fingernails or toenails. I never could get a color that works for me in the dirt.

I'm ok with good old lye soap and cold water. Everything else... that's pretty vain.

My daughter may complain, but grumpy old man works for me. ;)

/johnny

38 posted on 06/21/2014 7:50:02 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Ellendra
Corn starch can be dusted on and is a great deodorant. I brush my teeth with baking soda, not because I can't buy toothpaste but because it works better for me.
39 posted on 06/21/2014 7:50:23 PM PDT by Ditter
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To: Ellendra
Soapwort root and aloe work pretty well for cleaning. They are naturally saponified.

/johnny

40 posted on 06/21/2014 7:53:42 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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