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HAIR CARE DECLUTTER: UNDER-THE-SINK ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN OVER 50 · Uncluttered and Unfiltered: The Podcast For Women Over 50

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  Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered, the podcast urging
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  you to let it go and don't look back.
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  We've nationally acclaimed professional organizer Christine
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  Stone and self-proclaimed Hot Damn Mess radio and TV
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  personality Eden Kendall. Welcome to Uncluttered and
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  Unfiltered, the podcast for women over 50.
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  It's more about being over 50 than it is about organization,
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  but there's a lot of organization talk because
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  Christine Stone is a nationally acclaimed professional
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  organizer. If you're not, when she says
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  that it's true. If you're not following her on
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  her Instagram, neatly designed, you're missing so many Nuggets.
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  I feel sad for you. So get on over there and follow
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  her. Let's talk today about, and this
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  is fun, something I actually teased when we were doing the
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  makeup segments. Let's talk about organizing for
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  your hair. And by that I mean the the
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  heated instruments, the curlers, the shampoos, the gels, all of
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  it. So I guess I'm just turning it
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  over to you to kind of get some of your thoughts first.
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  First of all, I think there are so many hair tools now that we
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  didn't have that back in the day.
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  It was like you had your blow dryer.
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  You didn't even have curling irons back then.
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  I mean really it was. So that has become a big deal
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  because there are flat irons, there's curling irons, there's
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  heated brushes, there's blow dryers, I mean, I could go on
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  and on. So what is that equal?
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  A lot of stuff. And mainly in a bathroom you
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  have drawers or under the sink or shelves.
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  That's really it unless you have a door in your bathroom.
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  So I mean, you know that you can use for storage.
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  But really the first thing I say this about.
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  Everything. When you say a door, do you mean
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  just? Storage on a door.
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  Oh OK, so hanging something off the.
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  Door so you can add storage for some of these items.
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  But the main thing I always say is you got to purge some of
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  this. I've tried so many times to use
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  the curling iron for my hair, all a big fail.
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  I don't know if it's because the thickness of my hair or what it
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  is, but I've tried small ones, big ones, different types,
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  different materials, you name it.
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  None of them work for me. So thank God.
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  I have two daughters so I've given a lot, but this one kept
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  pulling my hair like like I could hear the hairs like oh
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  pulling. And I'm like, OK, this
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  definitely won't work. So I got rid of that one just
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  like a week ago, and I think I'm kind of giving up on the whole
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  curling iron thing, but. So the first before you move on,
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  here's what I would have done. I would have said OK, well I'll
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  save it in case we have company who wants to use a flat iron and
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  they didn't pack one. We already have two upstairs.
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  OK, yeah, because my daughter lives out of town so she comes a
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  lot. So that way she doesn't have to
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  bring all her. Hair, so you didn't need one.
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  More. Yeah, no, I didn't need one more
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  at all. And I'm also the thought
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  process, if something is ruining your hair, you don't want to
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  give it to somebody else to. Run your.
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  Hair, you know what I mean? Sure.
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  Then you'll get, why'd you give me this anyway?
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  So going through all the corded tools that you don't use
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  anymore, that you haven't used in a really long time, you can
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  donate them, you can give them to a friend, whatever you want
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  to do with them. But if you're really not using
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  them, get rid of them because in a bathroom you're very tight,
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  usually on space, so you really only want to keep what you are
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  really using. How many hair brushes do you
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  have? How many hair you have and clips
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  really emptying the drawers out and starting from scratch and
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  really only putting back what you use on a regular basis.
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  And that can be a lot of work for, I mean, at least the
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  bathroom is a great place to start.
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  But when you're dealing with hair care stuff and we're not
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  even talking about products yet, it's it can take be a little
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  time consuming. So you want to really take the
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  time to do it and do it right. I know my hair dryer has
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  multiple attachments. They have things at Walmart,
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  Amazon for all of the attachments to like the Shark,
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  the Dyson, whatever you're talking about that will keep
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  them all organized either for your counter on the inside of
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  your cabinet door. So there's so many things out
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  there now because so many people have those type of blow dryers
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  that have all these different attachments.
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  So it's I would look into, I don't have that, but I would
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  look into that if I had one of those because then it's all
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  right where you need it. You can easily grab what you
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  need. Sure.
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  So that's the first thing. Then I would sort what I have
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  left, like really sorting things into categories.
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  Like for me, I have all the hair coloring stuff, meaning all the
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  root touch up, everything I need to cover my Gray for the in
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  between times. I have all my hair ties in one
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  little thing. I have all my stuff for my hot
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  rollers in another individual container that I keep in the
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  drawer and everything is close. So I'm not going from one part
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  of the bathroom all the way to the other.
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  And so just keeping it really simple is the easiest way to
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  keep your hair stuff organized. Now for hair care products, the
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  main thing you need to do there is purge.
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  And I do that on a regular basis because I've tried so many hair
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  care products that do not work for my hair.
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  Instead of keeping them, I give them to friends, family, or I
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  just get rid of them because if they're not working, I'm not
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  going to keep trying it. And I'm definitely not going to
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  keep them because that's where a lot of people lose storage
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  because they just keep a bunch of stuff that they don't like.
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  What did? You call it one day I had a
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  bunch of replacement like refills or you called it like I
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  had like 4 things of toothpaste. So you said this is back here,
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  we're going to put this in. It was like a reserve.
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  Back stock. Back stock The back stock.
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  Back stock you can keep one if you want of the extra toothpaste
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  in your bathroom, but if you're one of those people that goes to
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  Costco and buys 20 things of toothpaste, which I'm highly
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  against but anyway you don't want to keep 20 things of
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  toothpaste in your primary bathroom because you're going to
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  run out of space yes you know I understand that people want to
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  get a deal and I'm all in the buy one get one and all that but
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  limited to two I mean when you get more than that, you don't
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  have a family of 6 to 8 people you're really, really limiting
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  the space in your bathroom. So also utilizing underneath the
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  sink by adding drawers. If you're like a really big hair
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  junkie person and you don't have drawer drawers, add stackable
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  drawers under your sink. It can keep every single bit of
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  your hair stuffed. Vertical space vertical.
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  Space under a sink. I am telling you, I see it all
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  the time. People say I don't have any
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  space, I don't. And then we add a set of three
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  drawers underneath the sink and it's like, wow, So really once
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  you've prepare down, decide what space you have now that you've
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  gotten rid of a lot of stuff that you no longer need or use.
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  Let's pretend somebody just found our podcast for the very
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  first time, so they haven't had the opportunity to hear you talk
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  about this. You're looking under your sink.
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  You open up the doors or door or whatever your vanity has.
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  You see the little pipe come down under there.
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  We're going to take everything out, measure before going to the
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  store to buy your shelves, your drawers.
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  Anything. And then that creates vertical
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  storage. Otherwise all you had was the
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  floor of that area, yes. And that's the thing.
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  Everybody's plumbing runs different underneath the sink.
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  It really depends on the plumber if you want to know the truth.
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  Yeah, some people I've, I've seen perfect plumbing and I'm
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  like, who is your plumber? But then you see something that
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  you're like, what is going on here?
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  We have the same exact vanities upstairs and downstairs and the
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  plumbing underneath is different in each one, right?
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  And that's what people don't realize.
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  They think I'm just going to get this stack of drawers and it'll
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  slide right in. But the truth is you have to
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  take into consideration the plumbing valves that turn on and
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  off the water, the pipes that run in all different directions.
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  That's whether you're in a kitchen, underneath the kitchen
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  sink, laundry room sink forever. It is so really measuring.
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  And by the way, with AII hate to tell you, if you take a picture
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  underneath your sink and give them the measurements, they can
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  tell you exactly everything that would look good they can get.
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  I mean, so there's so many different ways, but utilizing
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  underneath the bathroom sink for hair care stuff, for skin care,
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  for makeup, you name it, it is the most unused place.
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  Now for me, I only have one set of drawers and I have a Lazy
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  Susan on the other side. Why?
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  Because of my hair. I have certain hair care
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  products that are non negotiable that I use all the time.
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  And I like to just spin the Lazy Susan, grab what I need and when
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  I'm done, take it off the counters and put it back in
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  there. But if I needed more space, then
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  I would add another set of drawers there.
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  So you've really organizing isn't 1 size fits all, it's what
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  are you doing in your life and how is your morning routine or
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  your whatever you do, That's how you organize for the stuff you
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  have because everybody's different.
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  What about in the shower? That all depends too, because
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  some people have the nooks in the showers that's built in
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  storage, but other people you can get the ones that stick on
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  in the corners, the ones hanging from the shower head.
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  There's so many different things.
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  Even the one if you had an all glass shower that hangs over the
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  glass shower. I mean, there's so many
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  different ways, but definitely having something in there to
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  organize your soap, your shampoo, your conditioner, your
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  razors just not only is easy, but it keeps things from getting
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  soaking wet and able to dry. Yeah, yeah.
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  So there's so many, so many options out there.
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  You just have to figure out what are you organizing.
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  The size of the bottles is so different.
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  You know, you might have a favorite shampoo that comes in a
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  tube, right? And I might have a favorite
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  shampoo that comes in a very tall, skinny bottle.
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  Or my husband who goes to Walgreens and buys the Oh my
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  God, size that I'm like, really? We need that big of a size, you
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  know? Is he getting a Vente I?
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  Mean, my goodness, I'm like, I didn't even know it came that
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  big. But anyway, yeah, everything is
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  different sizes, every product is different, so you just have
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  to figure out what works for you.
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  OK, what else would you like to add to this?
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  I think the most important thing when you're dealing with your
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  hair is really figuring out what works for you, how to simplify
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  your hair care routine, and definitely purging and getting
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  rid of the things you don't use. And then finding a system to get
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  you organized. Whether it's organizing your
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  drawers for your hair care products, underneath the sink,
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  on a shelf, wherever you have to organize, decide where it's
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  going to be and then measure. And you'll be so happy you did
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  when it's over. Because here's something we deal
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  with every single day. Every day.
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  Every day. So having it organized just
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  makes life easier. As it does with just about
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  everything within the homes. All right, you know we are
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  always asking you, all our listeners, to let us know if you
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  find any of these tips useful. We also want to know what
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  subjects you would love to see covered, whether it has to do
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  with organizing or it doesn't. Just recently you were asked a
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  great question on our ladies only uncluttered and unfiltered
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  Facebook group and you jumped on and you answered the question
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  and it escapes me right now what it was, but I'm sure oh it was
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  filing photos your it. Was important papers which I
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  loved that by the way, it even got my brain going on something
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  else so. OK, so maybe we need to come
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  back and do another episode on. Important documents, so thank
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  you because I really liked that. After three years, a lot of
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  times we can say, Oh, well, you know, we have covered that.
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  But I don't think it ever hurts to cover it again because there
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  are always different products that are available and there are
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  always different kinds of information that we can process
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  and things that are specific to you all listening.
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  So don't think twice about it If you have a question for
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  Christine, even if she can't fully answer it in the course,
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  you know, just in the in that limited space, it gets us
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  thinking, OK, well, this is obviously something that you all
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  want to hear about. So please do continue to let us
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  know about that. Join that group.
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  You don't have to, you don't have to be someone who posts.
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  You can just be a voyeur. And it's on Facebook.
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  It's ladies only. It's on cluttered and filtered
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  ladies only. And then of course, we're on all
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  the other social media as well. Please share our podcast with
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  one friend, one person. And if everybody listening does
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  that, why we'll be looking at double the numbers in a year
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  from. Now, wasn't I going to have a
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  disco party or something? We have a five o'clock 5:00 PM
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  start disco party. Start.
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  I do remember that. Yes, yeah, that's we're going to
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  have to celebrate. Won't get, you know, everybody
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  can fly in from all over the world.
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  Or we'll live stream it. There you go.
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  Look. At me SO.
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  Are you going to, are you going to be the one who handles the
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  tech tech on that? Oh, I'm I've got a DJ in mind
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  already. I mean I'm ready to go.
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  So you guys really if. You want.
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  To see this one disco dance, I would get on that.
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  I would start sharing it. Share link, Tell somebody right
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  now. Stop what you're doing.
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  Tell somebody right now about this podcast.
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  In the meantime, A cluttered under the sink area and a
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  curling iron that fries your hair.
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  You can let it go. And don't look back.