The Flirty Dozen: How Many Products Do YOU Use Per Day?

I recently read that women use an average of a dozen personal-care products a day and men use about six (slacking, I think we call that).

That stat can't be right. Either that, or I'd like to take a bow as Girl Who Is Leading The Nation In Per Captia Beauty Consumption. And Who Wants To Think Of A Better Title Than That.

My bathroom routine alone clocks in at 5 objets: toothpaste, Philosophy Purity Made Simple Face Wash, shampoo, conditioner, and Philosophy The Microdelivery Mini Peel Pads.

And that's before I've even gotten to the makeup bag - because that product bomb is another 11*. Then we move onto the hair, and that's another 2 for mousse and hairspray. And throughout the day, there are hand lotion applications. Many of them.

That brings my total to 19 products a day. Am I nuts? Or is it the number 12 that's nuts?



*No really, I counted: Kinerase for the eyes, sunblock for the face, then brow powder, primer, foundation/powder (I use Clinique's Almost Powder, the foundation-powder-in-1, so ca-ching! product counter savings!), concealer as needed - and it almost always is, liquid liner, shadow duo (is that two? Or one?), mascara, and, of course, my Benefit Miss Popularity. Gotta be lit up.