Somewhere around T minus 36 hours prior to Mel’s arrival, I had a moment of panic. Oh.my.GOSH. I did not do enough research. I’ll be honest – I was panicking – what if she smells?! I literally had no idea the typical hygiene of a Dutch teenager. Does she shave her legs? Hell if I know! Have no fear y’all. The second she unloaded her suitcase, full of makeup essentials, shampoo, eucalyptus body wash because it smells SOO good, and plenty of bath bars, my mind was put to ease. Girlfriend likes to take baths. Amen. Turns out, she actually showers somewhere around 3 times as much as a stay at home mom living on coffee and dry shampoo. Who knew?!

Another essential Mel packed was her favorite toothpaste. This has become a running joke between us now. We are currently just over 4 months in, and I have bought her 3 tubes. And remember, she came with one y’all. She’s averaging one tube of toothpaste per month and I’m pretty certain my husband and I are still using the same one. Now, to be fair, her tube is 4 oz and ours is 5.8… but there’s also 2 of us. Figuring out exactly how much more toothpaste she uses, when we’d use up the same amount of toothpaste, and a whole host of other questions could be answered with some math, I’m sure. But since Mel hates math, and assures me there’s no real-world application for algebra, I digress. I’m left with only one question: exactly what is she brushing?!

I’ve been using toothpaste in an unconventional way myself (check it out here), but a quick search of Pinterest reveals there are actually quite a few unexpected uses for toothpaste - check out these ones from healthbeautyabc.com. For the record, I’m not convinced she hasn’t already tried them ALL. Please excuse me while I go check my DVDs for scratches…