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Grand Wailea Maui Review: The best place to stay in Maui (or anywhere, really)

Learn about our stay at this luxury resort, which included an upgrade to an Ocean View room in the Napua Tower, idyllic sunsets—and even complimentary sunscreen.

Grand Wailea is possibly the best hotel we’ve ever stayed at. We were initially concerned when booking the hotel, since reviews we read online said that the property was dated, and only suitable for families (not adult couples). Fortunately, we didn’t find any of this to be true, and we had an awesome time. As a matter of fact, we also stayed at the Four Seasons (right next door to the Grand Wailea) for the last night of our trip, and we much preferred our time at the Grand Wailea.…

All Good Sunscreen Butter SPF 50+ Review: Best pick for sensitive skin

This reef-safe sunscreen contains 25% zinc oxide and NO preservatives because it doesn't contain any water. It's also packaged in a tin instead of plastic.

Good news, physical sunscreen enthusiasts: I’ve got another zinc oxide sunscreen review for you today. This one’s from All Good, a brand that was founded by a massage therapist. The first product in this company started out with a product known as All Good Goop, a healing balm that was designed to help soothe aches and pains. Today the company makes more kinds of products, including reef-safe sunscreens like the one I’m reviewing today: All Good Sunscreen Butter SPF 50+.

Imperial Barber Grade Products Glycerin Soap: Charter Hotel Seattle Toiletries Review

This glycerin hand soap isn't available for sale, but it was provided by the Charter Hotel (by Hilton) in Seattle.

Do you remember the first time you visited someone else’s house and realized that things were just a bit different from the way your family did things? It rocked my world that not everybody grew up in a shoes-off, liquid-soap kind of household, like I did. It’s still hard for me to use bar soap in a hotel instead of my usual liquid, foaming hand soap. I was happy as a clam to see that one hotel in Japan provided a pump-style bottle of foaming face wash that doubled as a hand soap.…