We have a new post up on our GOOD series, and this one can be filed under: How to stop buying stuff you don’t need. Truth is, that our bodies are smart, and long before the advent of $200 eye creams—or even basic shaving cream—we were all doing just fine. Of course, some of the products we use have appeal beyond their utility: They smell good, they feel good, they make us look good. Others—and especially some of the ones sold to us as things we need—are nothing more than marketing ploys that create more problems than they solve.

See the list of eight here.

Illustration by Will Etling