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"Previously, we pondered where all the hair elastics and bobby pins disappear to. The mystery of the beauty universe I&amp;#x27;d like us to ponder today: It&amp;#x27;s amazing to me that we can put a man on the moon and yet somehow, nobody has managed to design ... ... a pump bottle that will actually dispense all of the moisturizer/lotion/conditioner/face wash in the bottle. Inevitably, there&amp;#x27;s always an inch-deep layer of stuff that the little straw just can&amp;#x27;t manage to suck up, and you end up having to flip the bottle over and spank it. Sometimes, I shimmy the straw part around and use that to scoop out whatever lotion I can. Is this a huge inconvenience? No. Is it fricking annoying? Yes. When given the choice between a pump and non-pump version of a product, I will usually choose the non-pump. But pumps are so convenient for travel, and sometimes there&amp;#x27;s just no choice (especially when it comes to body lotions). I just don&amp;#x27;t get it. A pump that pumps out all the lotion doesn&amp;#x27;t seem like it would need to be an extreme feat of engineering. In fact, I believe that most pump hand washes function just fine. So what is the deal? Have any of you pondered this mystery of the beauty universe? Do pump bottles irk you when they&amp;#x27;re messy to empty? Have you found any pumps that get out most of the product? If so, please share the brand name/formula, because I&amp;#x27;m curious! More Ways to Get Glamour: NEW! Now You Can Read Glamour on Flipboard! Download Glamour on your iPad&amp;amp;#8212;print subscribers, it&amp;amp;#8217;s now part of your subscription plan! Like freebies? Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes. Sign up for our fashion and beauty newsletters to get easy style tips (it&amp;#x27;ll make your inbox 10x sexier, we promise). One more PS: Did you know you can now read glamour.com on your smart phone?! It&amp;amp;#8217;s the ultimate boredom buster. Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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