If your weekend fun was ruined when Deerfield-based Walgreens canceled plans to stock home genetic testing kits in thousands of stores nationwide, don’t fret. There are still plenty of other odd items ripe for purchase on Walgreens’ shelves. Here are five we found:
1. Dr. Siegal’s Cookie Diet: 42 cookies; $59.99. “Replaces 14 Meals.” That’s right; more than 500,000 people eating cookies to lose weight since 1975, touts the box. “Don’t let hunger wreck your diet.”
2. Hask Placenta: Henna ‘n’ Placenta: “Nature’s most complete conditioning treatment”; $2.59. (Yep, contains real animal placenta extract.) “Cruelty free. No animal testing.”
3. eos lip balm: $3.49; a pingpong-ball-shaped applicator to “precisely” glide onto lips. Have people had trouble aiming in the past?
4. Travel Smart by Conair neck security pouch with coolmax: $2.49, on sale. Because fanny packs aren’t lame enough, now travel accessories can double as sweat-wicking neckwear.
5. Jar Candle Warmer: “An electric alternative to lighting a jar candle”; $6.99. *Jar candle not included. Another electric alternative? The light bulb.
jwernau@tribune.com
