Before you start shaving,  stand under the warm water from your shower. The heat and steam will help soften the hair under your armpits. This may help you get a closer shave, reducing the appearance of stubble in the short term. You can also soak in a warm bath if you prefer. Try to sink down low enough in the water that the hair touches your armpits. Exfoliating sloughs away dead skin cells, which can help reduce ingrown hairs and give you a closer shave. After you’ve been in the shower for a few minutes, use a loofah, washcloth, or a sugar scrub to exfoliate your armpits. Lightly scrub your skin in a circular motion, but don’t rub too hard, since you don’t want to irritate your skin. Sometimes, body hair can get trapped under a thin layer of skin. However, a razor blade can only cut through hairs above the skin. This can make you look like you have stubble, even right after you shave. To get the closest, smoothest shave, you should use a shaving cream or gel. Dispense a small amount onto your fingertips, then rub it on your armpits to lather it up. You can do both armpits at once, or you can do one at a time if you prefer. Armpits can be tricky to shave because of the folds of skin when you have your arm down. To help pull the skin taut, stretch your arm up above your head. This will help prevent nicks while you’re shaving. You may also want to use your hand that’s holding the razor to pull the skin even tighter. With your arm held above your head, hold the razor in your other hand and press it to your skin at the bottom of your armpit. Then, glide the razor all the way up your armpit in one smooth motion. You’ll probably need to repeat this 2-3 times to cover your whole armpit. Avoid shaving over the same place twice, which can lead to skin irritation. Once you get out of the shower and towel off, take a small amount of lotion or body oil and apply it to your armpit. This can help soothe your skin, reducing the likelihood that you’ll end up with red, irritated pits.  Try using a lotion for sensitive skin, if you have one. If you notice that your antiperspirant stings or burns after you shave, wait at least 5-10 minutes after shaving before you apply it. Spend 5-10 minutes doing something else, like drying your hair or picking out your outfit, before you put on your antiperspirant. If you shave at night, consider waiting until the morning to apply your antiperspirant.
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One-sentence summary -- Spend a few minutes in a very warm shower to soften the hair. Exfoliate with a loofah or scrub before you shave. Apply shaving cream or gel to your armpits. Hold your arm over your head to stretch the skin. Shave your armpit from the bottom to the top. Apply a soothing moisturizer after you dry off.


Though it’s easiest to start with a camouflage outfit, you can make a camo suit out of normal clothing using spray-paint and/or fabric patches that match the surroundings.  An expensive suit can be bought which already has a good deal of camouflage built in. It will likely look like a basic camo with a flap on it. Cheaper suits can also be bought which only break up your outline (no camo, only a solid color), but with a few branches and such from your surrounding attached, it can blend in quite nicely. Basic ghillie suits can be bought that consist of a net poncho with flaps attached to it. This is a great start as it breaks up your outline and gives you many locations to attach items to it. Military flight suits and BDU's (Battle Dress Uniform) work very well. You might re-purpose a durable mechanic's suit or similar work outfit. Always choose base colors that will match the terrain you are trying to hide in. In a brush desert environment, a heavy green woodland suit stands out almost as badly as a city-dressed person. Sew knots of mesh netting to the fabric with transparent thread like fishing line. Dental floss, though white, works very well and will not fray. Apply a drop of glue for extra strength. (Shoe glue works the best.) Another way to apply the mesh is to glue it onto the suit. Take mesh netting that's roughly the same size as the suit and apply glue to shoe glue to corners of the netting every couple inches. Allow to dry. With a pair of scissors, cut the mesh off around the suit, being careful not accidentally cut into parts of the suit proper. When you're done, the mesh netting shouldn't raise off the suit more than 2 inches (5.1 cm) at any one point. Jute is a vegetable fiber that forms the bulk of the outside camouflage of a ghillie suit. You can purchase jute twine from most supply stores, or you can simply buy a burlap sack and make the jute yourself.  Here's how:  Cut a large (~2'x5') rectangle out of a burlap sack. Make a cut along the upper or lower seam so that the burlap material is ready to be loosened. Sit down, anchor the sides of the burlap with your two heels, and start pulling out the burlap fibers that are running horizontal to you. Pull out enough horizontal fabric until the remaining vertical fabric is roughly the same length as the horizontal fabric you've already pulled out. When it is, take a scissor and cut the fibers off from the sack. Place these along with the rest of the fibers you've shorn from the sack. Shoot to get your burlap strands about 7" to 14" in length. If you decide to use a cheap burlap sack as your jute, you're going to want to dye the burlap the color of your surroundings. Identify greens, browns, even greys in the environment in which you'll be using the ghillie suit and match them with specific dye colors. Follow the instructions on the dye packets for staining the jute strands.  Once the jute strands are dyed, run them through cold water until the water starts coming out clear. Set the strands out to dry in the sun. Don't be alarmed if the colors turn out darker right out of the dye. While they're still damp, the dye tends to look darker. As it dries, the color turns lighter. Let the jute dry completely before making a determination about the color. If you think the color is too dark and not realistic, you can submerge the fabric in a water solution diluted with bleach. Start off with a 1:10 bleach to water ratio to begin with and adjust from there.
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One-sentence summary -- Select a usable suit to start your ghillie suit with. Apply the netting to your suit. Decide on your jute. Dye the jute if it isn't already dyed (optional).


If you receive a package with packing peanuts, inquire as to whether the company will take them back. They are likely to agree as they will be able to reuse them for another customer, saving the company money. Though you likely cannot recycle packing peanuts in your bins at home or at the local drop-off center, there are places you can drop them off for recycle.  The Alliance of Foam Packaging Recyclers has a list of places to drop-off packing peanuts by state (U.S. only) on the AFPR website  The Plastic Loose Fill Council also lists drop-off locations by state (U.S. only). Though you may have to pay for shipping, many companies, such as the EPS Industrial Alliance, will take your packing peanuts for free.
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One-sentence summary --
Ask companies to take them back. Find a drop-off center. Send them to a recycling center.