Subtle Butt

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“Knicker Stickers,” Rubber “Flying Pasties,” “Booty Pop” Underwear And Other Lady Products We Can’t Believe Exist

Yesterday, we introduced you to a product called Subtle Butt. You remember, the fart-neutralizing patches you stick on your underwear? Most of you were appropriately horrified.

But the Subtle Butt isn’t the only product out there that makes us say “Wha? Really? Does someone actually use this?” You’ve probably seen many of these products on late-night infomercials while watching TLC or Lifetime (don’t lie, you totally watch them too). Here are some of our most favorite, mystifying, and horrifying lady products.

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  • EMILY BIHL AND LEAH CHERNIKOFF
  • Thursday, Jul 22, 2010 / 1:34 PM
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Beauty

Holy Crap: Stick-On Fart Neutralizers Are Things That Exist

There’s no graceful way to introduce this product, so we’ll just cut to the chase: “Subtle Butt” is a disposable patch of fabric with an “activated carbon layer…to which stench adheres and gets neutralized.” Except there’s nothing subtle about farting. In short, Subtle Butt is a small square of fabric you stick to your underwear just in case you lay a real stinky egg. If it’s loud, you’re on your own. Subtle Butt does nothing to muffle sound. Gross. (Almost as gross as period undies).

Yes, this is a real product you can buy. Five Subtle Butt patches cost just $11.95.

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