You already have the key ingredient in your pantry.

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Im just going to say this up front: Ilovegarlic.

There is one problem with garlic though: it likes to hang onto fingertips.

Garlic chopped on a wooden cutting board

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Thankfully, I can keep up my garlic-laden cooking without smelly hands.

This means you really have to work the baking soda into the skin for it to be effective.

This option is likely a little gentler on the skin.

Person peeling a garlic, with more garlic cloves on a wooden counter below their hands

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