Non-Essential Oils

Elizabeth Preston
Slackjaw
Published in
2 min readJul 28, 2019

  1. Canola

2. Cod liver

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3. Lemon-infused olive oil from a gift box received three years ago, probably rancid but too far back on a high shelf to check

4. Tepid film on the surface of the last pizza slice after arriving late at a lunch meeting

5. Snail slime face mask

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6. A 3,000-mile oil change, hopefully

7. Hair gel on the 23-year-old negotiating a real estate deal in the coffee shop

8. Framed print of Mickey and Minnie in Paris by Thomas Kinkade

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9. Chin zit two decades after puberty

10. Deepwater Horizon spill

11. Essential oils

Illustration by Annie Preston

Elizabeth Preston
Slackjaw

Elizabeth Preston is a freelance science journalist and humor writer in the Boston area.