If you dont already know…After chopping onions or garlic, get a clean stainless steel spoon…rub the spoon over your fingers under running water.
I dont understand the science, but this removes the smell of onions and garlic from your hands (and you didnt drop $12 on a chunk of stainless that takes up more space)
I wish this solution worked for me. Regrettably, no.
Slathering my hands with a heavy, fatty hand lotion (always fragrance-free as I’m sensitive to the scented stuff) then wiping away the lotion is the only remedy that has worked for me. Sometimes only partially depending on how strong the garlic is.
Either way I can save money by not buying one of those stainless steel bars that are supposed to neutralize garlic and onion on your hands. Your mileage may vary.
I always have trouble with getting my hands stink free after cutting onions and garlic. The stainless spoon option is not always reliable for me. So I keep disposable gloves in the kitchen, and use those. One stinky use, and into the trash, with no lingering effects on my hands!
Sadly, I haven’t had luck with this method, either. I’m resigned to walking around with a permanent garlic on my fingers. Although that Oxo slicer does look tempting…
Try squeezing lemon juice all over your hands, and rub together, before rinsing off. It’s fairly effective. I keep a box of gloves in the kitchen too.
And the winner is . The grill pan .
This cuisinart top. Probably designed to be leak-proof but all I see are crevices for bacteria to hide in.
And it’s a really good way to find little cuts on your fingers. Kind of like how hand sanitizer does!
I must add - All Clad handles. Unbalanced and hard to clean.
Re garlic, mash it with a big knife horizontally. The skin comes loose and removing it is easy*. Chop the mashed garlic into smaller bits with the knife with or without some salt.
Source: I eat raw garlic with food every day. No garlic smell on my hand.
*Use the knife to separate the papery skin, push it on to the knife then drop it in the bin.
^ This. 
Unless I want slivers of garlic for something, this is my go-to method as well. Somehow I still end up with garlicky aroma on my hand. At least I can repel vampires.
Everything reminds me of a movie. This time its Susan Sarandon in “Atlantic City” rubbing cut lemons all over her body to remove the smell after working at a seafood bar all day.
Yes, I remember that scene now that you mentioned it! I actually got the tip from an old bf who worked part time at a seafood resto when in college. Thanks for the memory @eleeper.
The solution is simple. Feed garlic to all your dining companions.
Absolutely. I don’t want vampires singling out the unprotected. Not on my watch. 
Actually, in my opinion, most kitchens are poorly designed. They’re designed to look nice not as actual work spaces.
Speaking as a lefty, you are 100% spot on.
I am a lefty as well!
Now wait a minute . I have a wusthof knife that is left handed . Forks and spoons also .
Re chopping garlic: I have a good garlic press, but the best way I know to chop garlic is to turn on my empty Cuisinart FP and drop however many cloves of garlic I want to use into it, one at a time. The results are astonishingly perfect and painless. Just scrape it out and use it.
