05.02.07
Slinks
WebMD has a list of the 15 Best Diet Tips Ever. I thought they were right on the money.
Cate found this resource through the Ideal Bite Newsletter which reports on the safety of popular health and beauty items. I haven’t had a chance to peruse it yet, and frankly, I’m a little scared of what I might find! Yikes!
The Good Human talks about 10 tips to keep a healthy home. Also check out David’s series about spring cleaning the eco way.
And Treehugger has a good list of resources for growing your own food.
Speaking of which, our little garden is plugging along. We got a new digital camera this weekend, so I will post some photos soon!
03.23.07
New Blog – The Organic Beauty Expert
First, let me point you over to Delight.com –– kind of like woot, this site offers a deal of the day, but the stuff on the offing is much prettier and seriously luxe. (I’m actually REALLY tempted by this bath caddy; I love my baths, but can I really justify $35 for a bath caddy? On the other hand, I do a lot of my best thinking in the bath… Decisions, decisions.)
Second, delight.com has a sister site, DelightfulBlogs.com, which rates, reviews, and recommends “blogs of interest to creative Generation X and Baby Boomer women.” (I missed gen X by a few years, but I don’t think they’ve come up with a cute name for my generation, so I’ll take it.)
Following this winding path of my stream of consciousness, the new blog of which I speak, The Organic Beauty Expert, popped up as one of the featured blogs at delightfulblogs.com, and of course I was intrigued. I don’t know much of anything about organic beauty products (or why I should choose them over traditional beauty products other than, you know, the toxic chemicals which I now assume to be in just about everything), but I reckon this site might teach me a few things.
I was especially interested in this post on some wallet-friendly alternatives to Origins’ Plantidote products. I recently bought some of the Plantidote Serum thanks to a generous subsidy by my organic enabler, but I simply don’t have the Benjamins to shell out for the whole line of products.
So check it out! I’ve added The Organic Beauty Expert to the blogroll for your convenience.
02.19.07
Gentle Reminders for February
One of the things I like about Martha Stewart Living is the “Gentle Reminders” column at the front of each magazine which gives suggestions for periodic chores to take care of during the month –– everything from homekeeping to gardening.
Happily, the Martha Stewart Living website has begun publishing these tips monthly. So far this month, I’ve made Valentines (which were a big hit!), organized the linen closet, cleaned out my old medicines, made a list of books to read, and changed the linens on the bed. I still need to do my mending (jeez, I’ve needed to do that for ages — but if Martha says to do it, I’d better!), organize my bookshelves, and plan a vacation!
I love calendars like this that break tasks down by month. Real Simple has a great online month-by-month beauty calendar for the whole year. Which reminds me: it’s time to replace my mascara!
01.22.07
Drugstore Doubles
[via not martha]
Look like a million without shelling out the Benjamins. Paula Begoun of Paula’s Choice dishes the dirt on drugstore doubles: products that give you the same bang as their pricey counterparts for a lot less buck.
I’m not much of a diva when it comes to cosmetics; there are so many choices out there, I’m frequently overwhelmed. But one thing I do know: I never want to pay more than I have to for quality products. This seems like a great guide to getting the good quality for less.
