Don’t look now but that lady is following us. We’ve seen her at the mall, our local coffee haunt, in line at the grocery store. She’s dressed to the nines (in her mind anyway). She carries the loudest designer knockoff handbag. She leaves a trail of Channel No. 3.5 in her wake. And her feet […]
Bath and Body
Beauty March Hump Day: Nature Girl
Last Saturday morning, I plodded over to the front window of my house and yanked open the shade. “Good Gravy, ” I gurgled to myself, spilling coffee down my Vickie’s Pink PJs. About 12 feet in front of me, sauntering across the street was a huge bobcat. He had the telltale pointed ears and stumpy […]
Beauty March Day Two: EO Products
They had me at the shampoo. Looking for a hair treatment to wake up my dulling locks, I first discovered the EO product line at my local Wild Oats Market. The Chamomile & Honey Shampoo and Conditioner have been staples ever since. The duo leaves your hair shiny, clean and laced with an intoxicating natural […]
Day One in Our Earth Day March: Pangea Organics
Back in the dark ages when I was an naive English major at N.C. State University, Ralph Nader came to our campus and gave a rousing speech to kick off an Earth Day celebration. After which, me, my sprightly Jack Russell Terrier, George, and a cluster of my hippie friends marched from our campus to […]
Giveaway Alert! June Jacobs Spa Collection Now at QVC
Once upon a time, a Spa Girl had to travel to distant lands to load up on life’s little luxuries. Not that huffing across hills and valleys to a spa boutique for a decadent sugar scrub or healing night cream is the worst thing in the world but wouldn’t it be nice to snag a […]
Spoiled Little Rich Girl Hands from The Lippmann Collection
We get it. Use a daily sunscreen on our faces to ward off the physical marks of aging. Get it, got it, do it. But what about our poor hands? They wave, they scour, they pluck, they caress. Who’s looking out for them? Celebrity manicurist and nail trend-setter Deborah Lippmann, that’s who. Her Rich Girl […]
Get Well Sooner: Dr. Teal's Therapeutic Solutions
I am not a dealer I swear but I’ve been portioning cupfuls of these white crystals into glass jars and baggies and giving them out to every sick person I know. Nothing feels as good as soaking your tush in a warm Epsom Salt bath when you’re sick, cranky and achy and all over – […]
Special Savings on LATHER's Winter Skin Rescue Kit
Got dry skin? Welcome to the club! Arid air laced with winter’s chill spells parched, sometimes itchy, sometimes scaly skin. Ewww. Bundle up with this new three-piece Winter Skin Rescue Kit from LATHER. The travel-friendly set includes a trio of LATHER’s most hydrating products for hands, feet, bod and ‘tude. The AHA Hand Crème with […]
Say Hello to Three Whishes Lavender Body Wash
Arizona-born and bred Whish Body is at it at again – cranking out new bath products for us to oooh and aaah over and making us rearrange our shower shelves to make room for a new player. First, we bid adieu to shaving foams that smelled like burnt melon and manly spices after trying their […]
Jungle Love: Wembe Amazonian Soul Soaps
Speaking of natural beauty products with purpose, meet Wembe. Now here’s a soap with soul. Wembe Amazonian Soul soaps were created in the spirit of using the purest, responsibly sourced ingredients that respect the earth while honoring the body. Wembe is an eco-friendly cosmetic line made from organic, locally grown plants found in the Amazon rain […]
Calling All Cranberry Lovers! Dish it up for LATHER
Wild about cranberries? If so, here’s a contest with your name all over it! The creative minds at LATHER skin and body care are inviting home cooks to submit your favorite cranberry recipe for a chance to score a gift basket of seasonal skincare goodies. Heck, even if you don’t win, how fun is that? […]
In Tata We Trust: Tata Harper 100% Natural Skincare
She has 10 dogs, a couple goats and a serious passion for truth in beauty. Tata Harper made it her mission to develop a skincare line that lived up to its all-natural claims and spent five years researching, testing, working side by side with scientists and creating her product line from the ground up – […]