Consider the shower.  Consider your experience of a shower. Is it merely a soapy, wash yourself clean tradition or more?  It is what you make of it. Do you want to wash your body or your whole being?  Is it just an everyda…

In the last few years, I've been through and given up on probably at least a dozen deodorants. Before I knew about the possible dangers of your standard deodorant (the aluminum issue, mostly), I had tried a number of th…

crambe abyssinica Fancor and Nature’s Crops will be announcing a merger to bring sustainable and traceable organic ingredients, including Abyssinian oil, to the cosmetics industry. Abyssinian oil has a unique m…

I talked before about a moisturizer I've been trying that helps a lot with my dry skin and the fact that I use mineral makeup. After putting on makeup, though, I can still use just a little bit of help. I had previously bee…

I noticed a few months ago that up close, you can see my makeup. I wear mineral makeup, which is in loose powder form, so it seems to accentuate any dry spots. Apparently, my skin is more dry than I had thought, even in the s…

I'm a sucker for companies that are doing what they can to help people worldwide, from donating profits to providing jobs, education, training, etc. Soap Hope is a business with a somewhat unique model - it "invests 1…