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  • Thread lightly

    Cecile took me to my first eyebrow threading yesterday. I’ve always been interested in it, but was always too chicken to try out something new, especially something that could possibly be painful. It did hurt a little bit so unlike waxing, which is a quick pain, threading was prolonged discomfort. But that was mostly when…

  • Green burials

    As the Philippines mourns the loss of its democracy icon, former President Cory Aquino, I got to thinking about death and burial practices again. I read about eco-friendly coffins made from banana sheaves by a Colorado-based company called Ecoffins. The caskets take about 6 months to 2 years to biodegrade. The bodies aren’t embalmed, which…

  • Natural nails

    It’s summer, and everyone’s wearing flipflops or open-toed shoes, showing off their pretty toenails. But nail polish contains the ‘toxic three’: formaldehyde, phthalates and toluene, which the CDC said may cause birth defects in laboratory animals. These dangerous chemicals have also been linked to cancer and asthma. Here are some more natural nail products, which…

  • Always something there to remind me

    I consider Post-it Notes one of mankind’s greatest inventions. Unfortunately, it’s paper. I read about Stickies, a free program for your PC so you don’t have to use those beautiful—oh I mean wasteful—little yellow (and other pretty colored) notes. If you want to purchase a program, Post-it actually has a digital version.

  • Pure and Natural

    I was looking for an alternative to Method products because Method never lists its ingredients. As far as hand soaps, I found Pure and Natural which comes in 100% recyclable packaging, is paraben-free and biodegradable. Their products are not tested on animals and use plant-based oils instead of animal tallow. The company also donates at…

  • Labels, labels, labels

    Avery and World Label offer recycled, chlorine-free bleached printer labels. See if you can talk your boss into ordering these instead.

  • Not just skin-deep

    For someone who never liked shopping, it has become an even longer process because I read labels more carefully now. I bought a Queen Helene Naturals body lotion recently. This line of products uses organic, Fair Trade Certified ingredients without parabens, sodium lauryl/laureth sulfates or petrolatum. So you won’t have to worry about carcinogenic chemicals…

  • The write stuff

    A former co-worker used to love smelling the markers we used the write patients on our whiteboard schedule at work. I wonder if refillable markers like the AusPen, which I read about on Ideal Bite, has the same wonderful odor. If you need an ecofriendly alternative to the white board, how about the Quartet Environment…

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