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Last year, I saw a sponsored post on Facebook for Mrs. Meyers Hand Soap. What caught my eye were the brightly colored labels on the bottles arranged in a jelly bean colored ring. I thought to myself that I needed to try that brand. Next trip to CVS, I stood in front the hand soap …
About three years ago, I made the switch to natural deodorants. I wanted to avoid aluminum and other chemicals in the anti-perspirants I had been using since I was about 11. Although I don’t perspire as heavily as I did when I was young, I still want to be odor-free and I’m often on the …
I did a particularly good job in March, and I’m happy to have quite a few items to recycle including a lot of full size things that I’ve had for a long time. I’m also tossing 3 items that have expired. Skincare Although I think last month was different, skincare is the big category …
Farmhouse Fresh never ceases to amaze me. They always one-up themselves with just about every new product launch. As you know, I love body lotions, body butters, and just about every kind of body care hydrator there is. Farmhouse Fresh Whoopie Shea Butter Body Lotion, with its whoopie pie sweet scent and rich consistency, is …
January has come and gone, but I still have a few best of 2017 (products I tried for the first time in 2017) in the hands, feet, nails, hair, and body categories to mention before we’re firmly entrenched in 2018. Let’s get to it. Hands, Feet and Nails Mont Bleu Glass Nail Files: I …
Such a satisfying feeling to have a lot of beauty empties to toss into the recycling bin. And even more so when they’re full size products. Because making room for new things is so rewarding, I’m finally starting to purge old, expired beauty products that are sitting around taking up space. I’m going to …
Winter can do a number on our skin. Not only our faces, but our hands and feet. About a month ago, I received a beautiful wrapped package from a new-to-me Israeli company, Bloom Mineral Beauty. Bloom skincare products are made with minerals derived from pure salt from the Dead Sea. They combine that salt with …
Ah, the last empties post for 2017. I used up a number of products, and I decided it was time to chuck out a bunch of mascaras that are too old to use. Although there were a couple of press samples in this batch of empties (Shiseido and Paula’s Choice), the vast majority were …
About a year and a half or so ago, I finally made the switch to a natural, non-commercial deodorant. I’ve been using LAVANILA Natural Deodorant, and I generally like it. For most occasions, it’s just fine. And if I shower daily (which I try to do!), it’s fine. But if it’s a particularly hot and …
I’ve been at Jeff’s for about a week so far helping him after his hip replacement surgery. Now that he can use only one crutch, he’s more self-sufficient but he’s still not quite back to his old self yet. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have a dishwasher. I grew up without a dishwasher, and my longtime New …
Cheese, please! Did I fool you? The four new small batch, cheese wedge-shaped soaps from Farmhouse Fresh made with real cow or goat’s milk are a treat for the skin and for the senses. Oatmeal Goats Milk Soap Pistachio Cream Goats Milk Soap Honey Lavender Whole Milk Soap Blueberry Chai Seed Whole Milk Soap Each …
When I bought my favorite perfume, Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle, a couple of years ago during Barney’s Fall Beauty Event, I qualified for their fabulous beauty bag of luxury cosmetics. The items in the good sized dop kit-style bag (reviewed here) totaled well over $200. I’ve used most of the deluxe sample size and …
So sad to see the summer end. I know it technically lasts well into September, but for us in New England, it gets chilly in September. I’m always wishing I could turn on the heat in the morning. But who knows, maybe there will be a beach day or two before October. In terms …
August means the Waterfront Festival in beautiful Gloucester MA, and my yearly meet up with Daphne, the esthetician and artisan behind Natural Island Botanicals natural skincare products. I’ve been singing the praises of Daphne’s handmade soaps and skincare products for years now. And I still feel as strongly about them as I always have. …
When I think of lotion, I usually think of something thin and runny. Not only can it be sort of messy, but lotion often isn’t hydrating enough even in summer for the dry skin on my hands. Farmhouse Fresh has changed my mind about lotion with their new Steeped Milk Lotions. Truth be told, they’re …