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Comments are back . . . sort of
Tried to get new and improved commenting options for you guys, but, oh boy, it went haywire and not only didn’t it get better but it got way worse. As in, you couldn’t leave comments at all.
Big surprise.
So we’re putting things back to rights. As in, the way it was.
The good news is, you can [...]
Almost Vegetarian toothpaste and soap
Toothpaste and soap. These are the staples of everyday life. Because whether or not you use the natural cosmetics and lotions and shampoos and masks we discussed last week, you surely use these.
I’ve got two tried and true healthy options for you to use.
And, best of all, if you are just moving into the healthy [...]
Almost vegetarian cosmetics
I’ve never written about natural cosmetics because, sigh, let’s face it. I am totally owned by Bobbi Brown (well, okay, I sometimes cheated with MAC and Chanel and Clinique and Laura Mercier and, oh I can’t go on or you will surely think less of me).
But today, today, I have turned over a new leaf. [...]
Almost vegetarian nail polish
Ah, the sheer amount of chemicals in nail polish is terrifying.
You got your toluene, stuff which affects your nervous system. And your formaldehyde which may cause cancer. And then there is, well, suffice it to say the list goes on and on.
So I’ve found not one, but two nail polish lines that are free of [...]
Almost Vegetarian travel products
Monday was great product for the almost vegetarian face. Yesterday, lovely items for the almost vegetarian hair. And today? Today it is goodies for the almost vegetarian traveler.
Because it is summer, after all!Dr. HauschkaI’ve taken Dr. Hauschka travel kits with me on two trips now, one this past winter and one this spring. And they [...]
Almost Vegetarian hair care products
You battling frizzies? Flat hair? Dry hair? Dull hair?
You want pretty hair?
We’ll that’s the focus today: The nicest hair you can get.OrganixWith lines ranging from Citrus Mango to Mocha Espresso, the first thing you probably should know is that these products are not edible. So, hey, you in the back, put that bottle down. The [...]
Ten days, twenty skincare and haircare finds, one beautiful vegetarian
Welcome to my beauty extravaganza!I have spent the last year and a half looking at items to put in my body. Like apples and asparagus and peaches. But what we put on the outside is just as important as what we put on the inside. So, for the next two weeks, I’m going to look [...]
How to talk to a blogger so you get results: Social media tips for fun and profit
My blog is big enough now that I get PR people contacting me all the time. Now, I want to say straight off that I like PR people. I used to be one.
I sometimes still am.
And sometimes you’re great. But when you are not, you waste your time, your clients money, and my time. So [...]
Sophisticated tofu: A gorgeous recipe good enough for company
We started with the world’s easy tofu recipe, a vegetarian recipe for curry tofu and advanced to soy-glazed tofu with spinach.
Well, today, we are taking it one more notch to a fabulous recipe called Buddha’s Delight.Culled from the archives of Gourmet magazine, Buddha’s Delight is an amazing vegetarian meal-in-a-bowl. Elaborate and a bit more complicated [...]
Classic tofu: A recipe for health (and it’s delicious, too!)
Today we’re going to look at the classic way to eat tofu. It’s hearty, it’s healthy, and, hey, an entire country has this for breakfast, so you know it is yummy.This recipe is from, of all people, Emeril Lagasse. I mean, I just never expected a vegetarian tofu recipe from him.
But his miso soup is [...]