I vow to get in shape before being seen in a swimsuit each summer, and I neglect this vow after only a few days of effort nearly every time. Fortunately, I think I've finally pinpointed the source of my past failures: I hate working out alone. Who doesn't, though? Where's the motivation in that? Realizing my weakness, I set out to find a workout partner (be it an actual friend or a stranger in a video reassuring me of my abilities). I happened upon both when I saw the...
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Leave it to me to be the last person on earth to try something useful, but are you guys familiar with dry skin brushing? mentioned incorporating it into her daily routine a couple of months or so ago, and (as with most awesome things she tries) I simply told her to let me know how she liked it. I had all but forgotten about dry skin brushing until I saw a recent morning routine on that mentioned it, and soon...
If you feel like you've seen this soap on the blog recently, then it's because you have. Danielle gave me a bar for Christmas, and I've been using it ever since. Now it's time for a review! Ingredients (provided at iherb.com)- "100% vegetable soap: butyrospermum parkii (shea butter), coconut oil and/or palm oil, apricot oil, nigella sativa (black seed), honey, vegetable glycerin, tocopherol (vitamin E), mineral pigment or vegetable color, essential oil blend." The preliminary report I created for this product in the 
has been experimenting with a lot of homemade personal care products lately, and I wish I could say that I had the spare time available to join her. Since I don't, and since she's an angel, she has been concocting a few products for me to try as well. I've been particularly impressed with a witch hazel and lemon toner that she made, and it has even become a temporary replacement for the ...
