People who are seriously into the all-natural hygiene product scene sometimes get excited (by excited I mean disapproving or panicked, depending on their personality) about the potential toxicitiy of commerically-prepared soaps. I’m talking about the ordinary bars of soap a person uses in the shower and buys at the grocery store for a nominal fee – the Dial, Zest, and Irish Spring sorts of soap. These soaps generally come in multi-packs, and the price per bar averages between 50 cents and $1.25, roughly. Without getting into how fast they dissolve and the weights of the average bar of soap, when you compare that to the $3.50 – $6.00 price tag (per bar) on the hand-made, all-natural, or organic soaps out there, you have to ask yourself: “is it really worth that much more?”
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Natural Soap (worth the cost?)
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010Product Review – The Frog Bra
Sunday, February 28th, 2010Yes, that says Frog Bra. For the very best in women’s athletic wear, Title Nine is a must-browse whether you get their catalogs, cruise their website, or have the good fortune of living in a town where they’ve set up shop. And amid the biking shorts, running socks, stylish skorts, perfect shirts, and yoga pants, nothing holds a candle to their selection of sports bras and best among them is the oddly named Frog Bra.
Women’s Health
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010I spent a solid five minutes trying to come up with a title for this post. I rejected ‘alternative menstrual products’ not for its inaccuracy, but only because I figured it would scare off what few readers I have, most of which are guys. Well, now that I’ve lured you in… either settle in or click the ’back’ button on your browser.
Product Review – Clear Care contact solution
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Contact lens wearers beware – Clear Care contact solution (http://www.clearcaresolution.com/) advertises itself as “there’s nothing like Clear Care!” and nothing could be more true. There really is nothing like getting a chemical burn on your cornea. I’m just not sure it’s the sort of thing I’d advertise with fanfare and exclamation points.
Product Review – natural deordorants
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009One hears a lot of scary stuff from the rumor mill and all the urban legends making the circuit. That anti-perspirant is linked to breast cancer has not been proven (http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/AP-Deo) but I heard it enough to ask myself: why not find a more natural product? Why not, indeed?