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In my continuing mission (or little project) to determine which bath products can be efficiently made at home, I decided to take a shot at the exfoliators. After making hand soap, it seemed like it would be simple enough to find a decent formula… Continue Reading “Sugar Scrub”
For many years, we have been shameless consumers of Bath & Body Works Foaming Hand Soap. It is so easy! It smells so pretty! You can always get a double discount! Then last week, out of complete nowhere, all three of the sinks in… Continue Reading “The Hand Soap Thing”
It flummoxes some folks to learn that – as spa-di-da as I am with regular facials – I will go to the place in the mall to have my hair cut and colored. So here is the story: There is nothing to cutting my… Continue Reading “About the Hair”
I joined Groupon a few months ago, and just made my first purchase. At lunch today, a friend asked me about the process, so I figured I ought to write about it. Prologue: You register at the website. Then Groupon informs you, by e-mail,… Continue Reading “First Groupon”
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In a funny twist, after I wrote about botching an eyebrow wax, my friend Fluffycat asked me to post about home waxing. I do not want anyone to learn technique from me. However, I am happy to talk about product, so as to save some… Continue Reading “The Eyebrow Thing”
I read an article about the King Spa and Sauna in the Chicago Tribune, so I went to check it out this morning. Yes. I realize that it is slightly ridiculous to go to the Sauna on a 95 degree day. But it is… Continue Reading “King Spa and Sauna”
Like halfhttp://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000NO58SW&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr the women in Chicagoland this weekend, I got a pedicure this morning. I only mention it because because the nail tech gave me some advice that I thought, for better or for worse, I should pass on. Guys, you might want to move… Continue Reading “The Pumice Stone”
I was talking about the nail technician who told me to take care of my dry cuticles by rubbing baby oil into them and covering them with latex gloves. So I tried it. Knock on something, but it seems to have been working. I… Continue Reading “Update on this Crazy Experiment”
As much as I enjoy the spa, I have always loathed paying money for a manicure. Two reasons: I can mostly do it myself. I even have a bloody paraffin bath! I will never have really nice nails again, so why the heck would… Continue Reading “Crazy as 10 Plastic Surgeries”
The Next Dark Age 