The cosmetic industry capitalizes on our regrets. Whether those are the fact of inheriting our parents' genes, having smoked too many Marlboro Lights or slathering ourselves with baby oil every summer on the beach, the message is "Our products can undo the effects of living." Unless they've got season passes to the fountain of youth, I am skeptical. Hello Shea Butter!
THE THING ABOUT SOAP – And it’s not the bubbles
April 28, 2025 dana gonzalez It used to be that family bathrooms would be furnished with the requisite bars of Zest and later, much gentler-sounding labels like Dove or Caress. In the 80's we got to lather with liquid soaps of the same names as bars were deemed to be "messy" and time-wasting. I don't... Continue Reading →
POT OR NOT: WHAT IS, WHAT’S NOT AND WHAT’S IT ALL FOR?
by dana gonzalez 2020 And we thought cannabis was just for getting high. It is if you're talking about the chemical Tetrahydrocannainol (THC), one of 110ish cannabinoids produced in the cannabis plant. This would be the product of cannabis sativa or cannabis indica that we refer to as marijuana, known for producing high quantities of... Continue Reading →
Into the Weeds
Navigating Cannabis with David Kessler by dana gonzalez 2019We are seriously up to our hairy, hippy armpits in information about cannabis these days. Now that Marijuana is legal in many states and Hemp is Federally legal, we're being educated on what it is, how it's different and the hundreds of chemicals cannabis produces, including what... Continue Reading →
