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 way people talk about humidity! You'd think it was the devil's work. But try a winter in the American Southwest - feeling like a dried up prune is no picnic! We've got humidifiers running 24/7 just so we can complain when April comes around and we get a bit of moisture in the air.... Continue Reading →
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 →
A Post-Shower Ritual for Dry Skin Relief It’s not often here in Colorado, or anywhere, that I would describe my skin as soft, not to mention smooth. Thank you, my ancestors, for the pasty, dry organ that freckles, sunburns, and peels at the least provocation. There are many of us out there with a back... Continue Reading →
The Overhead Bin 