On New Years, I started a hair care experiment using ONLY WATER to wash my hair. I’m calling this water-washing. SEE POST ONE. No shampoo. No conditioner. No anti-frizz. No anti-humidity spray. No curling mousse. No baking soda. No apple cider vinegar. JUST. WATER. Well, filtered water. I wouldn’t wash treated city water, because there…
I want to punch Arm & Hammer in the face. Yes, okay, I like their baking soda. But this rant is about their kitty litter. Poor Frank. He has had litter duty almost every day now for the last few months for MY cat because I can’t scoop the litter without getting wheezy. I used…
See those little bottles right there? Yep. Those are mine. All of ’em. There are so many because I used to carry them around with me all the time. That, along with a sheet of Sudafed and a packet of Claritin. Allergies used to be the bane of my existence. (If you’ve read a little…
At the end of December, I read this status on Unmistakably Food’s Facebook page: At risk of grossing you out, I’m excited to say that I no longer have to wash my hair! October 25th was the last day I used shampoo. I transitioned using baking soda and liquid castille soap, but I didn’t like…
My first experience with raw milk happened in the throes of labor… No, not my labor. I was doula-ing for a single first-time mother a couple of years ago, and she lived a little ways outside of town with her parents. Her parents had a farm with many cows, and her mother had a milk…
Throughout history, poets and prose writers, lyricists and balladeers have written about the beauty of woman. Her intriguing eyes, delicate skilled hands, and, of course, her magnificent shining tresses falling gently on shoulders. Such hair is the pride of she who wears it. But it doesn’t come without effort, does it? Long before commercial hair…