Archive for August, 2009
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
I recently switched the family to Tom’s of Maine toothpaste. Yeah I pay a bit more than Crest, but at least I don’t have to wonder too hard about what’s in the tube.
If you’ve been thinking about making the switch, […]
Now it’s time for you… and maybe a friend :: SenSpa
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
I truly wished that I lived closer to San Francisco or New York. These town really know how to show a girl good time. Don’t get me wrong, San Diego has nice spas, but they just haven’t caught up to the elegance of San Fran […]
LIVE Interview With NASCAR Camping World Series West Driver Moses Smith
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[?] Submitted by RACING NEWS DIGEST
NASCAR Camping World Series WEST drive Moses Smith will be he at Racing News Digest LIVE on September 1st 2009 at 8 pm EST for an interview and interaction with all race fans.
This will be the first time I have done anything like this and I believe […]
Amazon Beauty RAHUA Shampoo and Conditioner Review
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
by Gina Rafkind
When I first opened the box containing the RAHUA Shampoo and Conditioner, I opened the bottles to smell the scents of each and I’m very happy to say I love the scent of both. The scent is light and clean and I can […]
RockResorts Spa @ La Posada goes organic & sustainable with their treatments
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
As sustainability has become a more important part of everyday life, the RockResorts Spa at La Posada de Santa Fe Resort has recently switched over its menu to include a variety of organic, sustainable and indigenous treatments. Guests at the 4,500 square foot spa are now […]
Twice Marooned
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[?]Submitted by Gurney Journey
Harpers Magazine published Howard Pyle’s first version of “Marooned” in 1887. The pirate is resigned to his fate, punished by abandonment on a tiny island, with nothing but his hat, a bottle of rum, and a rifle.
A wave crashes in the distance, and a second wave washes […]
SpaCation :: New York girls have all the fun @ Joanna Vargas’
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Fall is just around the corner, so what better way to get ready for the winter doldrums than a trip to the esthetician. Joanne Vargas uses all natural products for her clients and she has two treatments that sound good enough to eat!
Cool as a […]
Men like it natural, too :: Jack Black PureScience™
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[?]Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Created for environmentally conscious consumers, Jack Black’s PureScience™ formulas fuse the latest skincare innovations with healing botanicals, certified organic ingredients, vitamins and antioxidants to deliver immediate, visible results. The unique formulations are gentle, yet highly effective in promoting healthy skin that is perfect for all skin […]
The Eye: Simplicity and Softness
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[?]Submitted by Gurney Journey
The nice thing about working very quickly is that it forces you to make decisions favoring big truths. I painted this portrait during a 20 minute sketch group session.
Because I was moving fast, I didn’t have time to see too much detail in the eye and the eyebrow. […]
Chic Clicks: The Best Of This Weeks Beauty Blogs
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
StyleBakery.com offers 10 tips to make sure your bra fits properly.
With top shop and uniqlo, girlawhirl thinks lower broadway in NYC is the best place to shop for fast fashion.
FocusOnStyle.com wants to have what Sienna Miller is having in terms of her chic and cool clear, […]
musing…reflecting…pondering…bowling
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[?]Submitted by foothills & highlands
Painting en plein air is like bowling…there are hundreds of things to think about (all at the same time). In bowling, the object is to knock down all the pins. In painting, the object is to —- well, there’s the kick. Does the artist render the […]
What’s Really Not True About Your Shampoo
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[?]Submitted by Beauty Brains Blog
Left Brain laments…
I read this shampoo post over at Salon and was outraged that a credible site like that would pass on such nonsense. I am a cosmetic chemist. I’m a scientist. I’ve formulated shampoos. And I can say that many of the things claimed in the […]
The Knife Thrower
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[?]Submitted by Art Blog By Bob
Surrounded by the rising fascist movement in Italy in the late 1920s and 1930s, the painter Pietro Annigoni played the role of the rebel artist to the hilt, sometimes literally. With his fellow bohemian artists, Annigoni (above, in a 1946 Self-Portrait) would get drunk on wine […]
Flutter: Lashes Made Magical
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
For a beauty writer, I’m unusually reluctant to go for beauty treatments, not least because they take far too long and about half way through I am virtually climbing off the table desperate to go home. And, I never want to be one of those people who […]
“Reflections of Autumn II” ~ 20″ x 16″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Landscape Paintings by Connie Tom
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[?]Submitted by A Painting for You!
“Reflections of Autumn II” is an oil painting I did being inspired from the wonderful work of Elliot Porter. It pictures brilliant autumn colors reflected from the trees into a lively stream of water. I hope you enjoy this painting as much as I enjoyed painting […]
Liz Jones on Beauty Halls
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[?]Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
Slightly baffled by Liz Jones’ confused rant on beauty halls today; which in the end didn’t amount to much about beauty halls, but the size of the samples she was offered, and the fact that she can’t read shampoo labels in the shower. She ‘hates’ the instruction […]
Ballet North: Ending Dance Studio Hate
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[?]Submitted by Ballet in Kansas City Blog
For Immediate Release: Ending Dance Studio Hate
Ballet North has announced a major new initiative towards achieving peace among all those dance studios in Kansas City who get involved in smear campaigns, negativity, threats, intimidation, and otherwise all around bad behavior towards other dance studios.
Ballet North […]
“Lanterns of Gold II” ~ 30″ x 24″ A Painting a Day Hudson River School Autumn Tree Landscapes by Connie Tom
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[?]Submitted by A Painting for You!
This is the second in a series of oil paintings that I did entitled the “Lanterns of Gold Series”. I love the colors of autumn and I love trees and being out in the woods. And I am especially fascinated with how light reflects off of […]
Vegan chocolate cupcakes
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[?]Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
I am a firm believer cupcakes have the power to heal. Especially these cupcakes. These were made in honor of my mom’s birthday and were also eaten in honor of my mom’s birthday. Yes to the cupcakes, people!
The recipe is from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World […]
In the now
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[?]Submitted by Animal Place Sanctuary
Losing an animal at the sanctuary is always hard, always sad. It’s easy to get bogged down in the memory, the past that gets foggier by the minute. We get told or it is suggested that the toughest part of sanctuary work is the euthanasia. It isn’t. […]
Animal Person on Animal Voices
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[?]Submitted by Animal Person
Animal Person reader stevetshirt wrote to say that my interview is available on Animal Voices.
Here’s to shameless self-promotion! Check it out at http://www.animalvoices.ca/shows/mary_martin and thanks to Karol Orzechowski for interviewing me.
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[?]Submitted by YOUR NEW REALITY
On the eve of the Iraq War, in March 2003, Time Magazine ran an online poll asking which country posed the greatest threat to world peace : North Korea, Iraq or the United States?
700,000 respondents, from around the world. Well, they were right, weren’t they?
Time Magazine […]
Super Foods: Goji Berries
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[?]Submitted by Vive Le Vegan Blog
Learn more about goji berries in my latest T/S post… plus, grab the recipe for “Hemp-anola“ (with some gojis tossed in for good measure, of course)!
Maybe it’s time to start saying “a goji a day keeps the doctor away“… okay, well maybe a handful of gojis […]
Postal Service Offers Workers $15K To Quit
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[?]Submitted by Stamp Collecting Round-Up Blog
The Dayton Business Journal reports the U.S. Postal Service will offer buyouts to 30,000 workers in hopes of saving $500 million in costs next year.
The incentive package offers eligible employees $10,000 to be paid during the first three months of fiscal 2010, which begins Oct. 1. […]
And then there were five
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[?]Submitted by Akphilately Blog
Right, remember the comments on the last entry? Well, today I’m going to show you the five versions of the Hradcany Castle definitives of Czechoslovakia. We start off with a picture of the original design by Alfons Mucha, courtesy of a Cuba miniature sheet of 1988.
As you […]
