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Like most people, I’m not the type who gets excited about cleaning the bathroom. You would have just cause to worry about me if I did. Anyhow, this scrub got me excited about bathroom scrubbing for at least a few minutes, and if that’s not a testament to how awesome it is, I don’t know what is.
Tags: baking soda, cake, clay, cleaning, dessert, homemade, instructions, natural, soap
Go home, winter. No one likes you. You weren’t invited to this party. You look fat in those pants and you smell funny. GO AWAY.
Ok, well, that didn’t work. Crap. Winter’s still here, my feet are still cold, and I’m still dreaming about escaping to a beach in Australia. I’ve been dealing with winter for most of my life (minus that one time I skipped most of it by going to Australia), and I’ve developed a few coping mechanisms. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: argan oil, balm, butter, cream, face, lotion, skin, tea, tips, winter
I love dropping a bit of lavender essential oil on my pillows at night before I go to sleep, but in drop form you end up with small drops of highly concentrated scent, which manages to be both simultaneously overwhelming and underwhelming, depending on where your nostrils end up.
A while back I was tasked with creating a portable “Live Out There Lounge” that could be somewhat easily set up at events to create a branded space for us to do fun things, like serve people coffee, chat about how awesome Live Out There is, and lounge about in comfy chairs like the great employees we all are.
Our company colours are predominantly white, orange, and navy, but there’s a full range of reds, greens, purples, pinks, and greys in the corporate palette as well (I should know, I made it!). I immediately wanted a bright orange carpet. But, it turns out that nobody else ever wants a bright orange carpet in their life, because I couldn’t find one anywhere. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: film, instructions, mountain, tips
I recently purchased myself a pair of Merrell Pace Gloves. I love how lightweight and flexible they are, and even though I haven’t really been putting much effort into training myself to barefoot run, I still wear them all the time. And it’s starting to show… in the nose. After six weeks of barefoot wear, my new shoes smelled like bad, bad cheese.
Before. Ick.
This isn’t the first time this has happened to me—I had a pair of barefoot shoes from Rockport a few years ago, and they turned into the stinky stuff of legend. I couldn’t take my shoes off anywhere, lest I kill some poor old lady with the rank cloud that emerged from them whenever they were released from my feet. Yelch. We tried throwing them in the wash (as they were washable, as are the Merrell ones), using a mild bleach solution, and using borax. Nothing killed the stench for more than two wears. So, eventually the shoes ended up getting thrown out. Sad.
Tags: baking soda, beeswax, cheese, cleaning, hydrogen peroxide, shoes, tips
