In honor of Earth Day, I’m relaunching Detoxwitch.com with a focus on detoxing the planet. I’m now focused on how ALL of my consumer choices can help improve the environment. With the mighty dollar I want to participate as a citizen rather than solely as a consumer. I’m including direct experiences with environmental products from…
Clearing clutter – New Year!
With much sadness I’m saying goodbye to Birchbox. I’ve enjoyed over five years of opening their gorgeous boxes and sampling hundreds of products. Some fun (teal eyeliner), some useless (eyeshadows and other products that are still using parabens), and many interesting to try (I now use dry shampoo). But as someone who is trying to…
Little Green Steps
Go paperless from investment prospectus documents. Eco-action #3 Most banking institutions have a paperless option, which I’ve signed up for over the years for general banking. However I am hesitant to go paperless with my investments out of paranoia – what if a robot deletes my account and I have no proof of my recent…
Little Green Steps
Eco-action #2 – Reduce catalog subscriptions. I’ve been calling a bunch of catalog companies, using their general customer service number on the back of the catalog and removing myself from the mailing list. Here’s the batch from today! This cuts down on: 1 – carbon foot print from making and mailing these things 2 –…
Eco Tip – Get rid of junk mail
Eco Action #1 I get too much junk mail! It’s a waste of time to handle it – and a buzz kill for anyone wanting to save the environment. Those lime green sandals don’t look so cute printed on hacked down tree parts. Some sources site a year of junk mail in America is equivalent…
Foraging in Los Angeles
Foraging in Los Angeles
Cleansing oils – a slippery proposition
– Oil is for cooking not my face, mom! (Me, at age 16) I first unwittingly tried a cleansing oil in Tokyo, at my moms place when I was 16. I squirted face cleanser in my hand, rubbed it in my face and shrieked. It was oil! And I had serious acne! Shocked, I thought my…
Cherry tomato success and fail
Update on what I’m growing – Snow White, Blue Boar Berries, and Sungold cherry tomatoes. (Pictured left to right) I love the variety of colors and flavors! The Snow Whites are coming out pale yellow and taste mild and sweet, the Blue Boar Berries are a deep purple red with a cute light star on top…
K-cup recycling
It’s a great perk that the City of LA takes quite a bit of materials for recycling, and with a little work k-cup parts can be recycled. Since it takes a bit of time to disassemble, I collect them in a box and then do it all at once every other month or so. Even…
How to prevent obesity and lose weight
Stop eating Sugar. She’s a nasty little demon, a sister of alcohol. Sugar charms her way into almost everything processed. She comes in a gazillion forms and hides behind weird names, but you can stop buying that sneaky Sugar. Take a long hard look at your connection to Sugar and seriously think of ending your…
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