Archive for September, 2006
Tweezer shootout: La Cross vs. Tweezerman
I’m somewhat fanatical about tweezing my eyebrows. There are times when I wish I had natural brows that don’t require the level of self-inspection that mine currently do, but I guess my problems could be worse. I could be continually plucking at a thick, luxurious mustache, for instance.
So when Jonniker emailed me to, in her […]
Posted: September 24th, 2006 under Personal care, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 4
iRobot Roomba Vacuuming Robot
When I first heard about the Roomba I thought it sounded like those Tamagotchi toys that were super popular in 1997 or so, like an electronic gizmo that you could anthropomorphize to your heart’s content. I figured its actual cleaning abilities had to be sub-par at best, and that the real point of the thing […]
Posted: September 24th, 2006 under House & home, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 12
Leave-in conditioner
I mentioned a while back that my hair was getting a tad…oh, what’s the word for “horrifically dried out and skanky ho-bag looking”? You know, like I’d been shampooing with Drano: flyaway ends, a strawlike texture, generally assiness.
I’ll share with you some of the suggestions I received for improving dry, crappy hair.
Products:
• V05 hot oil
• […]
Posted: September 22nd, 2006 under Hair, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 16
Bare Escentuals i.d. bareMinerals
Ahh, Bare Escentuals. How I love you, despite the teeth-grindingly annoying way you choose to spell your name.
I have seen the light, and lo, it shines from the EARTH. Where MINERALS live. Did you know that this makeup is made of only pure, crushed minerals? From the EARTH?
Whatever. I don’t really care if the chief […]
Posted: September 21st, 2006 under Makeup, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 30
Everybody into the Pool: True Tales (Paperback)
I’ve been lurking around the Memoir section of Half Price Books lately, and discovering some really great new (new to me, anyway) books in the process. Given how much I love blogs, I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me earlier that the memoir genre would be appealing to me. I mean, a memoir […]
Posted: September 21st, 2006 under Books, Personally recommended by Linda.
Comments: 9