10 years ago

Good For You Friday: Salmon & Arugula Salsa Verde

Last week, I cracked open my good ol’ copy of Giada’s Feel Good Food, and I made Baked Salmon with Arugula Salsa Verde.  Not only was it fast, easy and inexpensive, it was delicious and healthy.  Cooking this kind of dinner makes me feel like I am #winning.  The salsa verde is a sauce-and-salad-in-one, and it’s perfect…

10 years ago

Dragontree Apothecary: Uppers and Downers

Since high school, my mother has warned me about “burning the candle at both ends”.  I’ve always been one to work and play hard, and sometimes it catches up to me before I can take the time to take care of myself.  I sometimes end up sick or less than pleasant to be around…  These days, rather than drown…

10 years ago

RMS Beauty Newbies

Have you ever wished that RMS Beauty would make a soft, shell-mauve-nude Eye Polish, or maybe the perfect pinky-nude Lip Shine?  Well your wish (and mine) has been granted.  RMS recently launched the prettiest “nothing” colors, and I can’t stop reaching for them. RMS Beauty’s Eye Polish in Myth is just gorgeous; it’s the perfect shade for…

10 years ago

Sex Ed + Sustain

Let’s talk about sex, baby.  No, not really, but let’s talk about sustainable, fair trade, nontoxic condoms.  Recently, I connected with Meika Hollender of Sustain, (her father, Jeffrey Hollender, founded the eco-friendly household product brand Seventh Generation) and she enlightened me on the subject of safer safe sex. Here is what I learned: Did you know that…

10 years ago

Good For You Friday: Hippie Bowl

I recently purchased my new favorite cookbook, The Sprouted Kitchen Bowl and Spoon.  I feel like it was written just for me; I LOVE meals that come together in one dish, all mixed together in harmonious goodness.  The author, Sara Forte runs a great food blog, The Sprouted Kitchen, and released a book with the same name in…

10 years ago

Calling All Kahina Lovers: Essaouira

I know that many of you are big Kahina Giving Beauty fans – I know that I am.  Their Fez Body Serum is one of my all-time favorites.  The complex, sexy, spicy scent transports you to a more exotic place than, say, your bathroom.  And, I love that I don’t have to bother with perfume after moisturizing;…

10 years ago

From Bottega Organica’s Farm to Your Face

So, there are a million “farm-to-face” skincare lines out there these days, which is great, but for me to get excited, I need a little more than that.  Bottega Organica is just what the doctor ordered, literally. Dr. Andrea Alimonti (Harvard and Sloan-Kettering) at Bottega Organica has fused together Western medicine with pure, organic, plant-based ingredients to create…