My Saturday Green Links with the Slate article on deodorants reminded me that I should give you an update on my Crystal deodorant. It’s been almost 7 months now that I’ve been using it, and I’m still on the same one. In fact, I think I’m only about halfway through it. I’m amazed at how [...]

What do you use for moisturizer? For years I used Oil of Olay (Jason called it Oil of Old Ladies), but then I decided to completely give up products tested on animals. Easy, right? Wrong. I’ve tried out a few different ones, but I’ve had a hard time finding a non-greasy moisturizer that includes sunscreen. The [...]

Part of my New Year’s brainstorming was changing to a toothpaste that’s not tested on animals. I don’t know why I waited so long, except that I wasn’t sure what exactly I should be looking for. But I finally broke down and did some research, and ended up switching to Tom’s of Maine Fluoride Toothpaste—which [...]

My Venus replacement blades have started breaking—always in the same place and always in a perfectly straight line. At first I thought it was a faulty pack, but when I got a new one, they did the same thing. Then I thought that it was because I was using an older model handle with newer blades, [...]

I just found out about this Kiehl’s program to recycle their empty containers. For every ten empties we bring in, we get one free full-sized product. I’m not sure that recycling at Kiehl’s is any better than through my town, but I’m always up for free stuff. And I like the idea of companies being responsible for their products from cradle to grave.