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Most bathroom soap these days are liquid, which, although certainly nice feeling and easy to use, requires a lot of plastic and other landfill-bound packaging for shipping. That's exactly why designer Nathalie Stämpfli decided to come up with a fun, elegant way to use eco-friendly bar soap instead. Her Soap Flakes Dispenser uses a grater to shave off pretty little soap flakes in a way that's Read more
Is it me, or does there seem to be a profusion of soaps that look like actual edible food? I'm sure soapmakers have been crafting up these lifelike kinds of soaps for years, but now with the click of an Etsy button, DIY'ers from all around can share their "treats" with anyone who wants to take a so-called nibble. Some of these soaps are so delicately hand-crafted and staged for photography that Read more
You've probably heard that restaurant grease can be transformed into bio-diesel fuel, and now, a clever couple has added another layer to this concept by turning byproducts of that fuel into a hand soap. Intrigued? The waste grease is obtained from the kitchens of Los Angeles restaurants. It's then distilled for car usage, resulting in glycerin, a perfect ingredient in making soap. Hence, Read more
Well, these shapes certainly bring a new meaning to the phrase "hand soap." This realistic soap set ($12) is handmade of goat's milk glycerin. I look at them and see ghosts of my Cabbage Patch Dolls reaching out for help. What do you think? Are they cute or creepy? To see GiggleSugar's take, click here. Are These Hand Soaps Cute or Creepy? They're cute! They look like little baby Read more
Hand soap. It sounds mundane, right? About as mundane as a bunch of zombies comin' at ya! I'm actually surprised no one ever thought of this before. What makes it even creepier is that they're like baby hands. Ack! View 2 Photos › bag hand2 Read more
Like running, yoga doesn't take a whole lot of fancy equipment. All you truly need are a good yoga mat and a comfortable outfit that keeps you covered and dry. But with yoga's growing popularity, it seems like more and more yoga-focused products are cropping up. Here are a few you could live without. Round Yoga Mat Unless you practice partner yoga, attend Mommy and Me classes, or go to a Read more
Unless a trip to Rio is in your future, good luck tracking down Phebo soaps and candles. Founded in the 1930s, Phebo is one of Brazil's most venerable perfumery brands — and as well-known as the line is in South America, it's extremely hard to find in the States. That's all about to change, as Macy's begins to stock a variety of Phebo bath and body products this month. Three hundred stores Read more
If you're not using your dishwasher efficiently, you're wasting money, energy, and water. Business Insider shares the right ways for you to use the dishwasher. In leaner times, plenty of households boycotted energy-sucking appliances like dishwashers and went back to basics: manual scrubbers, a bottle of detergent, and a lot of elbow grease. But is all that extra effort really helping us save in Read more
The beauty of the reusable water bottle is that it's just that — reusable. You can repeatedly head to the water cooler or faucet to fill 'er up, but when your bottle continually stays wet, you know what that means? Yep, bacteria loves a moist, dark environment. Along with your dinner dishes, it's good to get in the habit of cleaning your bottle every night, or at least every few days. Here are Read more
It's hard enough to keep a home clean and toxin free, but what about trips to the park, playground, and any other place kids and germs congregate? Parents can't scrub down every public surface kids come in contact with (though some will try), but there are simple ways to mitigate the overwhelming ick factor when a child picks up a partially decomposed sandwich or drops a pacifier in a puddle. So Read more
