Vintage Inspiration: Retro Bathing Beauties


Updated 10/11/11 6:23 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Vintage-Inspired Bathing Beauty Products

Given how busy most of us are, the idea of spending a whole morning soaking in a tub full of bubbles seems like a distant dream. But it doesn't have to be that way. Even if you've only got five minutes to shower, you can bring a little bit of vintage glamour to your grooming. This Dry Diva shower cap in Blue Me a Kiss ($26) is a gorgeous throwback to another era that will also handily keep your Read more

Oversensitive Tots: 8 Products to Soothe Sensitive Skin


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Best Products For Kids With Sensitive Skin

Stop scratching! Kids with sensitive skin — and their parents — know that dry, itchy, or painful skin is no joke. There's no one cause of sensitive skin. It can be hereditary, caused by harsh products, or simply from spending time outside in the cold Winter or the hot Summer. Oversensitive kiddos aren't doomed to a season full of scratching. These products will help soothe their irritated Read more

Tiny Tillia Invades Babies' Nurseries With Expanded Line of Adorable Goods


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Tiny Tillia Introduces Clothing and Nursery For Baby

Get set for a Tiny Tillia invasion! The adorable British line of bath and play products that we introduced you to back in 2009 is back and it's bigger than ever. Now owned by beauty and bath giant Avon, Tiny Tillia has expanded beyond the bathroom and into the nursery with a line filled with toys, clothing, bedding, and more for mom and tot. Tiffany Lerman – novelist Jackie Collins's daughter Read more

I Use Soap Weirdly, and Here's Why


Updated 11/07/11 2:51 PM · Posted by · 15 comments

I Use Soap, But Not for Bathing

I came to an odd realization this morning: I love soap, but I never actually use it on my body. When I get a fancy bar, in fact, I recoil at the suggestion that I would ever actually put it in the shower. It's not that I'm a soap hoarder, or even that I have a problem with using soap to clean yourself up. To see what actually makes my soap usage out of the ordinary, just keep reading. Read more

Is It Geeky Fun . . . or Soap?


Updated 11/06/10 4:36 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Incredibly Realistic Gadget and Video Game Soap

Confession time: I was Death from The Sandman for Halloween this year, and there's very little denying that I'm a huge dork, so a "geeky fun or soap?" quiz was inevitable. Won't you put your coolness aside, too, and journey with me to a land of soaps and gadgets that will surprise and delight your inner fangirl? I promise it'll be fun and that there will be Street Fighter. All ready to get down Read more

Ever More Delicious Halloween Treat . . . or Soap?


Updated 10/20/10 11:13 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

New Realistic Candy Soaps for Halloween

You guys, I am so, so hungry after I do one of these things. I'm deeply shamed by this, but as I write I'm salivating over the mere thought of those Brach's Fall Mix pumpkins. Why is it so hard to tell yourself that these soaps aren't edible, and how on earth do you keep from putting tooth to bar just to see? These are questions that have no answer (unless you're a cognitive scientist). In the Read more

Lush's Day of the Dead Collection Is Adorably Spooky


Updated 10/10/10 7:41 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Lush Has Cute New Halloween Day of the Dead Bath Bombs, Soaps, and Shower Jellies

Lush always goes all out for its Halloween product lineups, but this year's offerings are a little different — and muy fun. Instead of the usual pumpkin bath melts and batty bath bombs, the 2010 collection is all about the Day of the Dead, which is on Nov. 2, All Souls' Day. The holiday, which originated in Mexico, is about honoring friends and family who've passed on with festivities, humor, Read more

Yummy Halloween Cupcake . . . or Soap?


Updated 12/27/10 3:25 AM · Posted by · 4 comments

Realistic New Halloween Cupcake Soaps

Friends, the Great Candy Evening will soon be upon us, and there's a surfeit of stuff to tempt your sweet tooth being produced. But not everything that looks toothsome is intended to come into actual contact with your teeth, especially given how many disturbingly realistic cupcake soaps there are today. Can you get all Buffy on these soaps in disguise and slay their claims to cake-hood? Take this Read more