Static Age

One day doing a load of laundry, I frowned to find that I was out of dryer sheets.
Boo hoo.
So I did some research because I thought,
"Why am I using them anyway??"
There simply must be a reusable alternate.
Ring-a-Ding!
Ladies and gents, yes indeedy, there is and its' equation is as follows:
1 Cotton Washcloth
1 Spray Bottle
Hair Conditioner
Water
Dilute 1/4 cup hair conditioner of your choice with the water
of your choice, in a spray bottle.
Shake up, spray on le washcloth and throw it in the dryer.
You can wash the cloth when needed and never ever rely on dryer sheets again.
My bathroom shelves were crowded with a plethora of half used conditioners.
Now, I had a use for them!
When I ran out of product, my fave conditioner that my hairdresser
warned me not to use on my dyed hair was an option once more.
Forlorn no longer,
I am happy to say that I can have my conditioner and smell it too.

Period State of Mind.

I love it and I hate it. Typical. I'm a contradiction in terms.
All of the trials and tribulations we go through when Auntie Flo comes to town.
She can be a total biotch, a snuggle rapist, ravenous, melancholy, etc.etc.
Mine has ebbed and flowed literally over the years.
I'm like a junkie where the most inane task seems to be an overwhelming quandry.
One thing I do know is that drugs don't help me and I don't like to take'em anyhoo.
My go to's period.
Keep moving on the go yet get lots of sleep.
Stay away from icey, sugary & starchy food but have a vodka cocktail or a glass of red wine.
Eat seeds like hemp, flax and pumpkin.
Leafy dark greens.
Sip as much thai soup as you stand.
Snuggle up on the couch and be good to yourself.
Take a toke if it's real bad and at the end of the day,
Let it ride baby....

Trash

Pick it up and sort that mess out!
In the past year, I have drastically minimized trash
by looking at it from a different perspective.
It all started when my man asked me,
"Why do you use trash bags to put the recycling in?
It is kind of redundant."
I was gobsmacked by my guys wisdom (who couldn't care less about "green" issues).
I totally thought about this.
It was so ridiculous.
Why would you use plastic trash bags to take out the recycling?
I decided then and there that trash bags in general
are just another needless mean to an end.
I have these great little waste baskets that I decided to start using for my trash,
plus our bathroom trash bin.
One for recyclables, one for garbage and one for whatevs.
Our trash bins are in the back of our pad
and we empty them every other day.
If they get dirty, we just rinse them out.
With food waste,
I learned that our green yard waste bin allows
vegan food waste
so I keep a container in the sink and empty into the yard waste!
Love it.
With other food waste, I just put it in a big bowl and empty it when I'm done cooking.
Pretty easy.
I have done away with practically all plastic.
Glass is where it's at.
I also had a truly important epiphany: Screw recyclable. Love compostable.
My trashy perspective is looking classier than ever.

Swabs-n-Balls-n-All That Jazz Part II

This is another, shall we say, branch of the swabs/balls post:

http://richtrashyfabulous.blogspot.com/2011/01/swabs-n-balls-n-all-that-jazz-cmon.html

In addition to using a washcloth for your nail polish removal,
you can also rock sir washcloth for makeup removal!
The way I discovered this petit treat goes back a couple of years.
For X-mas one year, I received a Trucker Lady hand towel. For reals.
My style, maybe, in 2001. Maybe.
If my GF reads this who gave me the pres, love you!
In all fairness, I'm a picky bitch and REALLY difficult to shop for.
Digressing again. Sorry.
So, the trucker girl rested in my linen closet until
one day, idea/question/quandry?
"I'm using a towel to remove nail polish...why not makeup?"
I kind of had a cotton addiction.
At the time, my cotton purchases consisted of either
a fluffy parcel of 8$ cotton pads that are sooo luxurious to remove makeup
or pink cotton balls that controlled me with a super fascination.
Honestly, I would have kept on but was just sick to death of going through them so quickly.
To boot, a black smudgy washcloth just had a bad visual.
Then I remembered my black (hides the black smudges!)
and pink trucker girl hand towel. So I put her to work.
She removes my makeup everyday and it makes me feel fab in every way.

Makeup Removal Machine

Recently, I decided to try a new brand of liquid eyeliner and mascara.
Not only did I switch up the brand,
I also flipped up the application method of said eyeliner
by trying liquid in the bottle that you apply with a very fancy brush!
Well, it's fabulous, but it's a bitch.
What doesn't kill vous, makes vous stronger.
Anyhoo, I digress.
My true point is that my new products are water proof.
The task of removal is laborious. Period.
One not-so-fine day, in perfect SER (that's me) fashion, I was out of makeup remover.
I possess this "Kramer" kind of idiosyncratic thing
where I see how long can I make it on fumes.
You either know what I'm talking about or you don't.
Basically I'm screwed and totally freaking out.
Enter proverbial light bulb.
My face moisturizer, duh.
I put it around my eyes and it is similar consistency.
So, I procure a tip (the Q type) and dab a smidge of moisturizer on it.
Then gently apply it to ye olde smudgy makeup. It totally works! Praise be!
My moisturizer doesn't sting my eyes.
I know some out there do so that judgment is up to you.
Cheers!

Heart of Refrigerator Glass
I'm in love with glass containers.
Specifically, fridge glass and canning jars.
The best is vintage fridge glass to store everything from bulk items to leftovers and so on.
It is soooo much better than plastic.
Why you ask?
Well, It washes better, is certainly sustainable and fridge glass is so stylish!
You can buy reproduction styles as well if your not into shopping vintage.
The same flattery goes to canning jars.
They are not just for canning.
I store spices, nuts, legumes and all kinds of bits in them.
Here is a fabulous practice that I have adopted when I buy bulk items:
I carry my jars with me to the store.
Before I fill them,
I have them weighed to subtract the jars weight from the item I am filling them with.
The store I shop at encourages this practice.
Then, I proceed to fill them with goodies of my choice.
Voila! No extra plastic bags and pretty glass to show off your culinary delights.
Once I had plastic and it was a gas, soon turned out I heart refrigerator glass...

Angel of the Morning Latte

Just call me angel, of the morning angel.... latte.
Can't always get a fix for my sick soy decaf or chai latte habit.
If they had a VIP card, I'd have a black one.
Either I'm running late or I get a rebel spark where I feel trapped the man,
the latte man, that is.
I came up with this solution to temper my latte habit.
Love my homemade latte in a pint glass, very SF.
My poisons of choice are either a decaf cafe or black tea with soy milk.
If I want it a bit sweet I'll add agave nectar.
The key is really the foaming of the milk.
It is tres ez when you have a a fabu little gadget
that is a called a hand held frother.
They range from 1.99 at that blue and yellow, four letter, swedish store to approx. 15 bux online.
I heart it. You can use it for cocktails and other delights too.
Choose your coffee, tea, or me (raaar),
pour into your fave cup, glass or what have you.
Then, take your milk and heat it.
I do mine via stove top.
When heated to your liking, froth away and pour atop bevy.
Yummers bitches.