While wandering through the wilds of the Walmart Supercenter in Waukegan two weeks ago, I ran into a product in the cosmetics section that gave me pause — Revlon ColorStay Nail Polish. It alleged that it would last for 10 days.
This seemed like a mighty bold claim to me but I’d used their other products [...]

Now You Know Media is a very small new media company. They work with experts in various fields to record audio lectures on various topics. It’s essentially adult education on CD’s.
So far, they have three categories: Now You Know Health, Now You Know Wealth & Now You Know Religion.
I was asked to review [...]

Just north of Asheville, North Carolina, there is a little town called Weaverville. It is everything you would expect in a small mountain town with a downtown dotted with art galleries and a bakery, a speed trap, and a charming bed & breakfast called the Inn on Main.
When my husband Guy and I eloped this [...]

Recently we stayed at the Comfort Inn Beach & Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. The Comfort Inn chain has been trying to upgrade its amenities lately, and the results were noticeable.
The double beds in our room had new, pillowtop mattresses, which we liked, as well as new floral comforters and bedskirts, which we disliked. (The bedskirts [...]

In our house, we’re big on the lotion. We all have very dry skin and after a long and arduous (read: freezing) spring in New England, we’re slathering lotion on all day long. It’s like we’re living in the desert except it does nothing but rain.
But I digress. Last week the wonderful folks from Method [...]

After seeing the movie Dreamgirls, I left the theater with the firm decision that I would be purchasing false eyelashes so as to achieve Beyonce’s sexy, heavy-lashed look.
Trotting off to Sephora, I planned to buy and have installed some lovely, long lashes. However, the sales person immediately derailed my plan and said, “You don’t want [...]

Recently we took our children to that timeless, semi-tacky tourist attraction, the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, and our four year-old has now taken to demanding over and over again, “I want to go to Santa Cruz! I want to go to Santa Cruz!” Three out of four family members recommend the Santa Cruz Boardwalk highly [...]

With four kids under eight, I’m always on the lookout for good bedtime stories that hold the interest of all my kids, and I try to have a lot of them, because like all parents of preschoolers I get sick of reading the same books over and over and over again. Gossie and Gossie [...]

Have you ever been leery to buy something off the internet because you’re unsure of the quality? I certainly have been and sometimes I just stick to major companies when shopping online to be on the safe side.
Since we added a new puppy to our household, I’ve been searching for a dog tag that won’t [...]

I was recently offered an opportunity to sample some environmentally friendly cleaners and being the closet greenie that I am, I was more than happy to try them out.
I was sent Earth Choice Glass Control surface cleaner and Earth Choice Allergan Control for carpet and upholstery.
The first thing I noticed about the Glass Control was [...]

These days it’s difficult to find a child’s toy that isn’t made of plastic. The number one problem is that plastic isn’t durable. As rough as kids are on things, it doesn’t take long to break even the best quality toys.
HaPe International, of Switzerland, designed a game called Pandabo for children ages 4+.
Pandabo is made [...]

My hair is just frizzy enough to need to be straightened with a hair dryer and flat iron. It is just straight enough to need some serious coaxing to be curly.
The beautiful cork screw curls that I would love to have only appear on the bottom layer of my excessively thick mop. Needless to [...]

If you are hunting for an iPod but would also like to save some money, check out Tech For Less.
When I was hunting around the ‘net for my son’s birthday, I stumbled onto their site and I am happy to report I had such a wonderful experience the first time around that I just [...]

Ever seen a product and thought why didn’t I think of that? That product for me was the Reynolds Slow Cooker Liners.
The geniuses behind this invention are the same folks who made the release aluminum non-stick foil, but took it one step further by creating this liner you place in your crock pot and when [...]

My three year old got this doll for her recent birthday, and it is far and away my favorite present she received, and possibly hers, too.
Dress Up Adventure Dora is a large doll, about 15” tall. She comes in denim shorts and a cute pink top, with a yellow flower watch and her ever [...]