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Modcloth, purveyors of a wealth of vintage-inspired wares (second only to my love of Urban Outfitters), has two new options for professing your camera love: the Stick With It Magnet Set ($10) and the Sweet Snapshots Air Freshener ($6). Both feature sweet yellow, vintage, plastic cameras, awesome for their kitsch factor and adorably affordable (the air freshener comes in pink, too!). And both are Read more
Nobody likes to sit in a stinky room, but many big name environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, argue that air fresheners are big stinkers for many health and environmental reasons! An alliance of environmental groups commissioned an independent lab to study the health and environmental safety of the chemicals used in scented sprays, gels and plug-in air fresheners. The outcome moved Read more
Sorry to burst your bubble, but you're not going to save by drinking vodka! However, the liquor actually has a couple of household uses that will come in handy. Not to mention, you won't be splashing unnecessary money on products and you'll be doing the environment some good because it's less toxic. Invest in a bottle of cheap vodka to stretch your dollar in these ways: Clean Your Clothes: Read more
It's always a great idea to use the products you have that are already sitting in your kitchen for other purposes. You're saving green and being green! Not to mention, using these natural products will be less toxic for you and the other dwellers in your household. Here are a couple of great uses for vinegar: Fabric softener. Add about 1/4 cup of vinegar to your laundry load to soften your Read more
Getting dressed is a much more enjoyable process when you have a neat, organized closet to rummage through each morning. Stray belts, mismatched shoes, and a pole lined with tangled, broken hangers makes for extra, unnecessary stress. Sure, cleaning out your closet may be an elaborate process, but the results will have a major, time-saving payoff. Not sure where to begin? Follow this Read more
When buying products, reading labels may be one of the best ways to figure out if something contains chemicals that you'd rather not be exposed to. But a study released today found chemicals that may increase your risk of developing cancer or disrupt reproduction in many products, and many of those chemicals weren't listed on product labels. The study, partly funded by the US Centers for Disease Read more
Keeping a clean and healthy home is a priority for many moms — so much so that it is the number one thing moms think they are judged about — but what they clean with may be doing more harm than good. Even products labeled as "green" and "kid safe" can be causing allergic reactions or contributing to long-term health issues. Healthy Child Healthy World has teamed up with Women's Voices For Read more
We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Talk about hating paperwork: Four in ten Americans would rather cut their own hair than do their taxes without the help of an accountant. Actually, we would rather not pay anyone to do something we could do ourselves. So, in our DIY or Not series, we convince the experts to give us the inside scoop on when we do — and when we Read more
We're excited to present this story from Allure: As if the hot air from our turbo blow dryers and the scorch of our flat irons weren't enough, the summer heat adds that extra sizzle that will put almost any head of hair over the edge. Then there's the salt water and chlorine—in other words, our hair takes a serious beating by September. We recently spoke with hairstylist Kerrie Urban, the hair Read more
There are several things you can do to make your perfumes last longer on both the skin and in the bottle, but there also several things you can do to get more out of them. Perhaps you're overwhelmed with a large collection of scents you know you'll never finish, or you're looking for a few ideas on how to bring new life to your tried-and-true perfume. Whatever the case may be, check out these Read more
