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While I work hard to keep my bathroom pristine, the tile grout on the ceramic tile floor can often look less than fresh. What to do? Well, it often requires a little elbow grease, and a lot of scrubbing. Here's another tip: don't use chlorine bleach. Chlorine bleach can often discolor grout, so instead, opt for oxygen bleach. And since oxygen bleach breaks down to oxygen and water, you can count Read more
Have you assembled your home cleaning kit yet? If you have, you're in luck, because I have a great Recipe For Clean for an eco-friendly bleach alternative. Use it to get spots and stains out of your laundry, so they look so fresh and so clean. Supplies 1/2 cup borax 2 gallons of hot water or Hydrogen Peroxide (3 percent) To find out the steps for this DIY, just read more Read more
Gwyneth Paltrow recently shared a picture of her children, Moses and Apple, rocking out at a Jay-Z concert (shown above; they call him Uncle Jay. Yeah, we're jealous too). While we're still not sure how we feel about the whole kids-at-concerts debate, the thing that interested us the most was Apple's new 'do. The 8-year-old was sporting some seriously shocking pink hair. Apple joins other celeb Read more
Everything is going dreamily. You found the perfect wedding gown for the big day. You've been exercising regularly to make sure it fits just right. The problem is, all that sweating you've been doing makes you break out, and not just on your face — on your back and shoulders too. For starters, do not stop working out. All that exercise is great for relieving stress, and there are many things Read more
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When grocery shopping, there are certain items you should buy in bulk to get that discounted price that will save you money. However, if you pick the wrong items, you may end up wasting cash if you don't use them up before their expiration date. Here are a couple of items you should refrain from buying in bulk: Baking powder. If you don't bake all the time, you might want to skip out on buying Read more
Is it time for your annual springtime cut? If you have long hair, don't let your strands go to waste; donate them to a good cause with the help of Pantene. This Friday the 27th, the hair care company will hold the first-ever National Donate Your Hair Day to benefit its Beautiful Lengths program. With the help of wig-makers HairUWear, Pantene builds real-hair pieces for women undergoing cancer 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
London salon Bleach is famous for its daring hairstyling and amazing color, and now it has a very important new client. And though she may only be 11 inches tall, she's got a whole lot of style cred. For two weeks, colorists and stylists from Bleach are creating hairstyling masterpieces on none other than Barbie, she of the eminently chewable feet and statement eye shadow. So far, the stylists Read more
Supermodel Lara Stone has been bleaching her eyebrows for years, it's said, after former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld recommended she do so. Lara does look fetching with barely-there brows, but outside being a runway model, would you ever consider bleaching your brows? Would You Ever Bleach Your Eyebrows? Yes No Read more
