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morosophical beautification inc. current products
Last updated: 2018-07-21
First posted: 2011-04-09
This blog is: A tragicomic moral tale of one woman's valiant struggles with first-world problems and her moves towards minimalism, environmentalism, and liberation from consumerism. In other words: hippy-dippy tree-hugging granolarama sh*t, occasional arty-farty vapid airy-fairy nonsense musings, sanctimonious pontificating rants, may contain nuts and other irritants, but but BUT: with regular chocolate.
This page is mostly: a "journal / notepad" of skincare, chocolate, and other grooming titivating beautifying stuff in current use.
(There's also an introduction, quick links to the blog's ten cardinal posts and some other main stuff, and some extra stuff at the end. This page started out in life as a sticky post, which is still kicking around, along with predecessors, but any future updates will be made to this here page.)
Morosophical beautification: because morosophy has its beauties too.
This blog started up as an extension to my MakeupAlley Notepad, and as an archive of my stuff over there. The rest of this page is that notepad. Basically, the "current affairs" of what I'm using currently. This will include metaphorical "life partners" such as oil (of one sort or another); as well as occasional on-off liaisons, extra-marital relations, and light-hearted flirtations (e.g. mascaras). Being pretty vanilla, none of these are very exciting or risqué.
Much of what follows below is over on that MUA notepad, but this stuff here is maintained regularly and is more up-to-date and more accurately represents the reality of everyday Ginger O'Rama beautificatory life. Another reason for maintaining my MUA notepad off-MUA is that updating the MUA one is often glitchy (compatibility issues, long story over many years). That MUA notepad also contains the stuff on this here blog on ethics and this stuff on politics (originally appeared in relation to a MUA board-discussion).
- sensitive skin: a user's manual
- in case of emergency
- resources: skin and its sensitivities
- Earth Day Special: Gingerrama's Green-ish Lists (2012)
and the 2013 version
- posts about sunscreen and about antioxidant serums, including vitamin C ones
- posts about beauty and ethics and about ethics, politics, and living a good life
- Consumer Rights: draft Ten Commandments
- reducing consumption
- cruelty-free resources
- "hauls"
See also: dropdown menu of categories and "search" box ( → on larger screens, ↓ on smaller ones).
Everything here is all relevant and massively important and totally worth reading, and in the drop-down menu, but:
- For criteria used to select and buy "better" (including but not only ethically), see: credo & caveats
- For some more "what" plus the "how" and "why" of this blog; its description and purpose; my ethical positions & posturings, and some further pontification: raisons d'être
sensitive—(structurally/physically) thin, fragile, delicate, fine (fine-grain, no visible pores)—irritable, reactive (ex. photosensitive), some allergies—on/off eczema—no acne, but subject to irritation breakouts—no wrinkles but gradually acquiring lines of expression: as befits age, experience, and hopefully also wit and wisdom—slightly dry—Baumann type DSNW (for whatever that's worth). Usual condition: good.
short (pixie)—fine—thick/dense/lots of it—wavy—normal to dryish, porous—natural (not dyed or retexturised or otherwise buggered around with using heat, a.k.a. "styled"; left to its own devices to dry naturally)
PPP < sub-NW10—some freckles—some blue-purple shadows in inner eye corners—hazel eyes—red hair
Otherwise a boringly healthy, medium-sized, 45-year-old female in reasonable condition.
Stuff used = a mixture of "greener" and "less green," primary considerations being that the stuff works and is cruelty-free. If there's a more ethical version, within reason (i.e. not at an insane price), I'll give it preference.
I don't use any of the following, due to incompatibility with sensitive etc. skin:
- scrubs, Clarisonic, Pretika, Mia, other physical exfoliants: hands & facecloth is as much as my skin can take;
- AHA (except a very mild version of lactic acid, in the form of yoghurt), BHA (very low percentage & dose salicylic acid OK, used if I get a zit; not happened in a long time though), and basically generally chemical exfoliants and peels;
- pH that is too low or too high: thin skin, thin skin barrier, easily damaged
- retinaldehyde: though skin can handle the small amounts of low-dose weaker less usable retinol in rosehip seed oil;
- and a bunch of known irritants / reaction-triggers, compiled over the years: c/o doctors, plus trial and error:
no. 1 being fragrance/perfume/scent, which in turn includes most essential oils (and all of them, for the eye and nose area);
alcohol, bismuth oxychloride,
cyclopentasiloxane(OK now), DMDM hydantoin, diazolidinyl urea, imidazolidinyl urea, l-ascorbic acid, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, niacinamide, quaternium-15, sodium lauryl sulfate (but s laureth s is OK), triclosan, triethanolamine (in eyes, e.g. in mascara = not OK);
My skincare is very very very vanilla. But: it works for my skin; and better boring than exciting, when exciting means reactions, damage, and pain…
I use a Diva Cup.
I also use conventional drugs (i.e. "medicine" developed through "science") as appropriate: when in need, in pain, under instruction from a doctor, etc. There are limits to hippy-dippiness. Those limits are common sense and sense itself: basic animal dislike of the sensation of pain, liking being comfortable, and having a survival-/life-instinct.
I believe in sleep. And not much else. OK, chocolate.
I don't want to call what follows in the main notepad below a routine. Sounds too… rigorous? Regular, regulated, religious, repressive? Politically worrying, given the proximity between "regimen" and "régime"? Quite aside from any absolutist, tyrannical, or cultish associations: the implications of organization and discipline—be that imposed by external authority or self-discipline—would be very misleading. The notepad-stuff doesn't always happen, doesn't always happen in that order, and can take any length of time from 10 minutes to a good hour or so. Bearing in mind the sleep factor, as well as caffeination and chocolate-hunting urges and emergencies.
1. Shampoo/body-wash
2. Conditioner
3. Oil: eye make-up removal, cleaning, moisturising, shaving, hair
4. Waxy-buttery balm: moisturiser for everything
5. Zinc oxide sunscreen: face and body
6. Zinc oxide sunscreen stick: lips and eye-area
7. Coconut oil/bicarbonate of soda/starch deodorant cream
8. Mascara: black, waterproof (can double up as eyeliner)
9. Concealer: for eye area
10. Lipstick
1. Oil
2. Sunscreen (actually, could skip this and just use clothing and avoid sun, if we're thinking Doomsday scenarios)
3. Mascara
Mascara Sunscreen (OK, let's be practical: after all, it is the end of the world)
* as defined in, for ex. EU law: not a medically-necessary thing; includes skincare and haircare
- evening: (for medical reasons–anaemic–and as prescribed by doctor: iron (chelated)
+ vitamin C (ascorbic acid; stopped ester-C because kidneys)
- morning: vitamin D: vegetarian (D3 or D2; FYI fungal-derived D2 is vegan, much D3 is from sheep lanolin (check product ingredient label) and usually therefore vegetarian, some D3 is not as from fish), 2000 IU
- + food (repeated as needed throughout day); leafy greens and basically lots of veg (especially fried in oil or roasted), whole grains, pulses, herbs, spices, tofu, nuts, avocadoes, seaweed / sea vegetables, olive oil; houmous (with generous extra black pepper, cumin, coriander, turmeric, and ginger) on toast with nutritional yeast on top as my munchies-staple; flax and hemp seed oil for GLA and omega-3, breaking vegetarianism to eat local wild salmon and some other fish (if sustainable etc., like herring); assorted teas, genmaicha green tea with toasted brown rice, coffee, and most importantly GOOD RED WINE
- teeth: a soft toothbrush with a small head
+ a toothpaste with fluoride, without SLS (eczema etc.), with mint
+ a mouthwash with fluoride and without alcohol
+ waxed minty floss
+ recyclable interdental stick thingies
- household cleaning stuff: dish-washing liquid, laundry detergent, cleaning stuff: usually unscented (I'll use scented kitchen stuff + gloves), sensitive-skin-friendly, no SLS (eczema: SLES fine thought), biodegradable, cruelty-free. Enzyme-free laundry detergents, for most fabrics (plus some hydrogen bleach where appropriate). AspenClean, Bio-Vert (Canadian), Ecover, NatureClean (Canadian), Seventh Generation. Some DIY stuff too (baking soda, vinegar). No enzymes in laundry detergent. Cool to cold washes where/when possible. For hand-washing—bras, mainly—something mild: using up any old unscented shampoo.
- The Head Section: face, ears, throat, bosom, shoulders, upper arms
- The Body Section: everything else below that level
- The Hair Section
- Makeup
- Extra Stuff: allergies, dryness, and more makeup (level 0 = less, when irritable; level 3 = more)
- Chocolate-based delights and links to their recipes
- using soft (or, elsewhere, softened) tepid water, body temperature or slightly cooler
- face-cloths a.k.a. baby washcloths, cleansing cloths, (UK) flannels:
—for washing skin on face and body.
—Use: thorough but gentle cleansing, mild exfoliation. If you want more, apply more pressure, speed, roughness. Thick, square, around 20 cm x 20 cm, plentiful. Changed regularly (every one or two days) and washed at the end of the week. The newest ones I have are made out of bamboo velour. In the past I've also used muslin or fine cotton flannel, and made my own out of old worn-out clothing ex. recycling cotton underwear, or cotton flannel bedlinen and pyjamas. Bought from various places over the last 20 years or so. Much of my collection is elderly and grubby but I'll use them until they fall apart …
- soft reusable pads:
—for washing face and removing eye make-up (used with oil) or washing face (used with water and cleanser).
—I use a fresh one every time; like the face-cloths, they all go in the wash every week. My newest ones are hemp or bamboo fleece; more sustainable and environmentally-friendly than cotton (needs less water, faster-growing crop, better for the soil). Purchased on Etsy; I made my own before from recycled old cotton items like the face-cloths above, but badly, so they disintegrated in the wash. Easy to make yourself so long as you have a sewing-machine and do the edges really well.
- towels:
—cotton towelling, and as with face-cloths, various sources. Some are even—how bleeding-heart granola can you get—made from sustainable organic cotton. Allegedly. Others were donated by or long-term-borrowed from parental units, former flat-mates, and other associates in previous existences. There's at least one garish 1970s towel (faded psychedelic peach/lilac flowers) that used to belong to my grandparents. In short: I don't know where most of our towels come from, and I'm not sure I'd want to. But if getting more, we buy cheap AND organic etc. cotton.
and everything else that's above nipple-level
This usually takes about 15-25 minutes, depending on how asleep I am and how long is spent under a shower in an attempt to wake up. And depending on whether or not hair is washed; that adds another few minutes. Turning water off while conditioner soaks in and so on (unless still half-asleep: ethics wake up with rest of thinking-parts-of-brain, not yet a conditioned reflex). "Face" here includes neck, throat, décolleté, ears, tops of shoulders. Shorthand for "those parts of me that face the world, are located above the boobs, but do not necessarily include the eyes"; The Bosom and The Gaze also having somewhat different/differentiated, shall we say, outlooks and being-looked-upon rôles to play.
- Something mild and unscented and creamy, but that does actually do the job of cleaning.
- currently: Pure Anada Scentless Gentle Cleanser
- application: onto dry skin, using hands, massage around face and neck and bosom, remove with wet cloth
an outrageously bland basic banal oil / emollient cream / barrier-repair cream / balm; unscented; see also ersatz (3): moisturiser
- currently: meadowfoam seed or jojoba oil (any brand, not fussy), applied in the shower to damp skin, patted in, residue rinsed off; this also removes all remaining sunscreen, sort of double-cleansing in reverse
- then ShiKai Borage original unscented dry skin lotion , applied to mostly-dry skin
- application: all over face, neck, throat, down to bosom.
- (eye area) same moisturiser as rest of face, dotted and dabbed on gently. Usually just eyelids up to brow-bone + outer corners of eyes. Not the undereye area which is prone to bagginess if I use anything there that's heavier than a very lightweight gel / serum.
- (lips): currently: refined shea butter (Mountain Rose Herbs)
- application: dotted on skin, pressed on and patted in.
- if dryer and/or in very cold dry weather, on any dry patches: there's an escalation of other things used, depending on extent of dryness and whether it's eczema too: starting with using a different oil, balm applied more generally, barrier repair cream, then greasier and heavier stuff; for more, see EXTRA STUFF further down.
a minimalistically beautiful SPF 30+ physical sunscreen, unscented, moist, otherwise whatever works at the time
- currently: Badger SPF 35 (22.5% ZnO) cream and stick
- + sunglasses if sunny
I should explain and apologize that I'm not very good at the whole night-time ritual business. Even worse than my usual tolerance (and competence) towards rituals and routines. Hence there are several of them.
I'm very good at wanting to go from day/clothed/awake/vertical to night/PJs/asleep/horizontal as quickly, efficiently, and lazily as possible. Unfortunately, I am not Wallace and don't have Grommet and brilliant gadgets to help. Practice makes perfect, though; decades of daily practice have knocked the total time for the whole process down to 2 minutes (I cheat in that garments are flung off and get folded the next day).
Also, my skin often (when in a normal state and if not using a tenacious silicone-based sunscreen) seems to be happiest when it's only cleaned once a day. Sometimes even every couple of days.
- clean teeth, do nothing at all to skin (or to hair)
- remember to switch off bathroom light and other lights, check front door is locked
- go to bedroom
- remove clothes
- go to bed
- sleep
- clean self in morning, inc. removing makeup then. Yes, the bad thing you're not supposed to do and that means you're a bad person.
Currently, with calamitous skin, I'm cleaning said skin twice a day, morning and evening. Partly about the bacterial infection, but doesn't take too long and worth doing anyway when using a more tenacious sunscreen during the day.
- remove eye make-up using meadowfoam seed or jojoba oil and water
- technique: using reusable cotton or bamboo pads: first soak pads with warm water, hold over closed eyes for 30 seconds, then swipe, then poke around at lashes with fingers (= removing tubing mascara); rinse pads; repeat process, with pads soaked in oil (= to remove other eye makeup); a combination of warm water and pressure (for tubing mascara) and oil removes most stuff
- clean face using mild unscented cleanser (same stuff as morning), face-cloth or cotton pads, and warm water
- pat face dry
- moisturise: cream all over, balm on lips (as morning)
Sometimes I add various other steps, instead of the first item in ROUTINE #1 above:
- remove make-up (using cotton pads) and clean face using oil and warm water; especially if using a more tenacious sunscreen, which needs oil removal anyway
- rinse with warm water
- pat on more oil as moisturiser
- apply balm to lips and eye area (but not undereye)
- see also: registering, regulating, and regimenting skincare regimens: evening non-routines
→ See also: EXTRA STUFF: DRYNESS & ALLERGIES
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= nipple-line and below
- Jason Gentle Basics facial cleanser
- oil (multi-purpose oil in bathroom; olive and other oils, also used for food, live in the kitchen)
- multi-purpose balm
- bland moisturiser (currently ShiKai borage unscented dry skin lotion)
- no nail-varnish: reasons of environmental queasiness (ex. using all these cotton-wool pads, then thrown away into landfill) and laziness, also irritation from fumes (removers but also even big 3- and big 5-free polishes) and drying of nails (even with ditto re. polishes): prone to breaking, splitting, cracking, hang-nails, brittleness, and infections; a bad combination when you add my bad nail-/finger-chewing habit.
- SPF 30+ zinc oxide-only physical sunscreen (see further below)
- face-cloths, as before
- Gillette Venus 3-blade razor: the brand is now cruelty-free, though owned by P&G; that old version of the razor TTBOMK antedates their take-over; all the plastic parts can be recycled, including the head though that means messing about delicately with the actual blades; they, too, can be recycled separately depending on your available facilities, manual dexterity, and number of remaining fingers (let's just say I've had a few close shaves and advise caution)
- usually, for a rapid a.m. shower, just multi-purpose oil as 2-in-1 cleanser/moisturizer
- application: wet skin, pour some oil into palm of hand, rub hands together, apply, move hands around a bit, rinse
- + on pits, pubes, and any sunscreened areas: a bland boring cleanser:
- current face cleanser
- applied with hands then massaged around using hands, them rinsed off
- using soft (or, elsewhere, softened) tepid water, body temperature or slightly cooler
- conditioner or multi-purpose oil
- multi-purpose oil
- application: if less dry: in shower, leave on for about a minute, rinse off
- if more dry: apply more at end of shower, leave to absorb
- hands, rest of self under clothes, eczema-prone areas:
- ShiKai borage original unscented dry skin lotion
- multi-purpose balm
- Mountain Rose Herbs refined shea butter
- if drier or otherwise more needy, something from EXTRA STUFF
- covering up using a hat and clothing: cheaper and more effective than any sunscreen
- + SPF 30+ physical unscented sunscreen:
- currently: Badger SPF 35 (22.5% ZnO)
- application: on any exposed flesh
- unscented solid deodorant
- Primal Pit Paste unscented deodorant (old "regular" / new "level 2")
- Roxana Illuminated Perfume Green Witch solid: can't use alcohol-based scents, rashes ensue. Plus sneezing and streaming nose and eyes from many scents, and with some, a different sort of irritation expressed in shuddering reaction and gagging.
- (E)au naturel(le): the usual, for work
→ See also: EXTRA STUFF: DRYNESS & ALLERGIES
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As with anything else, using soft (or, elsewhere, softened) tepid water, body temperature or slightly cooler. With minimum time spent under the water, for environmental reasons, when possible / I remember; winter early mornings = stay under warm shower until wake up…
Often skipping shampoo, just using conditioner (but massaging it well on scalp).
Occasionally, a pre-wash condition: multi-purpose oil, massaged into scalp, left to sit for at least 30 minutes (ideally an hour) before washing hair. Not done this in ages (and not more often than once a week, as a weekend treat) due to The Horrors Of Work. Or, more accurately, The Need For Sleep. Which would be disrupted by getting up earlier to wash hair, or cutting into precious evening down-time (a.k.a. Total Collapse).
- somewhat-moisturising shampoo, usually fragrance-free and unscented; see also ersatz (1): hair product find of the millenium
- currently: Curelle or Oneka unscented shampoo
- application: massage scalp gently, rinse thoroughly with lots of water.
- moisturising-but-not-heavy-and-greasifying conditioner, usually fragrance-free and unscented
- currently: Curelle or Oneka unscented conditioner
- application: on washed well-rinsed-out hair; applied all over, mainly the ends but including some areas that are near the scalp and roots, where some of my hair is otherwise more dry and frizzy; rinsed out immediately after.
- currently: none
See also: EXTRA STUFF: DRY HAIR
- an old wooden brush with wooden quills (instead of regular bristles), FSC-certified wood, from The Body Shop. The bristles are nice for massaging scalp.
- on dry hair to get out any tenacious tangles ex. if I've been walking/running on a windy day
- short hair = I can often get away with not brushing it. All-day bed-head FTW!
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These are either being used currently right now, or are in The Bag and have been used at some point in the past month. First one in the list is current everyday thing at this very moment. Further levels at the end of this post.
All are cruelty-free, vegan, cheap, and made from sustainable materials (bamboo, FSC wood) or recycled and/or recyclable ones (the plastics used)
- small brushes (intended for eyeshadow, used for concealer): EcoTools
- kabuki brushes: The Body Shop (and their twist-up blusher brush), EcoTools (travel one in aluminium tube)
- lash & brush comb: Marks & Spencer, from their mini travel set
- Tweezerman metal-toothed lash comb
- mini short-handled tightlining eyeliner brushes: a Bobbi Brown one, bought in a set with gel eyeliner (I bought the set for the brush: it's marketed as a travel version of its regular long-handled version); and several Clinique ones that came with Black Honey cream/gel eyeliner (the only eyeliner I've not just bought more than once but more than three times). Each of these brushes has a short handle—about 5-7 cm long—and a firm head—about 5mm long—with quite stiff bristles; not an angled brush, not a fine-tip liner brush. Suits me best, technique-wise, as I'm short-sighted and applying "blind" (i.e. taking advantage of my naturally superior close-up vision).
- cotton-wool buds/Q-tips: the ones with paper sticks, organic cotton, recyclable
No nail varnish: dry brittle nails, prone to hang-nails and breaking (and being chewed), easily damaged by all known nail-polish removers, and desiccated by nail-polish itself. Including Big 3- and Big 5-free, water-based, etc. I attempt to mitigate the damage and alleviate pain using oil and/or balm.
Skin currently in decent shape; but I refuse to leave my burrow and encounter fresh air outside, let alone people, without a minimum coating of mascara. Down to roots of lashes, looking vaguely convincing as though tinted. It's a little bit like drag, in terms of one's "normal, natural" outside appearance differing from one's "true" inner perception of self. The real true me has dark lashes, the incongruous false outer appearance needs tweaking to reflect that, and I simply don't feel comfortable or myself until the lashes are dark. Can go from alien to human-ish-oid in an easy comfortable 10 minutes (with tea), current record (just eyeliner and mascara) is 4 minutes.
- Something brownish, unscented, long-lasting, sometimes sparjly has been known to happen too, for tight-lining
- Nvey Eco cake eyeliner in brown
- applied using a short-handled brush, moistened with water, applied to lash roots, dot-and-zigzag motion, all along the upper lash-line from inner to outer corner, not on lower lash-line.
- in black; unscented, no clumping or flaking; no smudging and ideally waterproof; oftem a tubing mascara. I wear glasses, they sit close to my eyes, and I have long eyelashes that brush the lenses. Glasses covered in oily gunk is not good.
- currently: Pacifica Stellar Gaze; not tubing, but sweat- and water-resistant and nearly waterproof
- application: a rapid once-over, top and bottom lashes, upper and lower sides; a second quick-swipe coat on upper lashes
- skin-coloured, non-transferring (same reason as mascara)
- currently: Silk Naturals HD foundation in C10; on eyelids, eye area up to brows, in the under-eye areas, inner corner next to nose + often elsewhere on face (as a highlighter, under eyebrows, on nose)
- application: using fingers
A vamped-up subtle rosy-red tint (if "vamp" and "subtle" aren't mutually exclusive):
- Silk Naturals Kisser Slicker in Bitten: colour dupe for Lipstick Queen Medieval, but moister and longer-lasting (and cheaper)
Still just basic normal-human-simulacrum drag. The maximum-fifteen-minute version.
- Silk Naturals HD cream foundation in C10: finally, a foundation the colour of my skin, that doesn't dry it out or irritate it, and doesn't cost an arm and a leg
- applied using fingertips and/or a stubby kabuki brush + a teeny eyeshadow/concealer brush
- using this as full-facial slap if there's any risk of someone taking photos of me; while my skin is basically in good condition, no visible flaws in normal viewing conditions, bare-faced in photos accentuates every deviation from the norm. (Weird, that: photography is supposed to be an accurate snapshot of reality, yet all too often it's a caricature.) Somehow, smoothing stuff helps airbrush photo-reality.
Other levels also exist.
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- Delia Smith: A very chocolatey mousse
- Delia Smith: Melting chocolate puddings
- Nigella Lawson: Molten chocolate babycakes
- Denis Cotter: Olive oil chocolate mousse
(Each image also links to its recipe, opening in a new window/tab.) This last one below isn't really a recipe, except insofar as it might be a recipe for happiness (and possibly also–or therefore also–an elixir of eternal youth and magic beauty-potion): chocolate. At least 70% cocoa solids. Eat daily. At least once daily.
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This section and others further below are old. Like, ancient. I won't be updating them. Some of what's here might still be generally useful, and general enough so that alternatives or parallels can be found, adapted, used. Being ecologically sound here, in preserving information for reuse and recycling…
- eyebright (euphrasia) sterile aqueous solution eye lotion: apply to closed eyes using pads, allowing some of it to go into eyes. Hold pads over eyes for a couple of minutes.
- apply unscented lip balm or other waxy stuff to inside of nose. A first step of defence against pollen, spores, etc. from invading, sticking to hairs inside nose, and triggering reactions.
- back to basics, and cleaning self as little as possible, minimal water-contact, much use of oats
- CLEANSER: oil or emollient cream, working up to oat-and-water paste, then oaty unscented syndet soap-free cleanser
- MOISTURISER: oil or emollient / barrier-repair cream (more on them further down)
- SUNSCREEN: Vanicream SPF 50 (ZnO + TiO₂)
- DEODORANT: zinc oxide baby butt cream
- HAIR: unscented mild stuff shampoo & conditioner
- MAKEUP: level 0 (see further below), just a very reliable plain mascara, many (except tubing ones) can also be used for tightlining
- antihistamines: ex. cetirizine (branded version = Reactine or Zyrtec)
- see also:
Substituting in spring to early summer super-mega-allergicky bonanza-time, and other occasional bouts of irritability through the year:
- CLEANSER (face & body): oil (a basic bland one: mineral, sunflower) or emollient cream, working up to oat-and-water paste, then oaty unscented syndet soap-free cleanser
- method: cleansing with water once a day maximum, and very little water and minimum skin-water contact: standing over a sink or shallow-filled bath, rather than hosing myself down in the shower. If my skin's very unhappy, I'll only clean skin with water every other day (and only once then), otherwise cleaning myself water-free.
- TONER: cool-to-tepid tap water (my local water is lovely, soft, off glaciers, and well-treated); if I'm away somewhere with lousy hard water, I'll resort to bottled mineral water
- MOISTURISER (face & body): oil or emollient / barrier-repair cream; heavy waxy stuff on lips and around eyes
- SUNSCREEN: Vanicream SPF 50
- HAIR: unscented mild shampoo and conditioner, washing only every 4 days, and putting hair up in between (plaits/braids, messy bun, etc.). When my skin's been very troublesome and I'm on minimum-water-contact, I've been known to get someone else to wash my hair for me, with my head tipped back over a sink or tub (like in hospital or at a hair salon).
- DEODORANT & SCENT: zinc oxide cream: baby butt paste, a.k. diaper- / nappy-rash cream
General approach and technique to dealing with dry skin: layering. Reasons for why:
- Just as with separate shampoo + conditioner or separate moisturiser + sunscreen: better functionality for both purposes than a 2-in-1; in my experience, 2-in-1s are never "the one product that does it all" but tend to be at best 1/2-and-1/2.
- Parallel with clothing: there's greater flexibilty in having a wardrobe of garments of different weights, warmths, etc. and layering them. Allows you the freedom to adapt to circumstances: some areas being drier than others, variations from day to day, changes in weather and seasons, etc.
- Dry dehydrated skin: what seems to work best is sandwiching a layer of water under a layer of oil, and if need be repeating in double-deckers, triple-deckers, etc.
On days when the weather is colder, drier, and/or windier:
- FACE & EYES: add a layer of shea butter or other heavy waxy stuff as required
- application: small dab, rubbed and warmed-up between fingertips, dotted onto drier (and thinner-skinned, more delicate) areas such as forehead, cheekbones, bridge of nose, and around the eyes, and smoothed in.
If you see my forehead in real life, you'll laugh at my calling it "delicate" in reference to anything other than skin. Flattering people have referred to it as "aristocratically Renaissance" or further physiological evidence of pre-Raphaelitism. Yes, it's a five finger forehead: and what would be more appropriate for me than being a five-finger-er? If I were a guy, I'd be a slaphead egghead…
- application: small dab, rubbed and warmed-up between fingertips, dotted onto drier (and thinner-skinned, more delicate) areas such as forehead, cheekbones, bridge of nose, and around the eyes, and smoothed in.
When skin is drier, which might or might not coincide with whatever's going on with the weather and/or allegies: I use one or other or some combination of the following assorted stuff in the emergency tool-kit. All over or on localised dry patches. They're listed in approximate order of increasing seriousness:
Here are some moisturisers I've used and abused in dire straits, and sometimes kept using once skin was stable again. Most are emollient or barrier-repair creams; the products below don't all call themselves that, but these are useful terms to look out for. Some call themselves "balms" but are really richer thicker creams.
- A-Derma Skin Care Cream (note: not fully cruelty-free any more)
- A-Derma Exomega balm or cream (ditto)
- Allergenics cream; there is also a less-moist lotion
- Avène Cicalfate: serious first-aid emergency barrier repair cream (note: not fully cruelty-free)
- Avène Tolérance extrême cream (ditto)
- Avène TrXéra + Sélectiose cream or balm (ditto)
- Avène XeraCalm cream (there is also a balm, but less good IME; stickier, no more moisturising, a little itchy; and ditto)
- Ayelet night cream (Etsy)
- CeraVe lotion or cream
- Chagrin Valley Whipped Squalane Mousse
= shea olein + olive squalane + olive butter + jojoba oil; see ersatz (3): moisturiser
Alas, it's no longer unscented.
- several Derma E creams
- Dr.Hauschka rose day cream (yes, scented; yes, weirdly, this stuff has been known to work on my skin)
- Elave cream
- La Roche-Posay Lipikar Baume (note: no animal testing (EU) but sells in China and parent company is not cruelty-free)
- La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Baume (serious barrier repair stuff: for dire emergencies)
- ShiKai borage dry skin therapy lotion or hand cream (yes, all over, face and eyes too) or their facial moisturiser
- Vanicream cream
- Vitec (made by Vanicream)
- and assorted other UK and European emollient creams not available here in Canada, at least not in actual real live shops here: Barefoot Botanicals,
Faith in Nature,
Green People,
Lavera Neutral range
Weleda almond / soothing range, etc.
- the DIY multi-purpose skin oil or some heavier oils (e.g. avocado, hemp seed) under moisturiser or mixed in with it
- argan oil under moisturiser or mixed in with it (Mountain Rose Herbs, but brand doesn't matter–exact same stuff).
On why it is NOT worth spending lots of money on Josie Maran and suchlike (OK, unless suffering from the matchy-matchy variant of OCD), because argan oil = argan oil = argan oil: see review (2011-08-12) and update (2011-08-27).
The next stage is heavy-duty balm, including some lip balms.
- DIY multi-purpose balm
= plain refined shea butter (L'Occitane/NOW; refined without hexanes)
+ extra-virgin olive oil + beeswax (both = Badger unscented balm).
RECIPE: Boil some water (about a cupful) and pour it into a small saucepan. Scoop balm ingredients out into a smaller bowl (it should fit inside that saucepan and be heat-proof). Chop roughly into smallish pieces (so they melt quicker and more evenly once heated). Place metal bowl insaucepan of water. DO NOT LET ANY WATER INTO THE BALM-MIX.
Alternatively: put ingredients, chopped up, into a bowl. Heat in microwave.
Heat until not just melted but boiling, mixing along the way. Remove bowl from saucepan (or microwave) and pour contents into containers (old balm tins etc.), and refrigerate. Remove from fridge once balm is solid. Add lids. Use.
Over-heating the balm results in a texture, look, feel, and performance that is more like Vaseline than the more usual softer creamier non-petrolatum balms. A fortuitous accidental discovery when I used a metal bowl for the bain-marie…
- Allergenics non-steroidal ointment
- Aquaphor, the ointment: petrolatum + lanolin mostly
- Badger balm, unscented version in the tin
= extra-virgin olive oil + beeswax
- Dr Bronner's Magic All-One Balm, unscented "naked" version
= jojoba oil + beeswax + avocado oil + hemp seed oil + vitamin E
- Dr.Hauschka lip balm or eye balm, the stuff in the jar; scented but good, in my experience
- lanolin ointment or balm, or alone; ex. Lansinoh. Often sold as nipple-balm for lactating mothers. Ethical issues: most lanolin is unethically derived, some is wild-harvested (check with manufacturer; embarrass them is they don't know or care)
- Madre Bees unscented organic lip balm
= extra-virgin olive oil + beeswax + hemp seed oil + vitamin E
- petrolatum a.k.a. petroleum jelly, the Unilever branded "Vaseline"
- Prevex Protectant Cream: petrolatum + silicone + microcrystalline wax
- shea butter
Many/most prefer raw unrefined shea, but my skin doesn't so far. It is irritated by octyl methoxycinnamate and (many, but not all and not in all concentrations) other cinnam- chemical relatives, inc. cinnamic acid in unrefined shea butter. So I use the refined kind.
- Silk Naturals plain organic lip balm
= olive, castor, jojoba, & avocado oils, beeswax, candelilla wax, hemp & cranberry oils, carnauba wax
- Vaniply ointment
- Weleda calendula ointment: this has been reformulated, and is not always readily available. It's unscented and lives in the First Aid section of health-food stores.
- Weleda Weather Everything cream/balm: this is an oily ointment
- Weleda Everon lip balm
REALLY DRY & SCALY, esp. EYE AREA
- soak pads (cotton-wool, reusable cotton pads, a small towel, or similar) with cool liquid:
witch-hazel hydrosol,
or milk (cow, goat, or plant)
- use two old teabags (black or green tea; or indeed certain others such as rosehip or chamomile), soaked in cold water, one over each eye. Hold over closed eyes for a while. Relax.
- apply raw honey to scaly bits: I've used manuka honey with a UMF of 10-15 for this (higher is probably best reserved for more serious medical use), and also local raw unpasteurised etc. honey
- honey mixed with a dab of neem oil. Yes, neem smells totally rank: but it's good stuff.
- redo the cool compresses thing (first step above); if very dry and scaly, thin slices of beeswax /straight honeycomb can help.
Additional or changing moisturiser, used as needed: on hands, feet, and any dry patches; in ascending order of severity and seriousness, this is the arsenal:
- hands, nails, cuticles: Prevex Protectant
- add in hemp seed oil to the oil mix (other oils used too, previously; hemp is the current "emergency" oils living in the fridge)
- an emollient cream
- Aquaphor on hands and cuticles
- a heavy waxy balm: ex. shea butter, BalmBalm, Jason 25,000 IU vitamin E cream (great on elbows, knees, feet; warning–not face!), Badger unscented balm
- olive oil rub and soak (hands, feet)
- armpits: layer of zinc oxide baby butt paste
- CLEANSER (all over): substitute an unscented emollient cream
- MOISTURISER: substitute a very heavy-duty unscented minimalist emollient / barrier-repair cream/balm
- increase consumption of omega-3 fatty acids (oily fish, flax seed)
- borage / starflower seed or evening-primrose oil: I've also used it on skin, but have better results from ingesting it in the form of capsules
- tweak the DIY multi-purpose oil: substitute hemp or avocado oil (for both, food/edible sort, in refrigerated section of shops; keep hemp refrigerated); adding a layer under moisturising cream.
- on top: substitute an emollient cream for usual moisturiser
- neem oil (any brand: currently using Alaffia): great on all manner of small sore bits & bites, zits, irritation, etc. Stinky though. Apply only a tiny amount, and directly to the affected area.
- more layering. Spray/slap on an extra layer of water on top of moisturiser, then seal it in with very heavy-duty waxy stuff. Yes, I have been known to use Aquaphor, Prevex, or plain petrolatum (any brand). The stuff is damn good on sealing seriously flaky skin. I'll avoid it in favour of a sustainably-produced plant-based alternative when possible, but not all things are possible at all times and in all circumstances. I'll avoid Vaseline for Unilever reasons, unless it's the only thing going and a life/death situation for skin.
See also: in case of emergency.
Main thing:
- virgin coconut oil (organic unrefined etc.; current one is Dr. Bronner's, chosen as it's also fair trade)
- used anywhere between every wash and every two weeks or so, depending on state of hair
- applied to dry hair, all over except the scalp itself, usually for 1 hour. Less than 45 minutes doesn't give it time to absorb; I've left the stuff on successfully for up to 3 hours before washing. Longer, and there's no further difference or my hair is flat (hair is fine but thick; on coarser hair, leave on for longer; some may be able to leave it on overnight). Then wash hair as usual.
[The mext section is other hair stuff that was on my notepad when my hair was long. It's been irrelevant for me and my hair for ages now, but I'm leaving this stuff below up on this page in case it helps anyone else.]
Apple cider vinegar rinse: diluted 1 part vinegar to many parts water, in an old "sports top" plastic water-bottle (any squeezy bottle will do). Using any brand of vinegar, whatever we've got currently in the kitchen.
My use of this is limited by my skin's tolerance-levels: even diluted:
- semi-DIY clarifying shampoo: mixed in palm of hand with regular shampoo, on my second shampoo, then applied to hair from there
Sometimes I blow-dry my hair properly, for extra smoothness and shininess:
- a tiny dab of silicone serum (any simpler kind that's as cloase as possible to being just silicones, ideally; one of the best things to use is actually unscented personal / intimate lubricant) + vented brush + an eco-friendly hair-dryer (it's green and white, made from recycled materials, recyclable, and low-energy).
Leaving hair to its own devices until nearly dry, and not combing or brushing through afterwards, as that is one of my paths to guaranteed frizz. Then rapidly blow-drying the curlier bits. This doesn't happen very often: I'd like to say it's because I'm such a virtuous energy-saving person sacrificing my frizz-free-ness to the greater good of the planet, but really, it's just that I can't be arsed.
Note: works for a limited time, my current record is about 3 hours, before hair starts to revert to type. Better solution = pro job from hairdresser, lasts a day or two. Another option might be straightening irons but I'm against and will not use (reasons: not that good for hair, a probably irrational fear of burning (if someone else is doing it, anyway: if klutzy me, then perfectly rational), energy consumption, limits to the reasonableness of vanity & folly-praising, and anti-racist & feminist discomfort about not embracing and celebrating non-straight hair).
A sort of variation on the condition-wash-condition technique; seems to help hair dryness and frizzliness. Has more effect—hair not drying out so much between washes—than applying oil at the conditioning stage, either before conditioner or mixed in with it.
- DIY hair oil
- coconut oil(see further up)
- various oils, using the multi-purpose oil (the skin one), a DIY hair oil, etc. The hair oil has been known, over the years, to be a separate entity from the multi-purpose oil (which is then technically just skin oil, really, and not all that multi-purpose) and to contain varying combinations and proportions of the following oils, being ones that are supposed to actually do something to hair all the way to the core:
– argan
– avocado
– coconut
– jojoba (less evidence for this penetrating to the core)
– meadowfoam seed
– olive
- any brand: usually something cheaper and decent like NOW, Garden of Wisdom, Mountain Rose Herbs, etc.; for avocado or olive, a food/cooking one
- decanted into a plastic bottle, with a plastic flip-top or pump top, living in the shower
- application: wet hair with warm water and oil it up pretty much everywhere except the scalp (unless it's dry: then it gets oiled too). Coil up hair and secure. Leave it be for at least 15-30 minutes (meanwhile: breakfast + cup of tea). Wash and condition as usual.
- leave oil on for longer, for at least an hour or so. Usually at the weekend.
- if scalp is dry: oil rub, with usual multipurpose oil or plain meadowfoam seed oil
- if hair is feeling dry after it's been washed and has dried: a drop of meadowfoam, avocado, or argan oil on ends and any frizzy bits.
- olive oil as a pre-wash treatment, rather than the usual DIY hair oil; very occasionally warmed up slightly as a hot oil treatment (errrm, around about twice a year max); left on for longer than usual. This does leave (my) hair a bit greasy and heavy, though.
- avocado oil, as above
- whether or not hair's being dry, sometimes I'm being really scuzzy and/or simply don't have time to wash and dry my hair. I'll get another day out of the hair by doing a dry shampoo. Done this previously with actual dry shampoo; and with various fine-grain baby/dusting powders. Silk powder is a very good one for this purpose. Brush hair–apply to roots and scalp, basically the greasy bits–leave on for 5-10 minutes–brush out
Depending on dryness and ambient humidity or lack thereof:
- coconut oil
- multi-purpose oil on the ends, fly-aways, etc.
- extra-virgin olive oil
- avocado, or hemp seed if my skin and hair are being very dry and skin's in flaky (or indeed fully eczematic) mode
- argan oil
- John Masters Organics Shine On leave-in treatment
- a leave-in conditioner such as Beauty Without Cruelty or John Masters Organics
- a moisturising skin cream, such as Allergenics emollient cream
- a balm, such as the DIY one
- a silicone-y serum, if it's very humid and/or I'm blow-drying; my hair gets weighed down by these horribly, and I am prone to irritation on the neck and other surrounding skin, so this is a last resort. A compromise is to use a skin-moisturiser containing silicone. Or, my usual one, personal lubricant…
Usually leaving hair until nearly dry, then rapidly blow-drying the curlier bits. This doesn't happen very often: I'd like to say it's because I'm such a virtuous energy-saving person sacrificing my frizz-free-ness to the greater good of the planet, but really, it's just that I can't be arsed. Ditto on the oil vs. oil+silicone experiments.
[end of the old stuff from when I had long hair; hasn't been relevant for a long time for my shorter hair]
[this next bit is so old that the box it was in literally started to fall apart; its crumbly remains were respectfully ritually laid to rest]
In case of skin emergency:
- MASCARA: a tubing one
- and no other makeup
- no, nothing at all. Nothing! Nada!
- (I tend not to have the energy, will have mind/attention on other things, and may well be asleep especially if doped up on whatever is being used to combat whatever the affliction might happen to be)
- in an ideal world: if I were very very very ill indeed, some kind soul would come in to hospital and tint my eyelashes for me, and maybe pop on a teeny hint of lipstick & blusher, and help me look/feel more human and less like a lump of health-service-property meat 🙂
DEFCON 3 status. All-out conventional war.*
Sometimes I wear more makeup. Very rarely. The most recent occasions have been weddings, job interviews, and other situations which involved Meeting The Public (and/or other Strangers) and having to look more "groomed" than usual. Don't ask; I disapprove, but Toed The Line out of politeness for hosts and occasion, to protect others from the embarrassment of being scared by pallor. Though it is nice when other people are nicer to you because they think you're ill; then again, probably won't nail you the job if prospective employers think you're fragile, potentially problematic, consumptive, etc.
- (same as usual)
- (same as usual)
- Laura Mercier eye basics in linen
- Laura Mercier Secret Concealer in #1.
- Silk Naturals HD cream concealer in #20 (undereye)
- Silk Naturals Sleep In A Jar powder (lightest shade)
I loathe and despise foundation, but sometimes there's these weird social obligations to use the damn stuff. Silk Naturals HD cream foundation (C10) is about the best one I've found. I can't use silicone-based foundations (alas, the otherwise lovely FaceAtelier had to go…), and a host of other ingredients in around about every one on the market irritate my skin, and that's even before we've tried to match my ≤NW05 skin plus occasional freckles (which I don't feel any urge to expunge).
- whatever's lying around. There may stil be some Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage somewhere. Not checked in forever.
- applied using an EcoTools mini short-handled eyeshadow brush, sold in multi-pack and very fine indeed.
- Silk Naturals in Petal (loose powder)
- applied using old Clinique mini blusher brush
- or Silk Naturals Cream Blush in Tickle
- applied to back of hand, and from there using finger-tips
- um, well, about once in a blue moon I'll use something neutral but vaguely sparkly, from a bag of assorted Silk Naturals ones. Things like Purr, their Stila-Kitten-alike
- Lipstick Queen Invisible Lip Liner and their Medieval
CONSEQUENT CHANGE OF EVENING CLEANSER: instead of usual cleanser, substituting one of The Things That Live Under The Bathroom Sink. Next to bathroom cleaners and other regular undersink-dwellers, so care must be taken not to get mixed up. If tired or other reason for being uncoordinated, I'll avoid them all so as to avoid accidents, swipe some witch-hazel around, and go to bed:
- a creamy cleanser
- or a cleansing oil
This lot (with the exception of the Levels One & Two stuff) lives in the Level Three Makeup Box; deep in an Infrequent Use drawer, behind an old dismantled lamp, some old linens (used for mopping up spillages, for under wet rain-boots, etc.), and a couple of old spare raincoats used for visitors coming here ill-prepared from drier climes; and that drawer is in a clunky piece of furniture behind the rack for air-drying laundry. The box: reusing a usefully-shaped old one; I left on one label and added another, together summing up my views on fecking & blinding makeup–hmmm, and maybe literally not just figuratively in both cases–and its social obligations:
Other stuff known to be living in that box; there may be more in the lower depths:
- unscented dusting powder for a layer 3 to the deodowich, as needed: if exercise, hot sweaty weather, or wearing a Summer Frock: to ease the chafing of the inner thighs (my thighs aren't dramatically thunderous, but I'm prone to sweat-rashes and a
ladycivilised socialised human being shouldn't really scratch itches in public): arrowroot powder, rice powder, silk powder, assorted baby powders Bobbi Brown eye brightener & shimmer eye-shadow in Bone
- Dr. Hauschka silk dusting powder stuff, for use as body powder (see above) and as dry shampoo
- a cake mascara from Etsy, and a recipe for making more: saved up in case of zombie apocalypse and the end of fresh mascara supplies
- Sephora twist-up retractable self-sharpening eyeliner in brown
- NYX retractable eyeliner in Bronze
- Stila smudge pot in Bronze
- Stila smudge stick in Lionfish
- Silk Naturals cream eyeliners in Mahogany (brown) and Amethyst (deep plum)
- Silk Naturals lipsticks: Aria (MLBB pink, but there's something not quite right about this shade on me right now: seems dulling), Birthday Suit (demoted from everyday lippie: looks brown on me right now), Soft (pink), Sweet Nothing (plum, tricky to use unless with a very light touch, otherwise you get late '80s raisin); plus a handful that didn't work out and that I haven't yet swabbed with alcohol to clean them before donating them to the local women's shelter
- two old blushers, for colour-comparison purposes:
Clinique Iced Lotus and Korres 16 Pink
- archaic
Clinique Almost Lipstick in Black Honey, their cream-gel eyeliner in Black Honey, Maybelline eyeliner in Eggplant/Aubergine: being kept for colout-matching/-replicating
- old mascaras, kept for brush-comparison purposes:
Clinique Long Pretty Lashes, Clinique Lash Power, Maybelline Lash Discovery, Origins Fringe Benefits, Bobbi Brown Perfectly Defined, Urban Decay Cannonball WP, Fresh Supernova, Lavera, Beauty Without Cruelty
- eye things:
Bobbi Brown tinted eye brightener in Porcelain Bisque I, long-lasting cream shadow in Bone, Tarte Amazonian clay concealers (stick and tube), Clarins stick concealer in 00(keeping for shade-matching purposes)
- ever-expanding sack of free Silk Naturals eye shadows and other colour cosmetic glittery gaudy delights: no use to me, unsure whether I'm keeping them for posterity or for a bling-loving younger relation or for adding to swaps *shrug*
- assorted brushes and old sponges in a ziplock bag, out of sight out of mind (cleaned properly first)
SOME OF THAT STUFF IS GOING IN THE BIN and has been struck through: reference staying, so that you can read through/under the line, for colour-reference purposes for myself and others. It's a symbolic strike-through.
Reason: Clinique, Bobbi Brown, Origins: see posts on here from around 2012-02-17. Korres: subsequently (subsequent to my buying that blusher) bought by J&J corp, so I'm not rebuying from them while they're under their current controllers.
Yes, most of this really ought to go in the bin sometime soon anyway. The powdery stuff won't go off, and should keep OK in the dark; other items will (or have) go(ne) off, and some colours may have degraded. Probably no fungi, as-yet unmet household pets, or Lurkers in the Deeps. I've now given away all my old nail-varnish; I wore it so seldom that it hardly seemed worthwhile, and they were useful colours (Revlon neutrals and their gorgeous blue-red Cherries in the Snow). I mainly wanted rid of the stuff for hippy environmentalist reasons; from manufacture and formulae—yes, even Big 3 Free ones like I'd been using for aaages—to effects on nails and skin, and the cotton-wool pads and solvents used to remove the stuff. Good riddance. Need nails to look polished? Just buffing them then rubbing in heavy-duty balm.
UPDATE: gone in the bin / trash.
*There is a DEFCON 1 status, but it's only ever appeared very rarely, not for a long time, and only ever applied by other people from their own kit. In very unconventional carnivalesque situations requiring drag-like extreme disguise, war-paint for going into battle, and often masks and other incognito devices suitable for engaging in debauchery.
Also rarely used due to the PITA of getting all the crap [and crud] off
the next day/day after that/some point afterwards and consequent skin irritation and general grumpiness of coming back down from such outrageous raging–errm, well, circumstances.
Furthermore: older, wiser, learned years ago that DEFCON 1 is all most unnecessary for its intended purposes anyway. Gingers of the world: we've already got plenty weapons of mass destruction at our disposal–if that's the game being played–even at DEFCON 5. "Nod nod, wink wink, say no more."
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Miss Ratatoeskr
I came across your blog by accident. I am a big sunscreen user myself ( even in winter, even indoors, almost even in bed) , very prone to hideous pigmentation in the face. Need factor 50 though, preferably water resistent and without silicones, because I suspect they contribute to my acne breakouts… Bought Coola sunscreen ( unscented, Sport SF 45) because I believed it to be silicon free….And Eco sunscreen ( which states it is silicone free, but a prime suspect for breakouts….
As for my skin colour: yellowy white and – alas- no red hair…
As I believe you must get 1001 mails per day asking your advice for sunscreen, I will refrain from that and simply CONGRATULATE YOU on a FANTASTICALLY INFORMATIVE; INTELLIGENT AND AMUSING BLOG….. I will keep browsing it! THANKS a LOT for all the bits and pieces of information you post..
Miss Ratatoeskr
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Hey, thanks for the shout-out! 🙂


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Sam Sax's A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters, a runner up for the 2013 Button Poetry Prize.
"Sam Sax is an absolutely dazzling poet. A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters will rivet you, while it is shaking you up. These are poems of high velocity exploration and fiercely inquisitive passion."
–Naomi Shihab Nye, Author of Transfer
"Forgive my bluntness, but…Goddamn, Sam Sax can write some poems. Devastating, comic, inventive, weird, dangerous, smart as hell. I could talk about the diction sometimes glass and sometimes bouquet. Or the syntax jagged here, balletic there. Or the metaphors, good lord. But the bottom line is that when reading poems in A Guide to Undressing Your Monsters, one after the next, I kept saying to myself, probably twisting my face a little bit or squirming in my seat, "Goddamn, Sam Sax can write some poems." "
–Ross Gay, author of Bringing the Shovel Down
Sam Sax is a fellow at The Michener Center for Writers, the two-time Bay Area Unified Grand Slam Champion, and the two-time Oakland Grand Slam Champion. He is a recipient of The Acker Award in Poetry and co-founded the reading series The New Sh!t Show, which is currently running in four cities across the United States. His poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Rattle, The Journal, The Minnesota Review, Vinyl and other journals.


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Peace on Earth
Posted in Daily Focus on Tuesday, December 24, 2013
"He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me" (Psalm 55:18a).
The words on the Christmas card and the noise coming from our school room stood in stark contrast to one another. "Peace on Earth," the card read. "My, wouldn't that be nice?" I thought. I guess every homeschooling parent longs for a peaceful home, but hearing the crescendo in my children's voices, I knew that peace wasn't happening today at our house. Still, Christmas was coming, and I could hope, right?
As I thought more about peace on Earth, I wondered what Christ meant in John 14:27 when He said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." Then, the truth of this verse dawned on me. True peace is not the absence of arguments, violence, or wars. True peace is experiencing God's love instead of His wrath because we receive the forgiveness of sins through the blood of Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. That means fighting children, threats of war, and even interruptions to homeschooling days need not change to experience the presence of Christ's peace in my life.
Would you like to find peace this Christmas? Don't look for the absence of problems. Look instead to the peacemaker whose birth made the angels of heaven proclaim, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men" (Luke 2:14). Let the power of the Holy Spirit fill you this Christmas and give you the peace of Christ. Shalom! "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world" (John 16:33).
Jesus, I praise You for the love, forgiveness, and peace You give to all who trust in You. Please, walk with me this Christmas and give me the peace of Your presence in my life. In Your holy name, Amen.
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Peace on earth and good will toward men, Merry Christmas in Jesus name.
Peace that passeth all understanding that will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.Peace that you may KNOW that anything we may face in the life does not have to defeat us. Peace that IF one continues IN Christ,THEN one has the assurance of eternal salvation,a home in heaven in the presence of Almight God, made possible by the shed blood of Christ.My prayer is that all will actively seek this peace daily by searching, studying, and applying the whole Word of God. May we seek to do God's will and not our own.May Christians everywhere proclaim the Lord's death, burial and resurrection till He comes (1 Cornithians 11:23-30)!
Thank you for the reminder of His Peace. Through much depression and worldly anxiety I have been needing a release. I really can\'t thank you enough for allowing God to place this devotional in my path today! To God be the glory.


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As we all know, the Oscars was held in the U.S today. Thanks to Just Jared for these photos of Ryan at the 19th Annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party held at the Pacific Design Center on Sunday (February 27) in West Hollywood, Calif.
and Anna & Stephen from the Vanity Fair Oscars Party held at Sunset Tower on Sunday (February 27) in West Hollywood, Calif.
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For Sale in Scarsdale: A Surge in Premium Priced Homes
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 April 2016 15:18
- Joanne Wallenstein
Though some realtors and residents are laying the blame for a stagnant market for premium homes on Scarsdale's tax revaluation, it's clear there are more factors in play than tax rates.
Nationally, an article in the Wall Street Journal on April 5, 2016 says that prices for luxury homes are being reduced, due to a slowdown in sales. And a recent report on first quarter sales in Westchester County from Julia B. Fee Sotheby's notes that sales of more modestly priced homes are up, but this does not hold true for the luxury market.
In southern Westchester, first quarter sales were strongest on properties priced below $2 million. Overall sales volume rose 13% for the first quarter of 2016 over 2015, indicating that demand is strong. In Scarsdale 43 homes sold in the first quarter of 2015, versus 30 in the same period in 2015, though the median sales price fell from $1,568,000 to $1,450,000. So Scarsdale is not alone in seeing a surge of buyers seeking homes priced between $1mm and $2mm.
Can Scarsdale meet the demands of these buyers? A closer look at the market shows that developers have been aggressively buying up and tearing down smaller or older homes and replacing them with premium priced homes that buyers may not be able to afford. There are currently 71 homes on the market in Scarsdale priced at $2,900,000 and above, and among these, 33 of the listings are for new homes.
Lewis Arlt of Houlihan Lawrence reported that inventory of homes priced from $3mm to $5mm almost doubled, with 63 active listings this year compared to 32 in that price range at the same time last year.
Commenting on the market, Arlt said, "Softening in the luxury home market is not due only to village taxes, but a widespread phenomenon. High end product is sitting everywhere. It may have many contributing factors: the stock market, the economy in general, uncertainty in the world, etc., but for whatever reasons, $3M+ buyers around here are scarce, and in some cases they're simply not perceiving value. There's an oversupply at the high end, and too many entry-level buyers for the scarce supply we have. Creating new entry-level housing, or upgrading existing stock, are tempting responses to the demand. But, the price of land in some local neighborhoods is expensive – too high for developers to build anything but a higher-priced home in order to make sufficient profit. So there's the conundrum."
In Scarsdale, there is clearly a surge in inventory of homes that buyers cannot afford. If developers could produce more entry level or moderately priced homes, their product would be priced to sell. Instead, too many large, pricey homes are sitting on the market. Listings for these new homes do not even include real estate taxes, as they are not assessed until the sale is recorded.
Here's a list of the 33 new homes priced at $2,900,000 and up that are currently for sale in the Scarsdale School District.
28 Garden Road
14 Reimer Road
31 Murray Hill Road
20 Sherbrooke Road
27 Murray Hill Road
1 Paddington Road
33 Oxford Road
3 Sherbrooke Road
31 Paddington Road
21 Rectory Lane
56 Brite Avenue
109 Carthage Road
20 Meadow Road
117 Fox Meadow Road
38 Sage Terrace
53 Lincoln Road
3 Bradford Road
21 Rural Drive
4 Murdock Road
29 Fairview Road
3 Seneca Road
241 Rock Creek Lane
17 Gatehouse Road
20 Sherbrooke Road (1 acre)
40 Sage Terrace
66 Brookby Road
11 Rural Drive
55 Greendale Road
50 Graham Road
2 Harvest Drive
42 Huntington Avenue
2-4 Weaver Street
5 Seneca Road
This Heathcote colonial has a double story entrance hall, dining room with coffered ceiling, living room with a wet bar and wine refrigerator, deck accessed from both the kitchen and family room, and a chef's kitchen with Quartz counter tops, island with sink, Viking double oven, warming drawer, two dishwashers, six burner Viking stove top, full size Sub Zero refrigerator plus a full size Sub Zero freezer. On the second floor, there is a laundry room and a master suite overlooking private golf course views with two walk-in closets, master marble bath with radiant heated floor, double Quartz vanity, large shower and separate Air Tub. In addition, there are family bedrooms with full bathrooms. There is a walk up full attic and a three car garage.
Sale Price: $3,150,000
Taxes: $34,408
28 Heathcote Road
Collette built Georgian brick colonial located in Murray Hill with custom built ins, detailed moldings and archways and hardwood floors. There is a three car garage, a mudroom, back staircase and level property. Upgraded mechanicals include new lower level air conditioning/heat (three years old) and hot water tank (two years old).
Sale Price: $2,300,000
Taxes: $77,885
10 Cornell Street
This five bedroom, 4.2 bath 5,000 square foot home is set on professionally landscaped .56 acres with a bluestone patio off the kitchen/family room. Features include vaulted ceilings, six skylights, banks of windows, two family rooms, ten foot ceiling in the center hall, two fireplaces, private guest room/office/updated bath on main floor, master suite with tray ceiling, with door to deck and large dressing room with closets, laundry/mudroom next to garage off kitchen and a circular driveway. Updates include granite kitchen countertops, two updated bathrooms, custom built-ins and cabinetry in family rooms, two new furnaces and one new central air conditioning unit, exterior painted, and the roof recently redone.
Sale Price: $1,708,000
Taxes: $39,586
2 Garden Road
This home is on .87 acre property in Greenacres.
Sale Price: $1,200,000
Taxes: $32,770
367 Evandale Road
This house is located in Fort Hill Estates on level property with mature landscaping in the front and rear of the house.
Sale Price: $1,550,000
Taxes: $29,000
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30 Tisdale Road, Scarsdale
Enjoy breathtaking Crane-Berkley Pond views from this architecturally stunning Center Hall Colonial on 3/4 acre of beautifully landscaped Fox Meadow property. This home was thoughtfully crafted with the most discerning buyer in mind. The sweeping Williamsburg inspired staircase is the focal point of the Grand Entry. The Eat-In-Kitchen with banquette seating, center island and Butler's Pantry will delight the family chef and guests can relax in the open Family Room with built-ins leading to a covered Patio overlooking a 6 acre private park. The Grand Dining Room and Living Room are ideal for formal entertaining with fireplace and detailed built-ins, moldings and graceful arches. A Formal Library with built ins and adjacent full Bath and Mudroom complete the first floor. The fully renovated Lower Level is a phenomenal space for indoor/outdoor entertaining with French doors to Patio, 2 additional Bedrooms/media room, 2 full Baths, summer Kitchen, Gym, Laundry/wrapping room and a 2,500 bottle Wine Cellar. No detail has been overlooked! Ideally located with a short walk to the train, shops, restaurants, bus to school and more. An amazing opportunity to enjoy the best of Scarsdale! For more information, click here.
List Price: $4,250,000
11 Brittany Close, Scarsdale
Last opportunity to own an extraordinary English manor home designed by renowned architect in an award-winning neighborhood. Each property is set around a picturesque and tranquil walking trail and pond amidst a landscaped garden with flowering trees/perennial plantings. This architectural masterpiece on almost one acre of pristine land has soaring ceilings, exquisite custom moldings, top of the line finishes and an ideal layout. 1st floor has a bedroom/full bath, mudroom situated off the 3-car garage, state of the art kitchen with butler's pantry, breakfast room, family/living rooms, each with its own fireplace, grand dining room, powder room, 2 outdoor patios and laundry. Master suite has a tray ceiling, two walk-in closets, sitting room/office, luxurious bath, fireplace and balcony. 3 additional bedrooms/baths and large attic. Lower level has bedroom/bath, 2 playrooms, arts and crafts area and additional storage. Full house generator, custom playground. For more information, click here.
List Price: $3,777,000
50 Graham Road, Scarsdale
Unique combination of architectural flair, luxurious modern finishes and best-in-class craftsmanship. A contemporary flow interacts with natural light in all rooms. The house offers privacy, as well as easy access to multiple amenities. High ceilings enhance the elegance of all living areas. A sun-lit, soaring center hall entrance leads to the living room and formal dining room. The gourmet kitchen opens to a comfortable family room. Easy access to the yard allows enjoyment of an outside covered porch that is ideal for entertainment. The 1st floor office with views of the backyard has access to a full bath. Upstairs is a private master wing, plus 4 comfortable bedrooms, all filled with natural light. A large accessible lower level offers multiple recreational possibilities. Luxurious finishes, attention to detail, exceptional workmanship and energy efficiency distinguish this experienced Westchester builder/developer. Additional 500+ sf. over garage, could be finished at a later date. For more information, click here.
List Price: $3,150,000
2 Harvest Drive, Scarsdale
Exquisite custom home to be built with exceptional architectural details and ideal floor plan in convenient location. Grand two story entry hall with formal living room with fireplace, dining room, Huge eat-in-kitchen with breakfast area and family room with french doors to patio. There is also a mudroom and access to two car garage from first floor. The master bedroom suite has his and her walk in closets, there are 4 additional bedrooms all with their own en suite bathrooms. The laundry room is also on the second floor. The lower level is an additional 1966 square feet that will be finished and customized with potential for a playroom, gym, office bedroom, and a full bath. This is an opportunity to work with a local builder who lives in the community and will work with a potential buyer on every detail of customizing this home in an ideal location. For more information, click here.
List Price: $2,995,000
102 Penn Road, Scarsdale
This impressive Center-hall Colonial has beautiful architectural features throughout including hardwood floors and a sunken living room with fireplace. A large oversized kitchen with separate breakfast area and doors to the backyard are perfect for entertaining. Open and bright family room welcomes one with beautiful views of the private backyard. Additional home office is also open to a bright sun room with sliders to the backyard and pool. Upstairs are four bedrooms with three full bathrooms. The gracious and huge master bedroom suite features a master bathroom and an extremely unique sitting room with private veranda overlooking the garden and pool. The basement features a full bathroom and additional home office/bedroom and plenty of storage. For more information, click here.
List Price: $1,499,000
8 Stony Gate Oval, New Rochelle
Crisp, elegant, comfortable and perfect are only a few of the words describing a "feast for your eyes" when entering this wonderful home. High ceilings and an open floor plan welcome you to your dream home. You move seamlessly from room to room while sunlight streams throughout the house. A multitude of features in the house include very high ceilings, beautiful built-ins and speakers in many of the rooms. A built-in entertainment cabinet is a unique feature of the first floor den. The first floor master bedroom and luxurious master bath are an oasis of serenity. The chef's kitchen features granite counter tops, DCS 6-burner range top, double ovens, plus a spacious pantry. The unique stainless steel stair banister is a must see. Relax and enjoy. For more information, click here.
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E!Online chats with Dollhouse cast at FOX Party
After briefly addressing the two-week break in production (Joss directed the first two eps, needs to check in with the writer's room about the rest), E!Online quizzed the Dollhouse cast about their experiences so far.
Tahmoh Penikett says, "I play Paul Ballard, and I'm an FBI agent investigating the Dollhouse. I'm trying to prove it actually exists. I know it exists, but nobody else does. A lot of my superiors—and the general public—don't believe it exists."See the rest of the cast's responses!
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|Mimi was puzzled why her friends didn't like school as much as she did?
Dear all, well here I am with very,very exciting news. Live,Love and Doodle is starting to get commissions. The amazing power of the internet. It is such an amazing feeling to share your art and to enjoy your job. I get a bigger thrill from sitting at my easel producing these doodles than I thought possible. In the past I have had the opportunity to work on incredible movies and dress actors who are the glitterati but now that I am being contacted to produce art I feel that I have finally arrived.
So last night with the cogs turning I took myself to bed to consult my pillow on the projects that lay ahead of me when all of a sudden I shiver at the thought of my daughter in bed without her favourite toy. I got up instantly and went to her room and there in her arms was her pink rabbit Mimi. Again I return to my bed and start to fall asleep when out of nowhere the image of this picture comes into my mind. Mimi my 3rd daughter. What would she be like if she was real?
It was one of those moments, I turned the light on grabbed my sketch pad from under my bed and doodled.
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The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) would on Tuesday appraise the progress made so far in its indefinite strike– which began on April 29.
The ASUP president, Mr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that the meeting followed the intervention of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Education.
The committee, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i and his Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chief Emeka Wogu, had met with the union on July 9, urging them to call-off the strike.
Asumogba said the NEC meeting would decide the next line of action, noting that the union had received a green light on CONTISS 15 migration and other promises.
"The NEC is meeting tomorrow to appraise the progress made so far, following the meeting held with the committee on education.
" We have received a green light on the CONTISS 15 and we have promises here and there on other demands.
"The committee on education is proactive in addressing our demands.
"The committee is highly placed and with its members' integrity, we have no doubt that our demands will be addressed," he added.
On whether the strike would be called-off after the NEC meeting, the ASUP president said that anything was possible.
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For years now I've been… well… collecting text editors. The reasoning behind this "hobby" can be boiled down to the fact that I am a writer and I like different tools for different tasks. Also, having a web development background, I have a huge appreciation for good UI/UX. I love the idea that something as seemingly mundane as software can make similar tasks (like typing text) a joy or, at the very least, elevate them to something else entirely.
There are a ton of options to choose from out there. It'd be impossible to write about all of them. So in this post I'd like to tackle typically encountered writing tasks and my favorite text editors to date that I use to accomplish them.
Bit of a caveat - All of these will be for Apple's OS X, though some of them are available for different platforms.
As I've mentioned several times on posts here on this site, I am not against the other operating systems out there. They all have their strengths. I just prefer OS X for my computing needs and have been using it for so long now, that I don't even know much about any other platform anymore. I used to, but there is only so many hours in the day :). I'll make a deal with you though, I promise to mention other platform versions when it applies.
That said, please know that I have zero experience with that particular version of the software.
Ok, enough jibber jabber, let's get to it!
Periodically I drop everything to write a long letter to someone and when I do, I don't use a Mail app. I'm utterly convinced that the Mail apps around today were built only for quick responses back to people - the distraction of additional emails coming in, the clutter, it's multi-column UI… it's pretty much become a long-form chat client.
When I write a letter to someone I want the experience to be spartan, distraction free, with clean easy-to-read fonts, a full screen mode and little-to-no editor tools. Luckily, there are more than enough options out there! What I've been using is a combo of iA Writer and Ommwriter. I like to use iA for correspondences that need my attention but not an overly emotionally-infused response. For the latter, I use Ommwriter.
vimeo.com/33964031 If you're an Apple device owner, than iA is a dream come true, as there are versions of the app for your Mac, iPhone and iPad. All three sync with each other seamlessly, have a UI that is almost nonexistent, are light weight, support markdown syntax and save to a flat text format that is easy to export into an email (or CMS interface). vimeo.com/14791691 Ommwriter is a bit of different animal all together in that it offers its own distinct and custom UI/UX when you fire it up and use it. Undulating backgrounds, full screen mode, individual keystroke sounds, soothing music - it may not be for everyone, but it's definitely for me. When I write to loved ones I almost always use Ommwriter to complete this task. It does very, very little other than offer a unique writing space. But for letters that deserve your undivided attention? It's perfect. I am not sure where development is on this one, but it's currently available on iPad, Mac and Windows PC.
While I've written a good bit on this site about the virtues of Scrivener as a blogging platform I still am a huge fan of Mou which is a markdown editor I've also written about here. I do know there are a lot of excellent options out there for this exact task, but I've really grown accustomed to Mou's aesthetics and it's lightening quick preview pane that displays your markdown in fully rendered html as you type, with very little lag.
It's still in beta (and thus, free) but it's genuinely polished enough so that you don't ever notice that fact. The developer is really passionate about this editor too, which gives me high hopes for the future. If you write in markdown (and you should if you are writing for the web) and are a Mac user, than you can't go wrong with Mou. It's a joy to use and does what it does (process markdown syntax) exceptionally well. Feel free to read my previous review if you are interested and want to learn more about it.
To date, I do all of my long-form writing in Scrivener. It simply handles lots of text in the easiest and best way that caters to how my brain works. Watching all of those small chunks of text pile up into a project that exports beautifully as a whole into any file format you could need, is a beautiful thing to behold. I am unabashedly smitten with it and haven't witnessed any other editor even come close to what Scrivener does. It's my one-stop shop for about anything I write.
So if you can only afford one new text editor, Scrivener is what you should get. Not long ago I finished an entire 508 page novel in it, you can read about it here if you want.
Scrivener is available for Mac, Windows and Linux
I am never picky when it comes to taking quick notes. That's why I often use OS X's Reminders or Notes apps. They are dead simple to use, quick to open and they seamlessly sync with my iOS devices which is key, since 99.9% of the notes I take I will more than likely need as I am walking around during the day.
Here's another niche that has a lot of options out there (good ones too). I personally love the ease of use that Scapple provides. It super simple and intuitive to ease into and with an export to PDF option it's easy enough to share with others. Add in its compatibility with Scrivener, and it's a no-brainer for my workflow.
What's great too, is that I know for a fact I am not even coming close to using Scapple to its fullest potential. But knowing that it caters to my needs quickly and easily makes it a perfect addition to my writing tool kit.
You can snag Scapple for both Mac and PC and there's also a free trial for you to try it out if you are on the fence.
What I love so much about this golden age of apps is their ease of use, availability in app stores to download and the amazing variety of text editors that are there to choose from.
With so many developers out there clamoring to fulfill our individual needs (and our hard-earned cash), there is bound to be something out there for everyone. When it comes to writing, we are definitely all unique. What I use works for me, but may not work at all for you. I just sometimes find it helpful to read about what others are using and how they are accomplishing the writing goals/tasks in front of them.
If you have some suggestions, list them below in the comments. Let's a get a complete and quality list here! Marked and Byword come to mind. Are there any others? Let everyone know!


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Kids at Mitchell Math and Science Elementary know "if you want to be green, you gotta get dirty."
Mitchell Math and Science Elementary invovles the eintire school in living a healthy lifestyle in the garden, the cafateria, and otuside of the classrom.
The school garden consists of an outdoor classroom gazebo, raised experimental beds for classes to carry out science experiments, an herb spiral comprised of a variety of culinary herbs, a native species border with pollinator plants and a 5,500 square foot, fully-irrigated micro-farm that grows edible plants to be tasted and shared with students in the cafeteria. To make things even sweeter, Mitchell houses a small fruit orchard of citrus and blueberries. The entire garden encompasses 12,000 square feet of the school yard and playground.
The $2,000 of the Whole Foods Grant was spent on several items for general maintenance and enhancements. The school's edible 'micro-farm' was in dire need of a compost and fertilizer replenishment as well as straw and wood chips to line pathways and in-between rows. Additionally we bought some new tools for the garden and plant material for their fall planting.
One of Mitchell's top achievements in 2014 was planting, harvesting and sharing 168 pounds of sweet potatoes with the entire cafeteria. Their 3rd graders planted sweet potato starts in the Spring and harvested them in the Fall as 4th graders. Cafeteria staff then prepared several different dishes with them for the students to try as a part of the lunch menu. All students were able to taste and eat the sweet potatoes their fellow classmates had grown! 4th graders were so excited about their harvest, they composed a garden rap:
"Respect the earth,
Respect your health,
Respect your buddies,
Respect yourself"
The bounty of Mitchell's school garden extends beyond the cafatria—kids make pickels and lettuce boxes in the classroom to share with their family members. As part of a 5th grade lesson on solutions and mixtures, students made pickles with some of the fresh harvests from the garden. The kids create their own brine "solution" and "mixture" of spices and seasonings to combine for a delicious recipe in pickling. As a part of a 6th grade lesson in math, students create lettuces boxes using 2x4s, screws and some metal screening. They then calculate out all the material costs and successfully grows crops of lettuces - calculating out how many crops and how much time it would take to break even and make a profit.
Mitchell also got teachers involved through collaboration with their local Whole Foods Market. The school now hosts a Healthy Hearts cooking program that teaches students and their families how to cook healthy foods and shop economically while utilizing some fresh ingredients from the garden. The Healthy Hearts Program also offers an after-school program to students and families each semester.


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On my blog posts I have never mentioned my parents. They were both 1st generation immigrants from Italy. My father from the southern part of Italy and my mother from the northern part of Italy. They were both professional musicians and played in the Chicago Symphony. That is where they met. They were very proud Italians who worked very hard. They gave up their music careers to start and provide for a family. They owned an Italian Restaurant in Evanston, Illinois, Michelini's Restaurant.
But today my blog is about my father. A very talented man. Today my nephew shared this link on an article about my father when he was inducted into Loyola Academy's Hall of Fame a few years ago.
I remember these times so well when he would be carrying his camera to all of my brother's football game. He would go to all of my brother's football practices and every game. He always had his camera in tow. He was a true artist when it came to film. I think this article speaks for itself.
Athletic Hall of Fame – Member Profile
Mario Camastro
GENERAL NOMINATION, CAMERA MAN – Class of
Six days a week you would find him working at his restaurant, Michelini's, on Foster and Maple in Evanston. At least until 8:30 p.m. when the customers were shooed out and the doors were closed, and it was time for his nightly steak and martini with his wife, Maria. But on Sunday afternoons, Mario Camastro was stationed at the top of a press box or, in a pinch, on the roof of a truck, his film camera aimed at the Loyola football Ramblers. Through scorching heat, through wind, through rain, or through snow, Mario was there. Tireless, reliable, committed, disciplined, generous – Mario was a prince of a man, a true friend to Loyola, its coaches, and its players. Mario actually began filming games at nearby St. George where his son, Paul, played for Coach Max Brunell and his two young assistants, Frank Amato and Tom Powers. With the announcement of the imminent closing of St. George, he enrolled his youngest son, Carl, in Loyola and volunteered his services to Bob Naughton and his staff. For thirteen years, he filmed the games, drove to the old shop at Ogden and Grove to have the film developed, then delivered it to the Loyola coaching staff. Mario demonstrated tremendous pride in his work, staying for the Monday film session to ensure the comprehensiveness of the films for the coaching staff. He never missed an assignment in those thirteen years, and never took a dollar for his work. Mario, at times, took considerable risks to film the game, once hazarding to stand on the roof of the Soldier Field press box amidst an ice and snow storm in order to the get the best shots of the action. And he did get the best shots. Mario worked hard to get it all right, to get the proper timing, the correct angle, the most helpful vision of the field. Tom Powers recalls more than one college recruiter taking the time to note that Loyola's game films were easily the best in the Catholic League. Mario did more than film the games. He was there for people. Mario hosted pre-game meals for the team at his restaurant on Sunday mornings. He took care of underpaid and underfed coached and there wives with steak dinners on the house. Once, when St. George would not allow a post-season banquet for the football team, Mario hosted one himself after graduation. He was there for people. The coaches that depended on him remember Mario Camastro with admiration and fondness. Frank Amato recalls "a good-hearted man…a giver, not a taker" who was there the time Coach Amato had to get back to New York and his dying father, and didn't have the plane fare to get there. Tom Powers knew him as a "loyal parent and a loyal friend, a genuine man, a true booster of the Academy and its players." He was truly a Man for Others. Mario died suddenly in 1983 following heart surgery.