Scrubs on Shine

10 TV Characters For Your Bachelorette Party

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Bachelor party invites are a sacred responsibility, but bachelorette party invitations are an even riskier proposition. One crabby invitee can ruin the whole deal. And one snub can threaten to bring down the whole wedding. But these following 10 TV characters would be great additions to any bachelorette party. Some are of the throw-back-a-shot, ride-a-mechanical-bull variety and some may surprise you.

How to make your own salt or sugar scrubs

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I love love love The Body Shop, but one of the frustrating things about the manufacturer (although less so now that it was bought by L'Oréal in 2006) is that they will release something that you adore, only to discontinue it after you've absolutely become convinced that you cannot live without it. Such is the way with their Cranberry Body Butter (although that's back now for a few winter months) and several of their aromatherapy salt scrubs. I loved the Revitalizing salt scrub so very much that when they marked it down for final clearance, I bought everything that had the pink Revitalizing label, including some tiny bottles of aromatherapy oil. After I had blown through the pots of scrub

The saga of the plastic exfoliating bead continues

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If you're a regular in these parts you might recall my ongoing mission: Some people fight AIDS, some animal abuse, and my cause is banning plastic beads. (Well, actually, I do what I can for other causes as well, but I guess this one is my "pet.") Many moons ago I discovered an article in scientific journal Orion about how polyethylene (plastic) beads found in many products wash right down the drain and go on to harm marine life.

The Top 5 Body Scrubs, Seriously Folks

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Last week we published the five best self-tanners you can bet your sweet bronzed ass on, but no skin tone enhancer is complete without the scrupulous full-body scrub that must prelude any at-home tanning application. With that in mind, we present to you the five exfoliants that you want--nay, need--living in your bathroom this summer.