Epsom salt

It's Friday, people. Who really wants to work? You've got farmer's markets and twelve loads of laundry on the mind. You've got a Mother's Day bike ride to plan and would rather be sorting through recipes online so you can take something to the potluck brunch that won't cause seven pounds of weight gain just by licking the spatula. You are ready for a giant coffee or gimlet, not more stuff to tick off from your to-do list.

Fear not, I've made it easy for you to avoid any of those to-do list items and still get your dose of healthy living (or close enough) posts in that are at home in other areas of Shine. The most work you'll need to do is click on the links, do some reading (skimming is also understandable at this point in the day) and possibly let out a little laugh or "hmmm." Easy peasy, right? Read More »

I got a random email from the Epsom Salt Industry Council (yes. There's an Epsom Salt Industry Council) the other day outlining the myriad beauty uses for their—seemingly miracle—product. Honestly, until that email arrived, my reference point for Epsom Salts was Scary Things Found in My Grandparents' Bathroom (other items in this file: tooth brushes with a plastic pick on one end, doll-in-crocheted-dress toilet paper covers and anything by Jean Naté). However, as it turns out, there are actually a lot of things you can do with this naturally-forming, healing mineral Behold! 7 Beauty Uses for Epsom Salt (some of them are a stretch, all of them are courtesy of the Epsom Salt Industry Council):
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