A few days before our backpacking wedding trip to Rae Lakes—which I still owe this blog pictures of—a LifeStraw water bottle arrived for me. Now, we’d already invested in the Sawyer filtration system, which for backcountry backpacking is an ideal weight and easy-ness. But I clipped my new LifeStraw on my backpack anyway, and boy…
I carry a nalgene with me almost everywhere, and I drink the water out of it through a stainless steel straw. But I recently got the chance to sample New Zealand water 1907Water, a naturally-sourced alkaline water, and it is delicious, even if it does come in individual water bottles. Maybe because said water bottles…
In principle, I do NOT support bottled water: Water is Water! That’s what reusables are for! They just bottle tap anyway! I spend a lot of time with someone who refuses to drink tap. It’s so SoCal. I poke fun, being the dirty hippie all into conserving our use of plastics. But. I confess that…
I’m a huge proponent of drinking more water. I write about it all the time, perhaps ad nauseum. But there’s no reason not to, as water has billions of health benefits, beauty benefits, skin benefits, athletic performance benefits, diet/satiety benefits … the list goes on! I’m usually pretty good about getting my 64 ounces in…
There are gift guides galore on the interwebs these days, so I thought I’d do a happy spin on them … this isn’t about specific gifts I love, but great places to shop for them. These six websites all donate to worthy causes or employ people in developing nations at fair wages or a little…
At a friend’s birthday party last week, there were tequila shots. And rather than not take tequila shots with the crew, they ordered me a water shot. I salted up my hand, grabbed a lime, and cheered with the rest of the gaggle of girls. Turns out, salt + water = seawater. Word to the…
Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. This year, the focus is WATER. I freakin’ love water. I love to drink it (at least 8 glasses a day), I love to bathe in it, I love to swim in it,…
From EndlessBeauty.com this month: Join EndlessBeauty.com in the Give Health Clean Water Blogivation by voting on AND sharing this blog post: http://bit.ly/b6opDb Alcohol can be good for you … Elvis Month includes tips like How to Drink Smart, with a calories-in-alcohol chart Booze is beneficial to skin? Yes, you can cleanse yourself in beer ……
Earth Day Things to Do Online: – learn how to recycle your beauty product containers and what to look for in earth-friendly face washes – buy Sigg water bottles from HauteLook (use this Invite to Hautelook if you’re registering for the first time) – shop Gilt Groupe’s Eco Chic Day, where 5% of proceeds go…
Your New Year’s Eve present could be a PUR water filtration pitcher! January 7’s celebrity climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro: Summit on the Summit features one of my fave “Actresses” of all time: Jessica Biel. Sure, she hasn’t done much since 7th Heaven and Summer Catch (with Freddie Prinze! another long-lost star), but that means she…