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  • Shocking UV levels outdoors

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    Today’s sky overhead was a mix of fog and occasional Sun peeking through. I used SHealth to take two UV measurements: One when the Sun was fully showing, and a second when there was fog covering it. The results: When the Sun was fully showing the UV level was registered as “extreme”. Whoa! When the…

  • “Luminous Finish Foundation Concentrate”

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    Today am testing Fiona Stiles Luminous Finish Foundation Concentrate. Its a really lightweight, fluid foundation with superb coverage but not too runny. It has a highly luminous finish as the name suggests. It was easy to apply with just my fingers, with some minor touching-up with a flat liquid foundation brush. So far am really…

  • Organic honey under threat due to widespread pesticide use

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    Its sad news: The use of pesticides is so ubiquitous and so extensive that organic honey is now under major threat. grubstreet.com: America’s Pesticides Are Threatening Organic Honey This is very much the kind of America that I see President Obama and the oligarchy as having led the United States to, along with all the…

  • “it” CC cream

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    it Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC Cream Trying it for the first time today. Excellent coverage. High luminousity/glow. Seems a little bit cakey.

  • My new staple rice

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    I had this rice for the first time about a week ago and immediately fell in love with it. I might not have even thought of getting this particular variety – there being so many different ones in the bulk section at the health food store – except that I think it was on sale…

  • These beans are amazing!

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    Quite a while ago I got these beans at the farmer’s market and have since come to really love them. Not only is the flavor amazing, they are only $1 per pound which if you’re familiar with the cost of beans in health food stores is a great deal. They appear similar to fava beans…

  • Benefit liquid foundation testing

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    At the beauty store yesterday and tested Benefit’s Hello Flawless Oxygen WOW liquid foundation and so far I’m impressed with it. It has a really nice, glowy finish that’s not too bright nor greasy looking. It also has good coverage. I tried it yesterday without primer and today I tried it over their 15 hour…

  • Yoga as a business

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    Every now and then I get these spam mails about “events” at yoga places and it seems clear to me that they’re just businesses trying to make money. If it really were about healing it would be free. The teachers would get day jobs just like the rest of us. Far too many yoga “teachers”…

  • *Excellent* tip for maintaining a healthy diet

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    Was reading this article – webmd.com: Lose Weight Fast: How to Do It Safely and there’s one thing in Ms. Zelman’s list of tips which was just like “Bang! Yes! Right on!”. Here is the tip: Get tempting foods out of your home. That is completely on advice. Yes. Get tempting foods out of your…

  • I never particularly thought of myself as skinny

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    I never particularly thought of myself as skinny. In fact I think that for much of my life I’ve had a gut slightly larger than I wanted and kind of had become resigned after years that it would just always be that way. But I’ve been on a no-refined-carbs diet for a long time and…