Ideal Bite

Wanna break the curse of dry winter skin? Poof: Just look in your cupboards. The friendly peeps at Evanston's Ecology Center want you to be their guest at the upcoming Kitchen Chemistry: Beauty Products workshop. Using stuff you'd find in your pantry - like olive oil (for moisturizing) and oranges and lemons (which work as astringents and give a real fruity scent), you'll magically whip up a fresh facial scrub and foamy body wash with the help of enviro-teacher Karen Taira (all ingredients and take-home bottles come with). After, traipse away with your new concoctions plus take-home recipes - and keep synthetic preservatives off your bod until the spell of conventional paraben-packed cosmetics is lifted.