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Category: Personal Care

• 11-11-2008 - Facing Teen Angst

Acne Treatments

Is your complexion repeating high school?
• 10-28-2008 - Miner’s Mug

Mineral Makeup

Wanna make(up) like a coal digger's daughter?
• 10-27-2008 - Controlling Substances

Recycling Medication

What drug habit do we all need to break?
• 10-08-2008 - Talent Show in a Bottle

Coconut, Flax, and Hemp Oil

Wanna try cooking oils that aren't just one-trick ponies?
• 10-07-2008 - Bar Exam

Bar Soap vs. Liquid Soap

Think you could pass it?
• 09-30-2008 - A Good Run for Your Money

Running Shoes

Got skillz to rival a Jamaican track star?
• 09-24-2008 - Food for Thought

Brain Foods

Can you sharpen your mind by opening your mouth?
• 09-23-2008 - Face Oil Tycoon

Face Oils

Has your mug become a "magnate" for fine lines?
• 09-17-2008 - Dirty Mouth - Start Your Day Week

Dental Care

Want better $&%@#@$ teeth cleaners?
• 09-12-2008 - OK to Rock the Boat

Motion Sickness Cures

Travelers: Is your belly stirring up trouble on your trips?
• 09-10-2008 - Sticker Shock

Wine Labeling

Confused by more than just the pricing on your bottle of wine?
• 09-08-2008 - Hoofing It

Walking

Does beating the pavement make good horse sense?
• 08-07-2008 - Kiss and Makeup

Lipstick

Do your lips deserve an apology?
• 08-05-2008 - Proper Tooth Brushing

Saving Water

What step did your dental hygienist forget to mention?
• 07-28-2008 - Hot Pocket (Guides)

Pocket Guides

Wanna make your shopping choices easier than defrosting a meat 'n' cheese turnover?
• 07-21-2008 - Your Rear: Going Up - No Duh Week

Taking the Stairs

Wanna take your pursuit of a firmer butt to the next level?
• 07-15-2008 - Face Off

Makeup Remover

Do you go to battle with your makeup each night?
• 07-08-2008 - Cross the (Tan) Line

Sunburn Salves

Got a sunburn that's sending you over the edge?
• 07-03-2008 - Smell Ya Later

Deodorants

Wanna say "buh-bye" to B.O.?
• 06-20-2008 - Soft as a Three-Year-Old’s Butt

Body Lotion

Wanna take a couple decades off your backside?
• 06-19-2008 - Lady and the Cramp

Cramp Control

Aching belly got you whimpering like a cocker spaniel?
• 06-06-2008 - Sexual Empowerment

Peeing After Sex

Believe in a woman's right to choose to avoid bladder infections?
• 05-29-2008 - Bed-free Bronzing

Fake Tanner

Think you gotta lie down to get a decent tan?
• 05-16-2008 - Perspire Desire - Fitness Week

Workout Clothes

Spend more time thinking about your hot boot camp instructor than your workout clothes?
• 05-15-2008 - Super Biters - Fitness Week

Superfoods

It's a bird...it's a plane...it's...
• 05-14-2008 - Helmet Hair Day - Fitness Week

Bike to Work Day 2008

What's worse than the cowlick you get from protective headgear?
• 05-12-2008 - Take It Outside - Fitness Week

Working Out

Wanna fight off waste and weight gain at the same time?
• 05-08-2008 - Nipple Sips

Bisphenol-A

Get a peek at the type of plastic in your baby's bottle?
• 05-06-2008 - Long Time No C

Vitamin C Personal Care

Wanna C someone you probably haven't seen in a while?
• 04-29-2008 - Here Comes the Grooming

Beauty Tools

Are you walking down the beauty aisle?
• 04-16-2008 - Ideal Bite GCS: Freshened Up - Pure & Natural
• 04-02-2008 - Pass the Manischewitz

Kosher Diets

Can an all-gefilte fish diet keep your body cleaner?
• 03-27-2008 - Complexion Countdown

Facial Sunscreen

T-minus what to sunburn protection?
• 03-20-2008 - Weird Science - Bust-a-Myth Week

Antibacterial Soaps

Are superbacteria something outta science fiction?
• 03-14-2008 - Hunger Strike

Detoxing

Think you're gonna have to stop eating altogether to undo the damage from St. Paddy's?
• 03-10-2008 - Refrain from Wetting Yourself

Hand Drying

Do you wipe your hands on your pants after using a public sink?
• 03-06-2008 - Chained Reaction

Organic Allergy Relief

Are you a slave to Claritin?
• 03-05-2008 - Wake-up (Re)call

Organic Meat

Did the recent meat recalls set off a veggie alarm in your brain?
• 02-29-2008 - Leap into the Sack

Vegan Condoms

Whatcha gonna do with your extra calendar day?
• 02-26-2008 - Silence Is Golden

Organic Cough Drops

Are you raising a ruckus at the movies?
• 02-21-2008 - Thar She Flows

The Keeper

What time of the month is a girl Biter most likely to swear like a sailor?
• 02-07-2008 - Shower-Product Prison - Boy Biters Week

Multiuse Products

Where is it OK to drop the soap?
• 02-04-2008 - A Cut Above - Boy Biters Week

Shaving

Looking sharp?
• 01-22-2008 - Podiatrist’s Delight

Foot Cream

Got a foot-products fetish?
• 01-09-2008 - Natural Flavor - Resolutions Week

Whole Foods

Do Funyuns count as a vegetable?
• 01-08-2008 - Your Shining Face - Resolutions Week

Petrolatum Alternatives

Could the shine of your skin fuel an oil lamp?
• 12-31-2007 - Don’t Pay the Price

Hangover Cures

Is your all-night New Year's rager gonna cost you?
• 12-18-2007 - Total Poser

Yoga Mats

Are you into yoga just for the healthy image?
• 11-29-2007 - That Sinking Feeling

Hand Washing

Do energy and water bills drain your resources?
• 10-30-2007 - A Total Hair-raiser

Hairspray

One too many Aquanet atrocities make you give up on hairspray?
• 10-26-2007 - Ideal Bite GCS: Origin of Species - Origins Organics™
• 10-24-2007 - The Cro-Mag Diet

Raw Food

What if the cavemen didn't discover fire?
• 10-02-2007 - Eco-Brusha Brusha

Recycled Toothbrushes

What's worse than plaque buildup?
• 09-24-2007 - Human or Hamster?

Exercise

Going nowhere fast?
• 09-14-2007 - Flushed with Color

Flushing Condoms

What's the second-best thing about sex on the kitchen counter?
• 09-13-2007 - Rest in Peace

Eco Burials

Are chems gonna disrupt your eternal sleep?
• 09-11-2007 - The Biter Behind the Mask

Natural Skin Care

Wanna make like the Lone Ranger?
• 09-10-2007 - Sight for Four Eyes

Eyeglasses Recycling

Lasik surgery leave you with a spare pair of spectacles?
• 09-06-2007 - Tupperware Party Pooper

Food Storage

What should you do when the Tupperware party's over?
• 08-28-2007 - Scent of a Biter

Perfumes

What's a Biter's signature scent?
• 08-09-2007 - Petri Dish Delight

GMOs

Hungry for something cooked up in a science lab?
• 07-17-2007 - Soap for Sasquatches

Organic Shaving Soap

Beginning to look a lot like Bigfoot?
• 07-12-2007 - Bottled Up

Water Bottles

Is an unsafe bottle repressing your thirst?
• 07-03-2007 - Hand Cream of the Crop

Natural Hand Cream

Need a hand choosing the best hand cream?
• 06-26-2007 - Save Your Hide

Green Skin Care

Want to save your hide from sunburn?
• 06-19-2007 - Back Lash

Green Makeup

Is your mascara easy on the eyes?
• 06-12-2007 - Double Your Pleasure

Breath Mints

Can a mint please your pucker and the planet?
• 06-11-2007 - Hoofing It

Fitness Walking

Does beating the pavement make good horse sense?
• 06-07-2007 - Chlorine-Infested Waters

Chlorine-Free Swimming Pools

More scared of chems in the pool than sharks in the ocean?
• 05-29-2007 - Nip/Tuck Alternatives

Plastic / Cosmetic Surgery Alternatives

Are you on the cutting edge?
• 05-25-2007 - Calm Down, Already - Travel Week

Eco - Spas

Are you about to join Alec Baldwin in anger management class?
• 05-01-2007 - A Real Nail Biter

Nail Care

Who says it's bad to bite?
• 04-27-2007 - Butt of the Joke

Natural Relief for Gas

Tired of being the butt of the (fart) joke?
• 04-26-2007 - The Bondage of PVC

PVC - Free Products and Alternatives

How safe's the plastic in your vinyl dominatrix costume?
• 04-25-2007 - Lipo Sucks

Natural Weight Loss

Is weekly lipo the only way to feel bikini-worthy?
• 04-09-2007 - Greener Putting Greens

Eco Golf Courses and Golf Apparel

Are we for or against a greener golf game?
• 04-06-2007 - The Other Tip We Swore We’d Never Do

Bikes

If our old tip on granola could drive, what would be its vehicle of choice?
• 04-05-2007 - The Final Curtain

Shower Curtains

The mildew on your vinyl shower curtain making you psycho?
• 04-04-2007 - Lawn Juice

Wheatgrass

Can't get enough of the smell of fresh cut grass?
• 03-29-2007 - Don’t Operate Heavy Machinery After Reading This Tip

Natural Sleep Aids

Will reading this tip put you to sleep?
• 03-27-2007 - Parabens in Cosmetics: Pretty Ugly

Natural Makeup

Wanna give good face without the parabens?
• 03-13-2007 - Bathwater Martini

Organic Bubble Bath

Is your bathwater good enough to drink?
• 03-07-2007 - Magic Pills

All Natural Supplements

Can't afford a personal nutritionist?
• 02-20-2007 - Never Shea Never

Organic Shea Butter

Thought you'd never try another moisturizer after you discovered coconut oil?
• 02-16-2007 - (Photo) Album of the Century - Wedding Week

Green Weddings - Natural Skin Care Products

Wanna look good on your big day?
• 01-24-2007 - Veggie vs. Weed

Seaweed and it's Health Benefits

Is it 'sea vegetable' or 'sea weed'?
• 01-23-2007 - Sniffle, Sniffle

Natural Cold Remedies

Would you please hand us another tissue?
• 01-15-2007 - Beating the Winter Blues

Natural Depression Remedies

Sick of clouds, rain and snow?
• 01-09-2007 - Before Lipitor - Healthy Resolutions Week

Healthy Resolutions - Natural Cholestorol Lowering

Are meds the only way to control cholesterol?
• 12-28-2006 - Never Say ‘I’m Never Drinking Again’ Again

Natural Hangover Cures and Remedies

Wanna avoid that New Year's Day hangover?
• 12-19-2006 - The Matter at Hand

Natural Hand Sanatizers

What do you call someone who's afraid of doorknobs?
• 12-11-2006 - Giving Good Face - Ideal Green Gifts

Green Gifts - Natural Body Products

Do you need a gift for your favorite lip gloss-loving body products junkie?
• 11-20-2006 - Sugar Sweet Glam Gams

Natural Remedies for Razor Burn

Got a hot date but razor-burned legs?
• 11-03-2006 - Ideal Bite GCS: The Missing Puzzle Piece - Jigsaw Health

Jigsaw Health - Natural Health Supplements

• 11-01-2006 - Talent Show - Coconut, Flax Seed and Hemp Oils

Flax Seed, Hemp and Coconut Oil

Who knew something could be so naturally multitalented?
• 10-27-2006 - Of Heels and Hamstrings - Anti-Inflammatories

Natural Pain Relief

Want nature's Rx to ease your pain?
• 10-24-2006 - Haute Yoga

Organic Cotton Clothing

Now that the major spring '07 Fashion Weeks are over, how do we recommend that all the designers and models de-stress?
• 10-17-2006 - The Balm Diggity

Organic and Natural Lip Balms

Why are we licking our lips?
• 10-02-2006 - Have Recycled Band-Aids, Will Travel

Homeopathic First-Aid

What's the number for 9-1-1?
• 09-26-2006 - An Unwanted Houseguest - Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde-Free Nail Polish

Only want to soak up formaldehyde when you're six feet under?