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Measuring the Year in Beauty Experiments

2010 was a big year for me. I graduated from my masters program, left Tallahassee, Florida, met my boyfriend, and began my PhD. By contrast, these past couple of years have been much tamer, although I started participating in martial arts and things have moved along with my degree, not a lot of wildly life […]

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We try it!

We Try It! Going Deeper Down The “No-Poo” Rabbit Hole With Water-Only Washing

Remember two weeks ago, when I wrote this post about “no-poo?” Those were the days, huh? The salad days, if you will. The apple cider vinaigrette hair wash salad days, if you will. A lot can change in 2 weeks, let me tell you. Back when I wrote that post, I was really just dabbling […]

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Bodies

The Strength In Gentleness

So for some reason, I’ve been writing a lot about my “no-poo” hair experiment lately. And now I’ve gone even deeper into this experiment, as I’ve begun doing something called water-only washing. In essence, I’ve completely stopped using any thing on my hair other than water, baking soda, eggs, and apple cider vinegar. Big deal, […]

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Bodies

Adventures In Body Acceptance: Letting Go Of The “Have To”s

I have a confession to make. In the last few weeks, I’ve only shampooed my hair once (and that was actually kind of an accident). Some of you are probably thinking, “That’s gross!” Some of you are probably thinking, “I’ve been there.” And some of you are thinking, didn’t I just read about this last […]

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We Try It! Going “No-Poo”

Despite the name, going “no-poo” has nothing to do with intentional constipation. The idea of going no-poo had been a mere minor notation on the vast “I should try that” list that is ever expanding in my brain.  It all started when I read this The Beheld post about her experience with water-only washing.  I […]