AlphaHomemaker: How to Clean Tile Floors
With every major cleaning product reduced to an individual-wipe form, are we making easy jobs a lot tougher than they need to be?
With every major cleaning product reduced to an individual-wipe form, are we making easy jobs a lot tougher than they need to be?
Amalah’s never-ending quest to find natural, effective beauty products that WORK.
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My sister and her daughters go through razors by the bulk-load. Am I changing mine enough? Are there tips to making them last longer?
Can you ask for cash gifts without being completely tacky?
Amy, I could use your guidance re: casual footwear…I’m always perplexed about the type of shoe to wear with jeans or casual trousers…like on a Saturday when I’m running errands around town or grabbing a quick bite with a friend. The goal is to be…
Congratulations, you’re pregnant! And now your bras don’t fit anymore. Here’s what you need to do.
The quest for a detergent that does it all: from cloth diapers to sensitive skin to regular ol’ stubborn stains.
Everything you see in the photo available here at The Container Store online. Washer & Dryer sold separately. $320.
So, what can you recommend in a “non-cancer-causing” face wash?
This is an emergency! I swear! I am having some serious issues with a little problem I like to call SWDS (Severe Winter Dry Skin). It has gotten to the point that I have tons of cracks and very scary looking dry patches all over…
An old Smackdown stand-by has been discontinued. Finding a replacement wasn’t nearly as easy as we thought.
I decided late in 2006 to step out of the incredibly cliched role of the harried housewife who puts herself last and take better care of me. I’ve never had trouble carving out time for myself but carving out money for myself has been a…
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Dear Amalah, I have a sickness. It is called ‘Constant Lip-Balm Application’ or CLBA. A couple of years ago I attempted to heal myself by ditching lip balms that, by their very design, perpetuated the vicious cycle of CLBA, at least for me (ie, Chapstick,…
Review of Boots No7 Make-up Base So I was wandering the cosmetics aisles in Target the other day and came across what looked like one of my 2008 wishes come true — a drugstore-brand foundation primer. Specifically, Boots No7 Mattifying Make-Up Base, priced at a…
Is it worthwhile, a load of nonsense…or something akin to a medieval torture chamber?
Make this the year you finally figure out where all the money goes…and how to stop some of it from getting away from you in the first place.
Dear Amy, You don’t have to post this but if you would get back to me I would really, really appreciate it. After reading your column and being at my wit’s end with my skin I purchased the Philosophy “starter kit”. I have seen a…