Sensitive Skin Part II: Dry Skin

You know it’s coming. Winter. If you live in the more Northerly latitudes, especially away from the oceans, this means cold, dry air, indoor...

Brush Your Lips!

The wind is crazy here this week. We're stuck between a high and low pressure system and the pressure gradient (always moves from higher...

How to Tame a Strong Shampoo

If full-strength, inexpensive shampoos are harsh on hair, stripping off natural oils and leaving the hair without protection so that it can ...

Porosity in Hair

I'm going for long-winded again, but you get pictures at the end as a reward... Hair is a fibrous, proteinaceous system which can absorb...

The Multi-tasking Hat

I work outdoors, sometimes all day for a week at a time in spring, summer or autumn. So I know a thing or two about what makes an ideal hat....

Sensitive Skin (Part I)

Many of us have sensitive skin. If you do, is it because you have allergies and an inherited tendency to sensitive skin, or because you are ...

Shampoos, Harsh, Mild and Otherwise

I've examined a number of shampoos (those that I had, I did not buy any for this project) to test the notion that certain detergents (su...