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Using Olive oil to remove waterproof mascara

Mascara is one of the staples in a girls makeup bag.   Until recently, I rarely wore any because I dreaded the end of the evening when I had to take it off.  I tried everything from eye makeup removers, cream cleansers, makeup clothes…nothing took it all off.  I’d have remnants of mascara under my eyes more »

ELF Vegan make up CHEAP!

Being vegan for a while now, I progressively replace non-vegan items with animal friendly vegan products when ever possible.  My beauty products were the next in line.  Since I’m on a limited budget, I needed to find something good, cheap and vegan.  Guess what I found?? ELF cosmetics (eyes lips face cosmetics)  Almost all items more »

Time flies, and veggies go bad fast

Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t posted anything here since October! Damn. Time sure does fly. As I get older, I notice that every year passes by faster and faster. Pretty soon I’ll be 70, wondering how I got there. Life as I know it has not changed much, however, recession has finally hit home more »

Vegan Yummies After a Long Run

As I’m recovering from my 8 mile run (I got a cramp towards the end, let out an ear piercing shriek, and hobbled on), I’m actually looking forward to the remaining 5 miles I have to finish my first 1/2 marathon training and then actually getting timed on it. Its wild to think that I’ve more »

Soyatoo Whipped Cream

Ingredients: Organic soymilk (water, soybeans), organic coconut oil, organic fractionated palm kernel oil, organic sugar beet syrup, organic maltodextrin, tartaric acid, carrageenan, sea salt, natural vanilla extract, propellant (nitrous oxide) Nutritional information: Serving size – 2 tablespoons Servings per container – about 33 Calories per serving – 10 Total fat – 0.5g (0.5g saturated) Sodium more »

SGD Tofu House in Santa Clara

Soy chick burns tongue! Went out for dinner…SGD Tofu House in Santa Clara. They have great Soon Dobu! Yummo. I normally order mild mushroom Soon Dobu, but today, I thought I’d throw caution to the wind and order Medium. In any other world, medium seems harmless. Medium coffee, medium sweater, medium order of supersized fries more »