Greasy food stains on your clothes are never cute. Put a couple drops of Dawn (or other grease cutting liquid dish detergent) on the stain, let it set for a minute or two, then add some warm water and rub gently. Wash normally. Don't put it in the dryer until you're satisfied that the stain is gone! The beauty of this one is that the dish detergent is formulated to cut through food grease, so that pizza grease or buttery sauce is no match for it!
Onward and upward:
Face it girls, even though we're either grown up, growing up, or pretending to be, we still love playing beauty shop with our girlfriends. As we grew out of our Cavaricci's and into our Tahari, we started going for Mani/Pedi's instead of doing our best friends' nails in the backyard, and that gets EXPENSIVE! These days, we're all pinching pennies, and frankly, a few years out of college and no longer living with 4 of my very best friends has me missing slumber parties! It's not that I don't love some very sweet girl I don't know snipping my cuticles and playing soothing nature sounds for me as she asks me what I do for a living and makes small talk while a hoarde of eleven year old girls are screaming and cackling about a boy they all like as they sit through their spa birthday party. It sometimes just seems like it would be more fun if I was just home with my girlfriends, and Megan was scolding me for my occassionally less than traditional views, painting polka dots on my nails and turning up the volume when "Like a Prayer" shuffled it's way onto my Itunes. So, for your slumber party and girlfriends' spa weekend at home pleasure, I'm going to spend today and tomorrow posting about some homemade beauty fun.
*Manicures & Pedicures*
Foot Soak: Each girl gets a tub of hot water with 5 or 6 green tea bags. When it's cool enough to dunk your toes, soak your feet and sip your mimosa til the water in your bucket is completely cool. Rub your feet with fresh mint leaves and moisturize with olive or baby oil. To make the soak even more luxurious and refreshing, you can add some rose petals, mint leaves, or essential oils to the tub. Personally, I love relaxing lavender, but some other outstanding ones are peppermint (refreshing), eucalyptus (antiseptic), grapefruit (toning), and tea tree (skin-clearing).
Scrub: Toss a handful of shelled almonds or walnuts, a generous drizzle of olive oil (two quick trips around the bowl should be plenty) and a squeeze of honey into a food processor. Grind until there are no more chunks of the 
walnuts/almonds left. Scrub over feet, hands, or other dry areas that need exfoliating for a few minutes and rinse well with lukewarm water. Pat dry and moisturize immediately.
Scrub 2: Make a runny paste out of baby oil and sugar. My favorite is the lavender scented Johnson's. It smells fantastic, and the sugar exfoliates gently while the oil moisturizes as you give yourself a mini massage. So relaxing.
Cuticle Treatment: Almond oil! Rub it on your cuticles daily to keep them smooth and keep your nails from splitting. Bonus- it smells amazing!
Have another mimosa while you chat with your girlfriends and roll your feet over tennis balls, which stimulates the pressure points and provides an outstanding massage! More tomorrow!
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