Grumble:
With the sudden celebrity deaths over the last week, it’s just good to be alive and well, huh?!? Suddenly, that cold sore, those backed up bills and the annoying flat tire seems awfully trite because THANKFULLY you’re above ground.

Goodness:
With that, here are a few great, green products that will help you channel your inner Farah Fawcett, Billy Mays and Michael Jackson.  We’ll miss you all… especially the unintelligible David Letterman interviews, the overly loud selling of basic cleaning solutions and… well, the nose.

Go:
In honor of Farah Fawcett, here are 3 FAB 70s style headscarves in case you’re having a bad hair day (or worse, chemo!)   Lym & D’s website isn’t up quite yet, but you CAN buy these scarves at Fred Segal in Santa Monica, CA though they are quite pricey at $265 each.  Paying homage to the late, great Farah ain’t cheap, but Charlie says you’re worth it, angel.

In honor of Billy Mays (yeah, I included him in here.  Sue me!)  Here are a few green cleaning products that not only do I actually use, but ones that I really like!  Eco-Me’s cleaning solution is perhaps the B-E-S-T smelling cleaning product out there.  In fact, my house currently wafts with their yummy aroma.  If you’re just getting into chemical free cleaning products, this is a great way to start because they provide the components for you to make your own solutions.  Pick up their  Eco-Me Home Kit for $26 and get cleaning!

Here’s what’s in the kit:
Eco-Me All Purpose Spray Cleaner
Eco-Me Wood Polish Spray Cleaner
Eco-Me Scrub Cleanser

** They also have personal care products though I've never tried them... well, not yet at least!

For that pile of laundry that’s mounting in the corner, try getting rid of your liquid detergent and pick up an Official Greenwash Ball.  You toss the ball in the washing machine and simply add water!  No chemicals, no nothing!  I feel like I’m doing good for the planet, but still have some regular old detergent on hand when my duds are uber dirty.  You can pick this ball up all over the place such as Bed, Bath & Beyond, Whole Foods and of course the Official Greenwash Ball’s site.

In honor of my first crush, Michael Jackson (that was before I knew he was gay!), I’d like to draw attention to our (intact) noses.  People, the nose is the body’s filter for all things bad (and I’m not just talking about the funny stuff from the 80s that people put up their noses!).  Ever come home from a run in the city and blow your nose only to find gobs of black shoot in the tissue?  I rest my case.  It’s dirty up there and deserves to be clean as a whistle!

So, why not treat the nose right and do a little preemptive clean out with the neti pot.  For $13, you can buy your very out neti pot at iherb.com.  As you can clean out your nasal passageway you can tell all those icky bits to "Beat It!"


Tracy Metro (and yes, Metro IS her real name!) is a TV host who was eco-chic before eco and chic were even hyphenated! Wanna learn more about this eco-conut? Grab a fare card and go for a ride at www.tracymetro.com

 

Grumble:
You’re either:
A)    hunched over that damned computer all f’n day, 
B)    handing free-weights to your clients at the butt crack of dawn,
C)    craning your neck just to make eye-contact with that cute guy on the N/R,
D)    all of the above.

Either way, you’re in pain and your bod needs some serious lovin’.

Goodness:
Melissa Graves to the rescue.  Well, not Melissa in person (though she IS a massage therapist), but her Wellness Bags to the rescue!  Wellness WHAT?  Yeah, bags -- but not tea bags, or handbags or even under-the-eye bags… these are a creative twist on rice bags that can be heated in the microwave or cooled in the fridge/freezer and applied to any aching body part!

Melissa hand-makes each Wellness Bag with reclaimed designer material, in Pasadena, California.

Go:
Her chic heat therapy Wellness Bags are simply exploding around Los Angeles in many places including Whole Foods, Fred Segal and of course, All Shades of Green; however, if you live in other parts of the this great land of ours you can get your very own mobile rice patty for about $50 by dropping by www.grasshopper510.com. 

Just think, now you can have your rice without all the carbs!

Tracy Metro (and yes, Metro IS her real name!) is a TV host who was eco-chic before eco and chic were even hyphenated! Wanna learn more about this eco-conut? Grab a fare card and go for a ride at www.tracymetro.com
 

Grumble:
You packed on the pounds over the holidays. OK, truth be told it wasn’t only over the holidays it was during 2008’s entire last quarter that the poundage kept piling on (damn economy)! Life’s hard sometimes, I know and Ben & Jerry’s is oh so good. Aye there’s the rub, people. There’s the rub – and I’m not talking about the one your pantyhose are making between your thighs. By the way, who even wears hose these days?! I digress…