Love is big business! Last we checked, the beauty industry generated $160 billion with no signs of slowing down. To add value and smarts—and money—back into your life, try these simple changes from Shift Your Habit author Elizabeth Rogers. These shifts are designed to show you how to look good, feel good and live better for less. Here's to love and happiness!
Smell Better
Buy fragrance made from organic essential oils instead of name-brand perfume made from synthetic fragrance. You'll save $30 or more per ounce.
Essential oils made from organically grown herbs or flowers are free from the harmful chemicals used on conventionally raised flora, as well as from phthalates, which are associated with synthetic perfumes and fragrances. Certain phthalates are suspected carcinogens and can lead to hormonal and reproductive system disorders.
Buy fragrance made from organic essential oils instead of name-brand perfume made from synthetic fragrance. You'll save $30 or more per ounce.
Essential oils made from organically grown herbs or flowers are free from the harmful chemicals used on conventionally raised flora, as well as from phthalates, which are associated with synthetic perfumes and fragrances. Certain phthalates are suspected carcinogens and can lead to hormonal and reproductive system disorders.
Kill the Dye
Buy an at-home haircolor kit instead of heading to the salon to get your hair dyed, and save $1,500 or more per year.
Not only will you save gas driving to the salon—assuming you buy your haircolor kit when you're already at the drug store—but most salons use chemically laden hair dyes that are potentially harmful to human health. One recent study reported that women who used permanent hair dye were twice as likely to contract bladder cancer as those who didn't color. When you do it yourself, you have the option of purchasing a haircolor kit made with plant-based, nontoxic ingredients.
Laser Sharp
Invest in laser hair removal instead of waxing and save $1,500 to $2,500 for 10 years of hair removal treatment.
The paraffin wax used for hair removal is derived from petroleum, which is a nonrenewable resource, while the electricity used during laser treatment is roughly equivalent to that of a standard light bulb. And it's a change that lasts. Laser treatment can achieve permanent hair removal, whereas waxing must be done every five to six weeks.
Makeup Shakeup
Instead of hauling around a makeup bag brimming with pencils and tubes, invest in some multiuse products. Why use a separate eyeshadow, lipcolor and blush when you can get all three in one skinny stick?
You'll save $100 or more per year compared to buying individual makeup products and use half as many products—meaning consuming half as much packaging. Many multiuse compacts are also refillable, which means even less waste!
Instead of hauling around a makeup bag brimming with pencils and tubes, invest in some multiuse products. Why use a separate eyeshadow, lipcolor and blush when you can get all three in one skinny stick?
You'll save $100 or more per year compared to buying individual makeup products and use half as many products—meaning consuming half as much packaging. Many multiuse compacts are also refillable, which means even less waste!
Feed Each Other
Share a meal with your date and save $25 or more each time out. You will either prevent food from being wasted or avoid the burden of carting home an oversize foam to-go box that will inevitably be crammed into an undersize trashcan.
It's not only about being good. You'll also save room for dessert! Plus, what's less romantic than the car stinking of garlic the next morning because you forgot to take in the leftovers?
PS: The article is taken from Oprah.com
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