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Sun Protection – How Much Sunscreen?

On a typical day you should expect to use about a shot glass full on sunscreen for exposed skin. If you are going to the beach expect to use more as you are exposing more skin. Also reapply it every hour as sweat and water will dilute your protection. Just my 2 cents. Jim @ [...]

How to Save by Going Green – Beauty

Ladies, look at your makeup supplies / beauty products. Can you eliminate some? By eliminating just 3 items from normal purchases you reduce the amount of packaging you throw away. You also buy less saving your green. Extra bonus, using less makeup creates the fresh natural look that guys love. Just my 2 cents. Jim [...]

How to Save Time and Money – Prescriptions

Order your meds by mail. Forget the lines at the pharmacy. Check with your HR department and see if you health insurance has a mail order program. Most plans require a 90 day supply of your prescriptions so it will not work for some medications but most can be done this way. If your insurance [...]

Generic Medications Versus Store Brands

Drug Store News is reporting on a new Harris Poll issued last week that 81% of those polled said they would most often choose the generic. In 2006 this same study had this at 68%. This got me to thinking that when given the choice to pay more for drugs, they view the name brand [...]

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