I used to go to the local drug store (CVS, Rite Aid, etc.) one a month and spend $100 or more on beauty products such as razor blades, depilatory cremes, hair conditioner, deodorant, lotion, facial cleansers, makeup removers, foot softening creme, eczema treatment, and more.

At the time, I thought these items were necessities, now I know better. There are some better (and cheaper) options!

Men... Are you (or someone you know) dealing with thinning hair? Bald spots? Excessive hair loss? Male patterned baldness?

They've found a cure for baldness...
It's called acceptance!

At least that's the way Jim felt when he started losing his hair several years ago.

Following is a step-by-step photo collage of the process Jim went through the day he decided to shave his head and start living life as a bald man... by choice.

Before...

...After

Want a few tips from someone who's been there, done that? See how Jim did it -- and why he's glad he did ...

...if so, be sure to take plenty of pictures of yourself.

Why?

Because you could go down in history!

Yep, you could become very, very famous (after you're dead & gone) as a result of redheads becoming "extinct"!

If predictions by the Oxford Hair Foundation are right, the number of natural redheads everywhere will continue to dwindle until there are none left by the year 2100. Source

I was watching HGTV the other day... probably an episode of "I Want That" or something similar. And I remembered seeing an interesting new product called the Purse Pal.

What's cool about it is the fact that not only does it give you a place to put your purse -- so it's always within your sight and up off the floor -- it also gives you a place to put your other things like your hat, your scarf, your gloves, and your shopping bags when you're out & about.

Plus, it's small and compact, so it's easy to tote along whenever you're out shopping or traveling.

That one product intrigued me enough to want to check out HGTV's database of unusual products & ideas.

I found some even better one-of-a-kind items!...

EVERY girl color coordinates her watch bands with her hair scrunchies... Doesn't she?!

What? It's just me???

Ah well, I guess I've taken my anal retentiveness to a whole new level!

I have, in fact, discovered (albeit quite by accident) that I own a complete set of interchangeable watch bands in various colors (12 to be exact) which happen to go QUITE NICELY with my latest find: hair scrunchies in multiple colors.

The degree to which the same colors are replicated is uncanny.

I'm lovin it.

Hilarious changes in hairstyles, with the grand finale being... the ponytail!

It was a Saturday morning, and I was in the process of gathering my hair into a ponytail, about to don a baseball cap, when I realized:
I ALWAYS wear my hair in a ponytail!

It used to just be true "sometimes"... then more recently it was "just on weekends", but now that I got my Jeep... it's "darned near all the time".

Which got me thinking... When did I lose all respect for myself and my "look" so much that I resorted to wearing a ponytail and baseball cap virtually 'round the clock?

There's a new kid on the block (in the web world, that is)... and I like her!

She's Elizabeth Waverly, the new guide for About.com's BEAUTY site.

(...didn't think I'd be such a fan of beauty tips & such, did ya?)