Holiday Gift Guide: 8 Great Gifts for Little Kids

As Santa Claus is coming to town, it is the time for perfect behavior, impeccable manners, and a myriad of “please” and “thank you.” Because little’uns are making merits to avoid the Naughty list, at New York For Beginners…

Holiday Gift Guide: Find Your Me Time

A wise person once taught me, as a child, that it was important to find time to do the things I loved most. Many years later, that advice follows me everywhere I go. I believe we all live too…

The Best Bath Products for the Cold Weather

I don’t know about you, but I love taking hot baths to soak away my stress after a hectic day. With the weather turning colder in New York and the festivities around the corner, I am bringing you my…

Review: Kali Boxes, the chic toxin-free tampons

I love subscription boxes. They’re a great way to solve my beauty woes and discover new brands at a sweet, sweet price! I want to share with you my experience with Kali Boxes, a 100% organic and biodegradable feminine…

Artisanal and toxin-free soaps handmade in USA

If you’ve landed in this post, chances are you’re looking for alternatives to traditional soaps or bath gels that are simply too harsh on your skin, or you’re looking to start adding natural products to your beauty routine. Whatever…

Green is chic: Eco-conscious luxury beauty

If there is something I have learned with my Earth Day posts is that a green lifestyle can be totally chic. Long gone are the days when natural cosmetics were messy, required refrigeration, and sometimes smelled downright funny. Today,…

New 100% Pure Lip Caramel Swatches and Review

If you have stumbled upon this post, it means you’re very likely on the lookout for a change in your beauty routine. 100% Pure is a brand that’s synonym with natural cosmetics, in the sense that they only use…

Review: MyGreenFills natural laundry soap

I am really excited to bring you this new brand I very recently discovered: MyGreenFills. It’s a small business that creates laundry products good for the planet and good for those families concerned with the effect of the continued…

New Room Spray signed Cire Trudon

Cire Trudon, one of the oldest French candlemakers, has a plan to sabotage my saving efforts. They know me so well that they’ve decided to give me a solution to my constant fear of setting my house (inadvertently) on…