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Shares 109 We’ve spent the past few weeks enjoying Summer but our daughter leaves for college in a week and it’s time to get serious. This next week is going to be about gathering everything she needs to make her dorm room feel like home. One of the first things we worked on was her Dorm Room Shower Caddy and Bathroom Essentials . She’s going to college in a small town (there’s only one traffic light) and she won’t have a car so we’re trying to get her stocked up for a few months. Dorm Room Shower Caddy and Bathroom Essentials (a checklist) and organizing ideas" width="600" height="900" /> Most college students need a shower caddy to carry back and forth when they shower. It doesn’t need to be large. This caddy holds all the contents listed below and there’s still one unused pocket. Shower Caddy Essentials shampoo conditioner body wash lotion face wash shower poof razors toothbrush (+ another one for retainer) toothpaste floss mouthwash deodorant wet b...

February 13, 1999 | By ROB KASPER EVERY HOME REPAIR guy likes to admire a job well-done. Gazing at a successfully completed project gives him a feeling of pride, a sense of accomplishment. Then there is the other end of the spectrum, the job you botched. It is an embarrassment. It reminds you of your limitations. Every time you walk past it, you look down at your shoes, or in my case recently, down at my bare feet. I botched the shower caddy job . Instead of standing up straight in the corner of the bathroom shower , providing a stable home for bars of soap and bottles of hair care products , my shower caddy is a slouch. It should have the erect posture of the Washington Monument. But mine has the Tower of Pisa lean. I bought the device at a shop that sells bathroom accessories . It is a piece of plastic molded into two triangular-shaped shelves. In theory, the device should fit snugly into the corner of a shower, attaching itself with several adhesive pads to the shower walls. At the...

Ted Marules' new bathroom is neither subtle nor cheap. "We had visions of grandeur," he says of the $20,000 renovation to his Houston-area home. "We planned to have some wonderful moments in there." Marules and his wife sprung for all the frills: special- order Spanish tile , marble floors, gold faucets and the Texas- sized whirlpool bathtub . "We got some really nice, fancy stuff, and we spent the damned money for it," says the 53-year-old accident reconstruction expert . "Looks like a Roman whorehouse, but it's beautiful." The centerpiece of Marules' marble palace is the hourglass tub, a 10- jet Jacuzzi mounted like an acrylic altar at one end of the room. It set him back $1,897.70. In its promotional materials, Jacuzzi says the tub Marules bought , the Real model, "surrounds the bather in sumptuous curves for an exceptional bathing experience ." Through the Magic Touch controls and PowerPro jet system , it promises ...

<< Hollywood Pool Boy Shore Excursions Staffer >> Waldorf Astoria Chicago , one of America’s premier urban hotels . Now, presto—I’m one of its 25 “ladies,” as [the housekeepers who clean its 188 guest rooms are called](http://www.cntraveler.com/features/2013/05/travel-confidential/undercover-jobs-waldorf-astoria-chicago-housekeeper)." src="https://media.cntraveler.com/photos/53e2dff5dddaa35c30f61ace/master/w_480,c_limit/klara-glowczewska-housekeeper-waldorf-astoria-chicago.jpg" /> Rudy Archuleta Klara Glowczewska Day Job: Editor in Chief Temp Job: Housekeeper, Waldorf Astoria Chicago I slip on my uniform—black elastic-waist pants, zip-up tunic—and observe myself in the mirror. Just a moment ago, I was a guest in my room at the Waldorf Astoria Chicago , one of America’s premier urban hotels . Now, presto—I’m one of its 25 “ladies,” as the housekeepers who clean its 188 guest rooms are called. Other than the sudden spotlight thrown on the profession by ...

When making choices to support a healthier lifestyle, many individuals overlook the safety of their beauty and/or personal care products . But they shouldn’t: Not only is skin your largest organ, but what is applied to the skin is absorbed by the body (if you’re suspect, just think about the efficacy of transdermal birth control or nicotine patches). As a professional with 15 years of experience as a makeup artist and 10 years of experience in naturals specifically, I have developed an expertise in which products, ingredients, and methods are best. So if you’re taking the time—and spending the money—to buy healthier, organic food, it’s about time you understand what you’re putting on your skin. An introduction to clean and natural beauty. In order to understand the context, here’s some clean beauty 101 : The personal care industry (meaning things like lipstick, shampoo, lotion, deodorant, toothpaste) is completely unregulated in the United States. In layman’s terms, this means ther...