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 Fruits & Passion Baobab shower gel I'm a bath gal, but I just don't have the luxury of a decent tub at the moment, so guess who hearts the shower products? When I first heard of a Fruits and Passion shower gel inspired by the sacred African baobab tree, I was instantly transported to OAC French class when we read The Little Prince. It was the first book I finished and fully understood en français without auto-translating to English in my head, and therefore has always had a special place in my pseudo-bilingual heart. The baobab trees in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's children's classic are actually a nuisance, and the prince spends his time trying to uproot them from his planet, but the reference, for me, is still a welcome one. The smell is incredible: a little masculine, yet exotic, mysterious and kind of spicy. Enriched with baobab oil, jujube and African okra extracts, it leaves skin moisturized and since you only need a small amount, the 200mL should last for a while. À la prochaine!$14 for 200 mL. Available at Fruits & Passion stores across Canada and at fruits-passion.com. | |
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 The Red Dot Campaign A few months ago, I got a letter from a friend and was elated to receive something personal in my mailbox for once. Usually its contents are much more depressing: a pile of bills and a heap of junk mail, which I toss directly, and often guiltily, into the recycling bin in my mailroom. Okay, the odd takeout menu will occasionally make it up to my apartment, but for the most part I don't even look at the junk mail I receive. And I'm not alone. According to a recent study, 67 percent of Canadians are not interested in flyers and advertising that comes in the mail and 25 percent of us discard them without reading. Thanks to the Red Dot Campaign, there is finally a means by which to curb annoying and wasteful junk mail delivery. The campaign aims to draw attention to a little-known Canada Post policy that allows you to stop unaddressed junk mail from arriving in your mailbox. To participate in the campaign, you first print out a letter to Canada Post (a downloadable version is available on the campaign website) indicating you no longer wish to receive unaddressed mail. Then Canada Post will place a red dot on your mailbox to remind your letter carrier that you have opted out. It's as simple as that! Now if only someone would invent a red dot to take care of my bills. |
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