Get sew creative

by Mir | Mar 17, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

Woohoo… today’s Amazon Gold Box holds a Brother CS6000i Computerized Sewing Machine for $115 shipped. This is a good $60+ off the price you’ll find anywhere else, and the reviews on this baby are fantastic (it’s the number one best-seller in...

Hey, curly girls

by Mir | Feb 24, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

My fellow curly-haired ladies know that finding the right hair product can be a lifelong quest. (I thought I found it; then they discontinued it. Of course.) My search continues, and lucky me, now that I have a teenage daughter with a different type of curl, products...

If you’re in the market for a flat iron…

by Mir | Feb 12, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

… be sure to check out the pre-Valentine’s deals at Folica today. If you look at the rotating carousel of deals on the main page, the next-to-last offer (the fifth dot from the left, or the next-to-last one from the right) is a colored 1-1/4″ Solia...

Get some nice knives

by Mir | Jan 28, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

In the market for new steak knives? Amazon is currently running a Lightning Deal on this Culina Steak Knife Boxed set, which I bought myself shortly after Christmas (the last time it was on sale). I like ’em. They’re not super-high-end like a set...

The Want Not Review: Tolerant Organic Lentil Pasta

by Mir | Jan 21, 2015 | Groceries, Product Talk

So let me be absolutely clear with you about pasta: Most of the time, I don’t miss pasta. What I miss since giving up gluten is bread (delicious, squishy bread!), but pasta, meh. I’m happy to make zucchini or spaghetti squash noodles for sauce. And...

The Queen of stand mixers

by Mir | Jan 13, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk

It’s been a while since I last waxed poetic about my deep and abiding love of the KitchenAid stand mixer, but rest assured that our love affair continues. I used to own my mother’s KitchenAid, which I’m pretty sure was once her mother’s...