Mommy Alert! Stop the Spray


Updated 02/08/12 2:59 PM · Posted by LilSugar · 3 comments

Mommy Alert! Stop the Spray

Raising children in this day and age encourages many moms to become activists. And, in some cases parents are also inspired to get political. Mommies in California are making it their mission to safeguard their tots from toxins with the Stop the Spray campaign. People are banning together to protest the aerial spraying of Checkmate, a potentially harmful chemical that is being used to rid Read more

Make a Healthy Grilled Cheese Sandwich With These Simple Tweaks


Updated 04/12/12 12:05 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Make a Healthy Grilled Cheese Sandwich

Happy National Grilled Cheese Day! Just because you're following a healthy diet doesn't mean you have to skip out on this classic sandwich. Check out these tips on how to make a healthier grilled cheese. Start with the right bread: For many of us, grilled cheese meant a slice of American cheese melted between squishy white bread. Now that we're all grown up, skip overly processed white bread Read more

A Reader Recipe: Baked Crab Rangoon


Updated 04/03/12 12:19 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Healthy Crab Rangoon Recipe

FitSugar reader Dara8182 makes over traditional crab rangoon into 41-calorie bites! She shared her recipe in our Healthy Recipe group. I love making over traditional, unhealthy takeout recipes. I've never been a fan of crab rangoon, but I figured there has to be a better way to prepare these. So I thought about what I don't like about the ones I've had. First, that they are deep fried, and Read more

My Small Office Space


Updated 03/05/12 5:15 PM · Posted by · 5 comments

Small Home Office Decorating Tips

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member h2urHome. We have a small space on our second floor that I decided to make into my office space. The space is a bit strange — the home is open concept and all of the walls seem to connect with each other, so deciding on a paint color was hard. Ultimately I decided to just paint one of the walls black.   The desk is an auction find. I painted it Read more

Turns Out, Bad BO Is More Offensive Than Bad Perfume


Updated 02/29/12 6:00 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Study: Bad BO Is Worse Than Bad Perfume

Regardless of the situation, getting stuck next to someone with horrible-smelling perfume is rather offensive, but according to our recent fragrance survey, a whopping 88 percent who took the poll said bad body odor is actually more unpleasant. But that's not all you had to opine in regards to what's-more-atrocious questioning. It turns out, a little over half surveyed affirmed that sitting near Read more

The Secret to Making Your Dollar Last


Updated 03/09/12 10:10 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Make Your Money Last

We're thrilled to present this smart LearnVest story here on Savvy! Research psychologists have all the best tricks up their sleeves. Maybe it’s because they study humans like guinea pigs to figure out what really makes our complicated selves tick. Feeling stressed? Reason yourself out of it (studies show this actually works). Rushed all the time? Slow down, and you’ll be a nicer person (a Read more

Revamping a Forgotten Chair


Updated 02/03/12 6:46 AM · Posted by · 3 comments

Chair Reupholstery DIY

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member h2urHome. I bought this chair a few months ago and it sat in my garage waiting for a makeover, it looked pretty sad but I loved the frame! After a lot of spray paint, new padding, and some new fabric for the old chair she's looking pretty great now! If you'd like to see more of the chair makeover or some of my other furniture makeovers, please feel Read more

How to Work Out at Lunch


Updated 11/04/11 8:58 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Post-Workout Beauty Tips

We are pumped to share one of our favorite stories from Health.com here on our site. By Su Reid-St. John With my early-morning workouts getting depressingly darker as the year draws to a close, I’m starting to wonder if I should try to squeeze in some of my sweat sessions at lunch. The "sweat" part is what gets me, though: how do I do my exercise, stop sweating, clean up, make my hair Read more

A Charming and Striped Midcentury Table Makeover


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DIY Midcentury Modern Side Table

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member h2urHome from the Su Casa group: I bought this midcentury side table awhile back but just recently decided to make it over. It started out sad with melted candle wax all over it. I sanded it and then primed it (including the original hardware.) I then painted her gray and spray painted the handle a flat white. It still needed something, so I painted Read more

4 Ways to Prevent Frightful Beauty Mishaps on Halloween


Updated 10/28/11 6:44 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Halloween Beauty and Safety Tips

Growing up, your loved ones probably told you to check the apples for razors and beware of strangers while trick-or-treating. Now that you're an adult, there are a whole other set of Halloween-related mishaps just waiting to happen. Sure, you have to be careful with the amount of mulled cider consumed in an evening, but there are beauty hazards to be cognizant of as well. From irritated skin to Read more