Entrepreneur

Well, my recent escapades on the internet have let me to the topic of eco-friendly, green products and the like. A few days ago Michael and I were discussing making our own soap, and the benefits of it. We wound up reading about how soap is made, the differences between homemade and manufactured soap, etc. It was incredibly fascinating. Well, that spurred a whole series of ideas for me. Homemade soap? Why not try other homemade cosmetic items that are good for the body as well as the environment. I also had some ideas in the clothing industry that would be along similar lines.


Anyway, I think it would be something worthwhile to invest in, or at least see where it can go for various reasons. One, it's good for the planet. Two, more and more people are becoming aware of their footprint on the earth and want to lessen it. Three, larger companies are trying to find cheap ways of creating the same thing that are more directed towards fooling people with some fine print. So I think it would be worthwhile to create wholesome, organic products that are worth a consumer's money. Plus, it would be rather exciting experimenting with things like this.

This whole thing is very inspiring. I've found some rather amazing review sites that not only go into what organic beauty products are worthwhile, but also do entire entries on different ingredients that are no-nos as well as major yes's. It's pretty incredible the information that's out there. A lot of ingredients I discovered are also not that well known to a lot of the cosmetic industries, and have some pretty incredible qualities.

But the big thing that's come of this is to be much more aware of what you use on your body, especially cosmetics. There's some really neat make up out there that's 100% organic. So I'm definitely interested in seeing what can be created through my own means. Of course, all of this will happen once we're back from the desert. It's still nice to dream.

Michael grabbed a bunch of movies today from the local shop. Two dollars for a movie ain't bad, I must say. He recently stated in his head, "Man, I am married" while picking out a couple chick flicks for his wife. But he also assured me he's confident enough in his manhood to pick up a few girly flicks for me. He kept bringing home action film after shoot em up film, and I gently informed him that the next time he goes to the video store could he please pick up something a bit more...calm? Romantic comedy maybe? Please?

He gave me this funny look and I told him that it's not that I'm not enjoying the movies you're bringing home, I am as they are very good, but can we mix it up? He felt that was a valid argument. So now we watch a romantic comedy, mixed with a good drama, mixed with an action film. The rotation is quite nice, and covers all areas of film.

I think that about covers it for now. Back to my research and precalculus class, Hooray!