Cute as a button!

I've used buttons for closing things and for embellishing things, but never as a handy organization tool! The geniuses at Real Simple Magazine included a great piece in their May issue featuring buttons as a storage gadget for keeping earrings together. It's a great idea for travel, and I suppose there's no reason a button couldn't keep a dangly pair together either (if they have closures or backings). Love it, doing it, passing it along!

Baggage-free travel!

Sounds too good, or completely impossible to be true, right? Think again! For just a few dollars more than the airlines charge to destroy your bag, make you wait for ages in baggage claim or leave you with drenched or missing luggage at your final destination, you can quit schlepping bags altogether. Forever. 

Lugless, a luggage shipping company, will send your bags to your destination via FedEx for reasonable prices ($39 for a 50 lb suitcase in the US). They guarantee on-time arrival or your money back plus coverage for hold-over emergency items. Travel just became a little more pleasant!

Travel genius for your makeup bag

It doesn't take long for sleek, beautiful brushes to become chewed up and destroyed in a makeup bag, especially if that makeup bag is jostling around on the go with you all the time. Enter a simple little solution that will extend the life of your favorite makeup brushes without slowing you down...

Featured in Real Simple April 2012

Brush protectors in various sizes to keep those fine bristles under control. Slide them on and go to extend the life of your brushes and ensure a lovely blush every time. The black brush protectors in the photo above are available at Sephora for $8. A clear version is available from TheBrushGuard.com for $5.50 (also available on Amazon).