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No matter how many times we go through it, winter always seems to
catch us by surprise—a chilly, costly, inconvenient surprise.
Prepare yourself for the rest of this season with helpful and
healthy projects, clever tricks, and energy savers. Photo by Roby
Ferrari. 10. Make your own lip balm
Sure, Blistex and all the other lip balms found at the checkout
counter aren't that expensive, but they're easy to lose, and often
quite funky-tasting. Enviro-blogger Lisa Tae-Ran Schroeder shows us
how to make our own lip balm in batches, creating a Burt's-Bees...
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