Because of the freezing, cold weather earlier this week I did some research on ways to keep my apartment warmer in the winter. I found a site that had a few easy tips that will warm you right up!

The first suggestion was to: make use of textiles. This means swap out your thin blinds for thicker curtains. A lot of heat will escape through thin paned windows so this will insulate well.

Second: always keep blankets and comforters handy. Instead of going to crank up the thermostat grab a blanket and get warm quickly

Third: Energy efficient heating. If you have a portable space heater, use it! Why heat up the whole apartment when you could just heat up your bedroom or the living room?
http://www.thedailygreen.com/green-homes/eco-friendly/keep-warm-small-houses-460909

I live in an apartment and we rarely have to turn on the heat as it is because we live on the top floor and are in the middle of the complex. When it gets really cold out and the people that live around us haven't turned on their heat yet, it gets pretty chilly. In my apartment already we have tons of blankets in our living room and bedrooms. Right now there are six blankets on our 3 couches! I also just got a space heater earlier this week for my room! A one time purchase of $27 but there was one cheaper for $17 so it's affordable to stay warm. I had also been thinking about purchasing curtains for my room for a while now. After seeing this article I have seriously contemplated it and have looked for curtains that will match my room. =)

For my assignment, I looked up Jergens Ultra Healing moisturizer and it showed up on the high hazard scale as a 7 our of 10. When looking through my OED book though, I did not find any of the ingredients on the list so I will continue to use this product but I also want to try something new that was a zero on the scale. I want to try Vaseline as a moisturizing product with little hazardous toxicity. The next time I go to the store, I'm going to pick some up and try it out compared to my lotion.