August 5, 2009
 
We think it’s about time the boy wizard shaved.  No, we’re not referring to Daniel Radcliffe dropping his strides in the stage production, Equus.
 
We’re talking about the 16-year-old Harry Potter in his latest outing in The Half Blood Prince.  You know the old saying: “old enough to court your best friends younger sister, old enough to put cold steel to face”.  You don’t?  Ok, maybe it’s just us.
 
In any case, Aesop’s Moroccan Neroli Shaving Serum is the best thing we’ve seen for a close, smooth shave – whether …

July 25, 2009
 
Consorcio Chicolero is a Mexican consortium that have taken their maxim directly out of an Italian Premier’s book: “make sure it don’t stick”. Their natural, biodegradable chewing gum, Chicza, does exactly that.
 
Made from naturally occurring chicle gum from the Mayan rainforest, Chicza is no stickier than a blob of Blu Tack and when disposed of crumbles to dust in a matter of weeks. Having already survived several corruption investigations, Silvio Berlusconi is equally adept at avoiding politically sticky ends.
 
The conventional, artificial, highly adhesive stuff, by comparison, is made from non-biodegradable …