While strolling past Kiehl's the other day I couldn't help but notice the perfect Marin Mom-luring words scribbled across the store window: New paraben-free mineral mascara! The hippie in me practically jumped out of my toxin-free skin.

Did it matter that here at Kaboodle we get enough mascara testers to triple coat the lashes of a thousand Tammy Faye Baker types? Of course not! In matters of "healthier"  beauty, I'm forever a straight-up sucker.

So yes, I bolted into the store and bought the stuff. But you know what? Turns out Kiehl's $16.50  mineral mascara is quite good. So now  I can bat my thick, dark lashes with the best of 'em--and humor myself that the splurge was purely to make sure I'm taking good care of my body. Hey, whatever works!