From the category archives:

Natural Bath & Body Care

Green Product Review: Bubble & Bee Organic Lotion Stick and Lip Balm

December 11, 2011

Review summary: A sweet USDA Certified Organic lotion stick and lip balm that both kids and parents will like. Product USDA Certified Organic Coconut & Lime Lotion Stick and Coconut & Lime Lip Balm both from Bubble & Bee. These products also come in many other yummy flavors, such as raspberry, peppermint cocoa, apple, orange, root [...]

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Green Company Review: Bubble & Bee Organic

December 7, 2011

Bubble & Bee is an excellent green company with affordable organic products that everyone in your family will love. BASICS: Bubble & Bee Organic was founded by Stephanie Greenwood, who started investigating chemicals in her personal care products, such as parabens, phthalates, and artificial fragrance at the age of 26. After learning that many (most) [...]

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Why eco-friendly fashions and body care products are more expensive

August 28, 2011

Most green families are on some sort of budget. If you’re in that boat (like me) then it can be frustrating because eco-friendly and organic fashion and body care is more expensive than conventional, in most cases. However, this isn’t without total lack of reason. There are many reasons why ethical clothing and body care products cost [...]

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Flower & Herb Safety Guide for Homemade Body Care Products

August 27, 2011

If you’re going to use flowers or herbs as ingredients in a homemade beauty product, follow these safety tips… Use only organic herbs and flowers – you don’t want pesticides on your body. Know your herbs and flowers before you use them. Get a good guidebook so you can recognize the subtle differences between various herbs and [...]

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Green Product Review: All Natural Facial Cleansing Grains

August 26, 2011

Review summary: I’m almost out of facial grains, and am feeling a little lazy about making another homemade batch. That means I need to buy some. This made me think about my favorite facial grains of all time, which in turn made me think, “Hey, I should post about them again.” So, read on to [...]

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Homemade Organic Cranberry Lip Gloss

August 24, 2011

I was looking for a honey scrub, but found this great cranberry lip gloss instead at the National Honey Board. I think it’s perfect for autumn or and could make a wonderful homemade holiday gift as well. Especially if you find some cute little pots to put it in. You’ll need to gather: 1 Tablespoon [...]

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Less expensive and still mostly safe sunscreen choices

June 26, 2011

In the post, less toxic sunscreen can cost more than an eco-friendly car, I said I’d be back with some (hopefully) less expensive sunscreen choices. After looking at our options, what I’ve found is that 95% of the time the less a sunscreen costs, the more icky junk (think chemicals) are in it. This means [...]

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New FDA Sunscreen Rules

June 25, 2011

I’m a little late posting the new rules, but I’ve been spending time with my son (he may be heading off to Minnesota to visit family). Still, in case you missed it, the FDA has released their new sunscreen rules, which of course Environmental Working Group (EWG), and others, are calling too little, too late [...]

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Deciding which sunscreen to buy – is chemical or sun exposure worse?

June 24, 2011

Safe sunscreen can be insanely expensive, which brings up the issue of which is worse, chemical exposure or unprotected sun exposure. So – which is worse? Too much unprotected sun exposure can result in skin cancer – and not just a few cases either. Each year more skin cancers occur than all the other cancers [...]

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Homemade Organic Lavender Vanilla Sugar Body Scrub

June 19, 2011

Everyone I know loves sugar scrubs. Sugar scrubs make for super smooth and deliciously scented skin, but don’t have quite the bite of salt scrubs. Bulk sugar scrub batches are great for holiday gifts. SAFETY ALERT! Before you make homemade body care products, be sure to read Homemade Organic Body Care: Safety Basics. The best [...]