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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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New Story of Stuff Video – Story of Cosmetics!

July 27, 2010

I’m a huge fan of the Stuff series. I’m also a huge fan of organic body care industry reform. Mash them up and weeeeee! Check out the newest, just out this week, Story of Cosmetics.. Also see – Organic vs. Green Body Care

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Body Care Product Ingredients To Avoid

June 7, 2010

You know, with summer here and so much to post about I’ve sort of let the non-toxic body care series slide. In case you need to catch up, we first looked at how to keep toxic body care products and cosmetics out of your home. Then we looked at USDA Certified Organic body care products [...]

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Body Care Product Ingredient To Avoid: Synthetic Musks

June 1, 2010

Found in: Nitromusks known as musk ketone and polycyclic musks along with Galaxolide and Tonalide are most commonly found in many perfumes for women, lotions, colognes and body sprays and fragrance for men. They’re less commonly  found in exfoliating products, acne treatments, facial moisturizer and other body care products. Health concerns: The biggest issue with [...]

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Body Care Product Ingredient To Avoid: 1,4-dioxane

June 1, 2010

Found in: Who knows what? An analysis by the Environmental Working Group suggests that 1,4-dioxane may be found in 22% of the more than 25,000 products in the Skin Deep database of cosmetics products BUT you likely won’t see it on an ingredient list.  1,4-dioxane is a contaminant not an ingredient and the FDA does [...]

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Organic vs. Green Body Care Products

May 3, 2010

Currently at Growing A Green Family we’re looking at how to keep toxic body care products and cosmetics out of your home. The other day we looked at USDA Certified Organic body care products. However, while organic is good, it’s not everything in my opinion when it comes to choosing safe non-toxic body care products [...]

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