Category: Green goods
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I heart Human ♥ Nature (part 1)
My sisters have been testing products like crazy, and have instant access to health stores where they can purchase organic goods and eco-friendly beauty products and household cleaning supplies. They’ve successfully made the switch to eco-friendly products, and me? Pfft. I know I’m not alone in wanting to see more green and organic products here,…
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Just discovered: Human Nature
I usually don’t open e-mails about store or restaurant promos, but it’s lucky that I did today, because it led me to a local website on bargains, which in turn led me to Human Nature. I thought they were distributors of organic products from abroad, but to my surprise, their products are locally sourced and…
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Natural beauty
If you’re looking for beauty products without the toxic ingredients, here are some websites you can check out: RMS Beauty Revolution Organics Safe Cosmetics
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Natural nails
It’s summer, and everyone’s wearing flipflops or open-toed shoes, showing off their pretty toenails. But nail polish contains the ‘toxic three’: formaldehyde, phthalates and toluene, which the CDC said may cause birth defects in laboratory animals. These dangerous chemicals have also been linked to cancer and asthma. Here are some more natural nail products, which…
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Pure and Natural
I was looking for an alternative to Method products because Method never lists its ingredients. As far as hand soaps, I found Pure and Natural which comes in 100% recyclable packaging, is paraben-free and biodegradable. Their products are not tested on animals and use plant-based oils instead of animal tallow. The company also donates at…
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Not just skin-deep
For someone who never liked shopping, it has become an even longer process because I read labels more carefully now. I bought a Queen Helene Naturals body lotion recently. This line of products uses organic, Fair Trade Certified ingredients without parabens, sodium lauryl/laureth sulfates or petrolatum. So you won’t have to worry about carcinogenic chemicals…
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The Natural Dentist
One of the things that I’ve been trying out lately are different fluoride-free toothpaste and mouth rinse. I am pleased to report that my husband and I finally found one that we ended up liking. We like it enough that we bought them again after finishing them. Now that’s saying something because we tried some…
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Fresh
It might not be the light and fluffy summer reading you’re looking for, but why not bring a book on green living while you’re lying on the beach somewhere? The new book from Queen of Green Sara Snow’s Fresh Living is available now. Ms. Snow is the daughter of the founders of Eden Foods (I…
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Review: ShiKai shampoo and conditioner
ShiKai Natural Everyday Shampoo Ingredients: water, aloe vera gel (full strength, certified organic), ShiKai extract (acacia concinna – wildcrafted botanical, organically grown and sustainably harvested), olefin sulfonate, cocoamidopropyl hydroxy ShiKai Natural Everyday Conditioner Ingredients: Purified water, cetearyl alcohol (and) ceteareth-20, glycerin (vegetable), amla (amlica embilicus) seed oil, jojoba (simmondsia chinensis) seed oil, behentrimonium chloride, amodimethicone,…
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Review: Earthwise Products
Earthwisebags.com located in Commerce, CA offers a lot of choices in their arsenal of reusable bags. They manufacture reusable bags for companies, so some of the samples you see here were produced for other companies. Here are some of them: Lunch bags and hot & cold insulated bags Outer shell – 100% non-woven polypropylene Inner…