I am addicted to Vaseline, aka petroleum jelly. I have been using it on my lips at night before bed since I was 14 years old. I have never used an alternative, despite my desire to eliminate all petroleum products from my household, because I don’t like flavor or scents in my nighttime lip balm. [...]
Filed under: Personal Care Products on August 27th, 2010 | No Comments »
Deirdre Imus has written three books in her bestselling Green This! Series. The first volume is Greening Your Cleaning, an excellent resource on how to clean your home and clothes with fewer chemicals. The second volume is Growing Up Green, a book that covers plastic baby bottles, vaccines, etc. Probably my favorite in the series [...]
Filed under: Book recommendation, Personal Care Products on August 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
If you support the Safe Cosmetics Act, which would expand the FDA’s ability to regulate cosmetic ingredients and require companies to list ALL their ingredients, consider signing this pledge or donating to the EWG.
Filed under: Personal Care Products on July 30th, 2010 | No Comments »
Check out this 7 minute movie about the Story of Cosmetics.
Filed under: Personal Care Products on July 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
The average woman exposes herself to 167 on her body every day… so begins a clever two and a half minute video about cosmetics and chemicals. Even though I try to be a minimalist, I definitely use the average 10-12 personal care and cosmetic products a day. Here’s my list: soap, shampoo, conditioner, face wash, [...]
Filed under: Personal Care Products on July 19th, 2010 | No Comments »
I’m a serious minimalist when it comes to hair and body products for my children. We use hardly anything to keep them clean, which is really impressive for those that know what a germaphobe I can be. Other than regular hand-washing with bar soap (no synthetic fragrances or SLS), my children get a bath every [...]
Filed under: Children, Personal Care Products on April 22nd, 2010 | No Comments »
I enjoy exfoliating my skin. But lately, this has become more difficult. For one, I find many ingredients in exfoliating products that I don’t want on my skin (parabens, synthetic fragrances, etc.) and two, many of the products are just so dang expensive! What’s a girl to do? Well, I’ve opted for super cheap, but [...]
Filed under: Personal Care Products on April 9th, 2010 | 2 Comments »
After going through two kids, our cloth diapers are in pretty rough shape. So we are buying a new stash for baby #3. Shopping for cloth diapers in 2010 is so different than in 2005!! I love all the organic cotton options and many diapers are now one-size-fits-most. Unfortunately, prices have gone up too, but [...]
Filed under: Children, Personal Care Products on February 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »
ALL of the lipsticks the FDA tested in the summer of 2009 contained lead. 100%. But the FDA says there’s no reason to be concerned. The upper safety limit for lead in candy set by the FDA is 0.1 ppm. They found lead in lipstick at levels of 0.09 ppm to 3.06 ppm. Apparently because [...]
Filed under: Lead, Personal Care Products on January 29th, 2010 | No Comments »
A year and a half ago, I tried to stop using antiperspirant. For about 3 months, I used a natural deodorant made with baking soda. Unfortunately, I developed some sort of allergic reaction to what I thought was the deodorant and stopped using it. However, I eventually discovered that my allergy was actually to the [...]
Filed under: Personal Care Products on January 19th, 2010 | No Comments »