Earth Mama Angel Baby Head of the Class – What is Natural?

Are you ready for college? You will learn about “Natural” for your college level course. And, of course, enter to win Earth Mama Angel Baby’s purely natural, naturally safe Angel Baby Bottom Balm, Mama Bottom Balm, C-Mama Healing Salve and Natural Nipple Butter! So many products, so many labels! The label says “natural,” but does [...]

You know you are a green mommy blogger when . . .

Can you complete that sentence? I can. You know you are a green mommy blogger when a J. Crew ad showing a boy getting his toe nails painted leads you to wonder what is in the nail polish and whether it is a less toxic kind of nail polish as opposed to raising gender identification issues. [...]

#EcoWed Twitter Party with ecomom – Uncovering Spring Beauty: Restoring Winter Skin

This Wednesday’s #ecowed Twitter party will be fabulous! Our wonderful sponsor is ecomom. And, just so you all know, we are going to have 4 #ecowed Twitter parties in a row sponsored by ecomom because ecomom has launched a contest to win a $75,000 healthy home makeover! That’s right – a $75,000 ecomom healthy home [...]

DIY – Herbal Infusion

Lately, I’ve been obsessed with growing and using my own herbs. Herbs are so easy to grow – you don’t need a garden even – just a sunny spot and some pots. You can even often just use an indoor spot with a sunny window. They really don’t need much care – some herbs even have [...]

Revisiting Lavender and Tea Tree Oil & Breast Development in Young Boys

Okay, so I’m reading Samuel S. Epstein, MD’s new book Healthy Beauty: Your Guide to Ingredients to Avoid and Products You Can Trust to review it.  (BTW – If you buy the book from the link, I get some change, and I mean just a little bit of change, because it is linked through my Amazon [...]

June Junk Claim #3 – Mrs. Meyers Clean Day Dish Soap Not So Clean As It Contains 1,4-Dioxane

June Junk Claim #3 is Mrs. Meyers clean day dish soap is not so clean or earth friendly as it contains the carcinogen 1,4 dioxane.

June Junk Claim #2: Aveeno Not So Natural

Aveeno’s advertising that its products are all natural are the focus of June Junk Claim #2.

June Junk Claim #1: Josie Maran Mascara and Petrochemical Free

Josie Maran Argan Mascara is not petrochemical free as advertised.

No Such Thing As Chemical Free In Cleaning & Beauty Products. Really. Really really.

There is no such thing as chemical free in cleaning and beauty products. Really.

Another instance of greenwashing? A Beautiful Life “All Natural” Nail Lacquers

A beautiful nail polish line claims all natural but the ingredients suggest otherwise.

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