Imagine doing a load of laundry without laundry detergent and getting the same results. When SmartKlean sent me their laundry ball to try out I was intrigued. The intrigue was quickly overshadowed by the lingering question: how could this strange laundry ball replace the need for laundry detergent? The simple truth is we get pretty…
Product Review
Jewelry With a Purpose: Zulugrass from the Leakey Collection
Jewelry with a story to tell When my boys were toddlers they used to tug on my earrings and necklaces until they broke or I bled-so for many years jewelry hasn’t been an option. My boys are a bit older now and they aren’t constantly pulling on me and/or my jewelry, but I still don’t…
Product Review: Poofy Organics Sunscreen
There’s a new sunscreen on the block and its timing couldn’t be better. As we head into the summer months we are all on the hunt for a sunscreen that works, is free of toxins and safe to use on our entire family. Poofy Organics has developed a sunscreen called “The” Sunscreen: Safe, Simple, Superior…
Book Review: Spit That Out! The Overly Informed Parent’s Guide to Raising Children in the Age of Environmental Guilt
Calling all moms on the verge of a “green mom nervous breakdown”: Paige Wolfe, the author of Spit That Out!: The Overly Informed Parent’s Guide to Raising Children in the Age of Environmental Guilt, is here to straighten us out. This book will make you feel less neurotic and more normal-what mom doesn’t want…
Barefoot Books Review and Giveaway
Small, indie bookstores seem to be a dying breed, but I recently discovered a gem that is sure to last, right in my own backyard-just outside of Boston. Barefoot Books is an independent children’s bookstore/publishing company with their flagship store located in the town of Concord, Massachusetts. My first visit to the studio literally took my…
Lipstick Love Without the Lead
I am a lip balm/lipstick junkie. I can’t get enough of the stuff. I have lipstick containers stashed everywhere-in the car, drawers, coat pockets, bathrooms-no space is spared. I love lipstick. FDA finds lead in most lipstick I began to have second thoughts about my addiction to lipstick when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
How to Choose Healthy Pots and Pans
Despite the ease and convenience of non-stick pots and pans such as Teflon, many health conscious people are tossing their non-stick and replacing them with healthier options. WHAT’S WRONG WITH TEFLON? Non-stick pots and pans are metal pans (such as aluminum pans) coated with a synthetic polymer called polytetrafluoroetheylene (PTFE), also known as Teflon….
