I’m sorta obsessed with my lips. I’m sure you have figured this out if you have been here before. The key is to maximize your lip balm or listick’s performance. The best way to do this is to make sure your lips are nice and smooth before you apply your balm or gloss of choice. A great trick is to mix sugar into something (i.e olive oil, walnut oil or un-petroleum jelly) and gently massage into your lips with an old toothbrush. Any sugar will do but I prefer light brown sugar. I can mix up a little jar’s worth …read more

 
Since today is Father’s Day I thought I would talk about a “natural” products geared towards men. It must smell like grass or beer or something. The hubs has beautiful hair that he refuses to put product in, so I have to be careful to not offend his senses when trying out a new shampoo on him. Ole Henriksen’s Natural Hair Wash with Sea Kelp seems to fit the bill. He doesn’t use conditioner because OMG that would take a whole extra two minutes don’t you know, so he needs a shampoo that doesn’t strip the hair too much. This is paraben …read more

I just came across Anita Grant’s hair and skin care lines and I am actually salivating. After having a bad experience with conventional products she decided that she could make her own products using natural ingredients. Here goal was to demystify the process and ingredients so that the consumer can be empowered to do it themselves. While I am definitely going to try some of her products, she provides information on how you can create the same products and others yourself at home.
On my list of must sample goodies is her Organic Kelp and Ylang Babassu Shampoo Bar and the …read more

I saw these great little towelettes from Herban Essentials in a magazine recently and I thought they were such a great idea. Basically they’re just wet wipes made with natural ingredients. We will be travelling next month to Florida and I think I may pick these up to bring along since we won’t really be able to do laundry or anything. The lemon looks like a winner to me.
Typically when I am home I carry around my own version of these, which I make myself. In all fairness they are usually for baby butt wiping but they make a great refresher for …read more

 
J.R. Watkins has just expanded their product line to include natural home care. I haven’t tried many of their personal care products but I will be trying them out in the near future. What I like about them is that they are pretty much available everywhere; even the big box stores. Their personal care products are free of parabens, sulphates, petro-chemicals etc. The packaging while beautiful and old-world looking, I wish was made more responsibly. Maybe glass would be better.
Now their natural home cleaning line includes all the same beautiful design aesthetic and commitment to natural ingredients. You can check out the complete …read more

I have a slightly addictive personality. Okay more than slightly. If I like something then I REALLY like it and I will obsess over it until I’m just so over it I don’t want to hear about it anymore. Healthy? No, but it is what it is. My current addiction is seaweed. Seaweed salad with some rice noodles…yum, yum, yum delicioso. Dora get out of my head. Point is I’m hooked. I’ve also got the hubs and the bug hooked on the stuff.
Obviously then the first thing that caught my eye about Ren’s Seaweed and Sage Shower Gel was the seaweed. …read more

 
My husband is the ultimate gift giver. He puts lots of thought into it and it’s always something I wasn’t expecting or had even forgotten about but REALLY wanted. It’s rarely anything lavish, just really thoughtful. I on the other hand am a horrible gifter. I have every intention of planning ahead but then the date is upon me and I’m scrambling at the last minute. I will never live down the fact that I forgot his birthday one year and only remembered when the checkout guy at the market said, “hey happy birthday”.
This year for Father’s Day I’m really …read more

I got my monthly treat from Saffron Rouge this week and I felt obliged to share it with you. Samples of John Masters Organics Shampoos. I’ve been curious and at the same time apprehensive about trying the line out. What Kirsten says about it:
There are no petroleum-based ingredients, sodium lauryl sulfate, propylene glycol, parabens, or other artificial colors, fragrances or fillers in the entire range. And as expected, John Masters Organics does not test their ingredients or products on animals.
I have to say that I have not tried them yet only because this week my showers have been about 40 seconds …read more

Someone I met at the Green Festival this weekend gave me a great home recipe for a hair mask using cantaloupe. That sparked my interest since I just picked up four the other day. What can I say, I’m cheap and they were on sale. So now I need to actually find a way to use them all before they go bad.
I’m not quite sure about some of the measurements since I didn’t write it down but I think you can just play with it until it it looks about right. You will need 1/2 and avocado, 1/4 of a …read more

So did anyone else have a heart attack on Friday? Why? Um only because like the greatest band of all time, NKOTB, is back together and they were on the Today show. My morning routine was cut short due to my screams while jumping up and down and singing along to Hangin Tough. If you weren’t then clearly you never loved them, not truly.
Luckily I was able to pull myself together quickly by pulling my hair back into a bun and swiping on some mascara and lipstick. It was one of rare days where I actually had to look presentable. I actually …read more