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Archive for the ‘Beauty’ Category

May 11th, 2008

Fast Homemade Organic Fresh Kitchen Face Scrubs

These are fresh face scrubs - meaning you make it, you use it or lose it. I suppose you could refrigerate for a bit, but not more than a day or so.
Both of these work on all skin types except ultra sensitive. If you have very sensitive skin you can omit part of the […]

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

May 7th, 2008

Homemade Organic Liquid Handsoap

In my recent post; 23 Refillable Liquid Hand Soap Pumps, a reader (and cool blogger I know - Angelique) asked:
“I was wondering if you (or any readers) knew of a cheap way to make your own liquid soap from all those crazy “soap slivers” that slime around the kitchen, bathrooms, showers and tubs?
There has […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

May 2nd, 2008

Kiss My Face - Best Natural Body Care Products

Following up on my new lip balm post… I said I’d be back to recommend products, so, here I am.
The basics:
Kiss My Face is possibly one of the oldest established organic/natural body care companies around. Not all their products are completely organic, but all are natural. They don’t test on animals or use ingredients that […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

May 2nd, 2008

Kiss My Face - Good Inexpensive Organics

While I make some homemade beauty and health-type items, over the years, I’ve also tried different company products. One of the less expensive companies around is Kiss My Face. There are a few places I know where you can get cheaper organic body care goods, but not many.
I thought I’d bring them up, because today […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments

February 15th, 2008

Homemade Organic Facial Toner

As promised after last week’s popular lavender sugar scrub post, we’ll be making homemade beauty recipes a regular part of Tree Hugging Family. I’m thinking Thursday or Friday is a good day.
Today; facial toner. You can buy organic toner for over $40 - or you can make your own for a whole lot less. This […]

By Jennifer -- 2 comments

February 8th, 2008

Homemade Sugar Body Scrub

As promised, one solution to overpriced, way over packaged, chemical laden, body care products. I make a lot of homemade body care stuff - but this one is my favorite because it’s so good it’s gift worthy. Perfect to make in bulk, and give away to friends. Some people I know make this with salt […]

By Jennifer -- 16 comments

February 8th, 2008

Daily Green Audit: The Stuff In Your Bathtub

This week we’ve been auditing our bathtub and shower. So far, we’ve looked at basic adjustments you can make to your tub and shower, and your personal water habits in the bathroom. Today let’s look at what sort of products you’ve got sitting in your tub.
Here are some likely items:

Soap
Shampoo - conditioner
Loofah or sponge
Face cleaner
Bath […]

By Jennifer -- 5 comments

January 7th, 2008

Why Bother Encouraging Nature Love in Future Generations?

 

“We cannot win this battle to save the species and environments without forging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well — for we will not fight to save what we do not love.”
 
~ Stephen Jay Gould

Agreed.

 
Tags: green-children, green-quote, Nature, stephen-Jay-Gould, tree hugging familyShare This

By Jennifer -- 1 comment

December 21st, 2007

Color Your Hair Responsibly

Most people I know have experimented with hair color at some point. It’s fine to want a new look or want to brighten an existing look but most commercial brands of hair color are unnatural and unkind to your hair. Worse, most hair coloring products are super bad for the planet.
Almost all the commercial brands […]

By Jennifer -- 6 comments

November 11th, 2007

Green Gift Guide: Little Moon Essentials

Little Moon Essentials is one cool place to shop for great green holiday gifts. Everything about them is hippie chic right down to their swell logo-product-like design:

How neat is their ring of bath products! I love it.
Little Moon Essentials sells the following:

Bath Salts
Bathing Club
CALENDAR!!
Custom
First Aid Kit
Gift Packaging
Happy Feet
Lips and Lotions
Mists and Splashes
NEW PRODUCTS
Oils and Salves
Ritual […]

By Jennifer -- 0 comments

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