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Saturday, March 30, 2013
Chemical Free Easter Egg Dye
Trying to keep away from chemical dyes for Easter eggs I found a chemical and artificial dye free solution. A company called Glob has a natural Easter egg coloring kit. The kit is $14. It has enough color for 1-2 dozen eggs. It has 3 colors (yellow, purple and blue) made from Annatto, radish and cabbage, 3 compostable mixing cups and 3 bamboo brushes.
They also have wonderful non-toxic paint sets and paper other things. Check them out at http://store.globiton.com
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FAV New Item! Fenugreen Freshpaper Bags
OK, if you are a reader of my blog you know I am ANTI-PLASTIC! I don't want it in my house or near my family or food. When you are trying to store your garden veggies there is the challenge of what to store them in to keep them fresh and not use plastic. Well I have found something completely awesome!
They are paper bags that will keep your fruits and veggies fresh longer and are organic and compostable! The company is Fenugreen. The product is Freshpaper bags.
FreshPaper™by Fenugreen is a simple piece of paper that keeps fruits & veggies fresh for 2-4 times longer, organically.
Often described as a "dryer sheet for produce," one small (5" x 5") FreshPaper sheet can simply be dropped into a fridge drawer, fruit bowl, or any other container filled with produce.
FreshPaper is infused with organic spices and has a distinctive maple-like scent that signals that the paper is active.
Biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable, this award-winning innovation has received international recognition for its potential to change how the world keeps its food fresh.
This is GENIUS!!! Now all my organic fruits and veggies are going in them.
Check them out at www.fenugreen.com. Oh and shipping is free. They are at many Wholefoods locations, not mine yet, but maybe yours.
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They are paper bags that will keep your fruits and veggies fresh longer and are organic and compostable! The company is Fenugreen. The product is Freshpaper bags.
FreshPaper™by Fenugreen is a simple piece of paper that keeps fruits & veggies fresh for 2-4 times longer, organically.
Often described as a "dryer sheet for produce," one small (5" x 5") FreshPaper sheet can simply be dropped into a fridge drawer, fruit bowl, or any other container filled with produce.
FreshPaper is infused with organic spices and has a distinctive maple-like scent that signals that the paper is active.
Biodegradable, compostable, and recyclable, this award-winning innovation has received international recognition for its potential to change how the world keeps its food fresh.
This is GENIUS!!! Now all my organic fruits and veggies are going in them.
Check them out at www.fenugreen.com. Oh and shipping is free. They are at many Wholefoods locations, not mine yet, but maybe yours.
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Monday, March 11, 2013
My Food Storage Containers!
I am anti-plastic. Even if it's the BPA free. Who is to say that all the other ingredients in the BPA free plastic will not harm us some day. I mean they sold us on the fact that BPA wouldn't harm us when they put it into everything. OHHHHH wait, that's right, they put it in everything and never told us! And now even though study after study shows it's toxic for us our government decided to say it was ok to keep using and refused to ban it, even though other countries have. So I am not the person to trust them not to have some other ingredient in their plastic that won't hurt me or my family.
Seems like everything is plastic thought doesn't it? I am very psycho over what comes into my house, but especially for what my food is stored in. Think about this, anything with any acidity level can cause one of the chemicals in plastic to make it leach into your food. BPA free, sure, but what else is leaching?
Well I have quite the collection of glass jars that I have kept from the items I buy. I try to buy only items in glass jars or BPA free lined cans (which I don't keep). I will even go as far as to buy a certain jars just for it's shape that I don't have but need and not care what product was in it just so I can have it for my collection.
You can do this and replace the plastic. Try going by your dollar store, or here the Big Lots has great deals on the "glass jars" I need. Like I said I don't care what's in them. If you replace the plastic food containers in your house with glass you will be saving your family the BPA or even the unknown chemicals in the plastic that could harm you.
Give it a shot.
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Seems like everything is plastic thought doesn't it? I am very psycho over what comes into my house, but especially for what my food is stored in. Think about this, anything with any acidity level can cause one of the chemicals in plastic to make it leach into your food. BPA free, sure, but what else is leaching?
Well I have quite the collection of glass jars that I have kept from the items I buy. I try to buy only items in glass jars or BPA free lined cans (which I don't keep). I will even go as far as to buy a certain jars just for it's shape that I don't have but need and not care what product was in it just so I can have it for my collection.
You can do this and replace the plastic. Try going by your dollar store, or here the Big Lots has great deals on the "glass jars" I need. Like I said I don't care what's in them. If you replace the plastic food containers in your house with glass you will be saving your family the BPA or even the unknown chemicals in the plastic that could harm you.
Give it a shot.
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Friday, March 1, 2013
New Fav Makeup Product
I have just found a product I love so I have to share. It's Physicians Formula Organic Wear Makeup Line. I bought the Pressed Powder and the Loose Powder. LOVE them. They don't settle into creases and the color (I bought the Translucent) doesn't change and get orangey.
Here is the best part, the ingredients. Or should I say what it doesn't contain. It is 100% free of harsh chemicals, 100% free of synthetic preservatives, 100% free of parabens, 100% free of GMO's, 100% free of synthetic colors and 100% free of synthetic fragrances. It contains OrganiSoy to help even skin tone and texture to restore skin smoothness, and Eco-Olive which is a natural antioxidant to help shield skin from harsh environmental aggressors.
The pressed powder comes in packaging that is cardboard, not plastic, and has a mirror on one side with a brush.
So Far I am impressed! Oh and it's alot cheaper than other brands.
Give it a shot.
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Here is the best part, the ingredients. Or should I say what it doesn't contain. It is 100% free of harsh chemicals, 100% free of synthetic preservatives, 100% free of parabens, 100% free of GMO's, 100% free of synthetic colors and 100% free of synthetic fragrances. It contains OrganiSoy to help even skin tone and texture to restore skin smoothness, and Eco-Olive which is a natural antioxidant to help shield skin from harsh environmental aggressors.
The pressed powder comes in packaging that is cardboard, not plastic, and has a mirror on one side with a brush.
So Far I am impressed! Oh and it's alot cheaper than other brands.
Give it a shot.
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New Favorite Item For Kids
I have found something so cool I have to share.
My daughter is obsessed with Space, the planets and astronauts so I was trying to find her a little play spaceship and I happened upon my new favorite thing. A company called Makedo. https://mymakedo.com/shop/product_detail/find-make-space-pod. All their kits are intended to use cardboard boxes you already have or acquire. They send you the small parts to attach them and a guide of how to do it and you reuse cardboard boxes to create! BRILLIANT!
It is recycling at it's finest. My daughter and I cut the boxes and used the guide to figure out how to do it and tada! A spaceship!
The attachments for the panels and stickers along with a safety knife are all included in the kit.
We used an egg carton for the "control panel" and she wanted me to add a "telescope" so the center of wrapping paper worked just fine!
She loves it and the fact that we made it together was even more special. Is it picture perfect? Nope, but I think that it what makes it so awesome!
They have several kits available. You can find them on Amazon.com and also on Walmart.com.
Keep your boxes and get creating!
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My daughter is obsessed with Space, the planets and astronauts so I was trying to find her a little play spaceship and I happened upon my new favorite thing. A company called Makedo. https://mymakedo.com/shop/product_detail/find-make-space-pod. All their kits are intended to use cardboard boxes you already have or acquire. They send you the small parts to attach them and a guide of how to do it and you reuse cardboard boxes to create! BRILLIANT!
It is recycling at it's finest. My daughter and I cut the boxes and used the guide to figure out how to do it and tada! A spaceship!
The attachments for the panels and stickers along with a safety knife are all included in the kit.
We used an egg carton for the "control panel" and she wanted me to add a "telescope" so the center of wrapping paper worked just fine!
She loves it and the fact that we made it together was even more special. Is it picture perfect? Nope, but I think that it what makes it so awesome!
They have several kits available. You can find them on Amazon.com and also on Walmart.com.
Keep your boxes and get creating!
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Yes This Actually Is My Life
I had someone I know contact me the other day and ask if I really clean my house with only vinegar, water and baking soda. It wasn't to be insulting, she is trying to eliminate chemicals from her house and wanted to find out if I really use only that and how I use them.
It made me laugh as she asked. YES this blog and the information is in fact how we live. Anything I am posting are things that I have actually done and continue to do in my household. I have a quite large garden in the backyard growing as much as I can. I make my own flour and ALL bread products. I make my own butter, jams and ice creams. I use vinegar, water and baking soda to clean, and a little hydrogen peroxide for the counter tops. We haven't used a scented products in this house for years and all things have to be BPA, phthalate, SLS and dye free. And with a little help from my daughter I make my own laundry detergent.
I know to someone who isn't living this lifestyle it seems like it cannot be real, but oh yes it is.
Is it easy? of course not, but that's why I have this blog. I hope that some of this info will be helpful to someone looking to change.
Thanks for reading!
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It made me laugh as she asked. YES this blog and the information is in fact how we live. Anything I am posting are things that I have actually done and continue to do in my household. I have a quite large garden in the backyard growing as much as I can. I make my own flour and ALL bread products. I make my own butter, jams and ice creams. I use vinegar, water and baking soda to clean, and a little hydrogen peroxide for the counter tops. We haven't used a scented products in this house for years and all things have to be BPA, phthalate, SLS and dye free. And with a little help from my daughter I make my own laundry detergent.
I know to someone who isn't living this lifestyle it seems like it cannot be real, but oh yes it is.
Is it easy? of course not, but that's why I have this blog. I hope that some of this info will be helpful to someone looking to change.
Thanks for reading!
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