Sweet Complexion for Valentine’s Day

Chocolate and Coffee are rich in antioxidants, which help protect against free radicals that cause premature aging. Use this toxin-free scrub and mask combination to achieve a healthy glow.

Read the Labels: What’s in Soap?

As the words in the labels become longer, it becomes more difficult to understand them. Education is how you, the consumer, can protect yourself. The ingredients on all natural and organic products can be confusing due to labeling laws. The most common ingredients and their meanings for natural and organic soap are listed below.

Spa Night: Sharing and Caring

Winter has arrived in all it’s glory in the North East and Midwest: snow, low humidity homes and offices, cold winds. During the holiday season, strong skin can become a challenge. Not only is the weather a problem, but holiday eating and tight schedules can stress out an otherwise healthy complexion. This year, why not [...]

Quick Brown Bread

Critical for clear complexions is a healthy diet that is low in complex fats, high in Omega 3, 6 and 9s as well as fiber.  Below is my personal recipe for a heart and skin healthy bread that is quick to fix, so you can make it last minute to go with your fall soups [...]

Personal Environmental Activism

Do you think the environment is important, but don’t have a spare moment to volunteer? Do you want to pass along strong environmental values to your children? Become a Personal Environmental Activist.

What’s involved?

Make a commitment to the environment.
Find an area of your life you can improve environmentally, ideas incude:

Reduce your use of harsh and toxic [...]

When Organic is Too Expensive

It’s easy to say, “I support the environment.”  Sometimes, it’s just more difficult to pay for it at the cash register.  Still, your health is important to you, your family, friends and future.  So, if you are trying to economize and still eat organic foods, then choose the cleanest foods in your non-organic produce.

The top [...]

Organic on a Budget

Are you struggling to make ends meet? In this time of economic stress for many, the most popular comment I hear regarding organics foods is that they are too expensive. Consider these two authoritative sources when deciding what works for your family.

More Nutrients: Prevention Magazine recently published a report stating that organic foods are [...]

Baking Soda

The What, Why and How.
What is Baking Soda?

Sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), more commonly known as baking soda, is a powdered crystalline substance that is refined from the ore natron.  Mined primarily in the United States, this naturally occurring element offers many opportunities for simple cleaning.

Why is Baking Soda so ridiculously useful?

Today’s 5 star word is “AMPHOTERIC.” [...]

Sea Salt

Sea Salt

Do you know there is a chemical difference between your table salt (NaCl) and sea salt (KCl)?  Both are chemically identified as salts and both use the anion chloride.  However, table salt, mined from the earth is a compound of sodium and chloride, whereas sea salt, won from sea water, is a compound [...]

Three Skin Care Tips for the Holidays

Today is Christmas Eve.  For many of us, this means, wrapping paper, Christmas trees and harsh winter weather.  How do we maintain that perfect manicure and healthy hands with all the baking and cleaning?  Protection is the key.

Wear rubber gloves when running through those last minute cleaning chores.  I personally try to hit all the [...]