Remember last year when Hawaii banned some conventional sunscreen ingredients that were totally toxic to the coral reefs? And now last month the FDA is actually beginning to take steps to remove GRASE status from pretty much ALL the conventional, non-mineral sunscreen ingredients! Things are moving in the right direction for the health of our […]
Looking for the best natural face moisturizer with spf? Here are the best organic and toxic chemical free moisturizers with spf because we all want a moisturizing sunscreen for our faces that won’t hurt us! “Why are you putting that on your face?” the 2-year-old asks as I apply a little cover-up to a blemish
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Crazy but true – our family really has tested and reviewed over 120 natural mineral sunscreens over the last 10 years, and we know the…
Natural Sunscreen Review 2026: The Best Natural Zinc Oxide Sunscreen (Better than EWG!) Read More »
Nobody wants to be a bug’s dinner while they’re trying to enjoy a beautiful summer day. But the landscape is changing – society is becoming more informed about the potential hazards of what we put ON our bodies, and the hazards of those biting bugs seem to be increasing. An informed mom needs to know
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Ever started cleaning a shelf quickly and ended up pulling everything out of the closet, and 5 days later you’ve spent $250 on organizers and your closet is better than new? That’s kind of what happens to me a lot with posts, like my crazy natural mineral sunscreen review that I started back in 2010
It just doesn’t stop this summer! First, Consumer Reports says that mineral sunscreens just aren’t effective after testing 13 of them. I totally disagree with them and elucidate my points rather, ahem, pointedly, right HERE. Now, a reader sent me this article about the dangers of the sunscreen ingredient avobenzone reacting with chlorine in swimming
Your UVA Protection Probably Isn’t Working (Especially in the Pool) Read More »
I remember vividly the day it dawned on me. As I was paging through a magazine, I came across an advertisement for a birth control patch. Confusion filled me. How could medicine placed on the skin work internally? At this time, I had no idea what “transdermal” meant (Definition: relating to or denoting the application
Safe, All Natural DIY Face Powder…With Only Two Ingredients! Read More »
The paperwork at the start of a school year is utterly overwhelming, but even compared to that, there’s nothing that causes a dull ache in the pit of my stomach like that one single sheet of paper you never want your child to bring home from school: The Letter stating that a child in class
The One-Page Letter That Could Change Your Life (or at least your month) Read More »
I know how you feel. It seems like every time you turn around, you hear how this or that totally normal thing that you do in our world is going to hurt you, cause disease, or maim the environment. It’s exhausting. It seems like you can’t do anything without being cognizant about it, without seeking
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This one is for the dudes. And the women who love their dudes, but are tired of getting scratched by their beards. And even the mothers who love their grown-up dude sons but sigh when they see how wild and hairy they’ve become. See this? Same dude. Same beard. Same day. No hairs harmed in
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I would have to say that Autumn is by far my favorite season. Warm mugs of milky chai tea, crunchy leaves, the crisp coolness to the air, and pumpkin everything! With everyone making pumpkin muffins, pumpkin ice cream and pumpkin-whatever-else, this is the perfect season to add pumpkin to your skincare routine. Related: DIY Herbal
This is a guest post by my friend-in-real-life, Laurie. She and I met and connected because we both had babes in slings at our sons’ Valentine’s Day Party one year, and we quickly discovered that real food, natural parenting, and Christianity were more than enough to form a strong bond. (I love it when God
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The KS readers are just fantastic! This post is packed with reader recommendations for DIY and homemade insect and mosquito repellents – they are by and large natural, safe, and at least one person out there says they work! Why didn’t I test them all, you ask? Not enough bugs, for two summers in a
I often find it overwhelming to “go green” in so many areas of life, especially personal care products. If you’re a green rookie, you may feel like there are so many changes you want to make and simply don’t know where to start. This comprehensive list of green and natural body care products that I’ve
Although I get horribly cracked hands in the winter, I might not the very best person to test lotions. I always forget to apply them regularly. That said, I was still excited to try MadeOn’s hard lotion bar on my extremely dry hands for the very first time. The day the product sample arrived in
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I never thought I would make homemade deodorant, believe me, but as I told you when we talked about the hazards of antiperspirants, I wanted to take a baby step away from antiperspirant. I had used Degree for years because many other name brands didn’t work for me. I’m not a dainty little lady who
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