What to Do about Cell Danger Response
What to do about Cell Danger Response if it’s holding you back? In last month’s post, I shared how I suspected I was stuck in…
personal care
8 DIY Natural Moisturizers That Will Leave Your Skin Feeling Amazing
This post was written by Angela Wills of Savvy Homemade. It was edited by Amanda Kay and fact-checked by Hailey Rose McLaughlin. A natural moisturizer…
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How to Go Paraben Free – And What to Use Instead
Parabens. You may have heard the word bantered about, but are parabens bad? Just what are those nasty little buggers anyway? Should you go paraben free? Parabens are a class of chemicals commonly used as preservatives in cosmetics and personal care products. They help to inhibit the growth of bacteria, yeasts, and mold, giving products
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Dangers of Parabens: What They Are and Where They’re Lurking
What do conventional sunscreen, drugstore lipstick, and big brand snack cakes have in common…other than that hopefully they’re not in your house? 😉 They all have parabens. You better believe I don’t allow parabens in my top recommended natural mineral (reef-safe) sunscreens! But what are parabens? Are they totally safe, or are they going to
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Non-Toxic Nail Polish Review: Final Test Results are In!
Back when I wrote about non-toxic nail polish (important because of all the negative health effects of the chemicals found in conventional nail polish) tons of people had questions about all the brands I reviewed. Did the non-toxic nail polish last? How well did it apply? Did it still smell bad? My daughter, our neighbors,
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Natural Sunscreen Review 2026: The Best Natural Zinc Oxide Sunscreen (Better than EWG!)
Crazy but true – our family really has tested and reviewed over 120 natural mineral sunscreens over the last 10 years, and we know the…
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Safe, All Natural DIY Face Powder…With Only Two Ingredients!
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
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The One-Page Letter That Could Change Your Life (or at least your month)
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
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Homemade Hard Lotion: A Tale of a Distracted DIY Mom {GUEST POST}
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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How Natural is Your Face? {Makeup REVIEWS}
I used to daydream about being famous and decided that if I was ever a movie star, I would be that person whom no one had ever seen without her perfect makeup. It would add to my mystique, and when I got married, my husband would know he was special because I’d allow him to
Will Oil Pulling Fix my Sensitive Teeth…or is it Just a Hoax?
A few thoughts ran simultaneously through my head the first time I read about oil pulling: Yet here I am, trying yet another gross crackpot idea that has to do with food! Oil pulling is the practice of putting unrefined oil in your mouth and swishing it around for 10-20 minutes, then spitting it out.
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Kids’ Ear Infections: A Home Remedy?
BEST Natural home remedies for an ear infection – what you can do NOW and to be prepared for next time a kid or an adult has an earache. If you want to avoid antibiotics, this one’s for you. I didn’t think I’d ever fit this neatly into the “nuts” or “off the grid” category.