Plastic to avoid

You know about the numbers on the bottom of plastic containers, right? Here is just a quick refresher as to which numbers you are supposed to be avoiding…

AVOID: PVC (#3) polystyrene (#6) and polycarbonate (#7) These types contain additional chemicals and hormone disruptors…awesome, huh?

Research suggests that plastic containers with the #1, #2, #4 or #5 are better safer options which do not contain BPA.

Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash

I’ve been trying out the products those nice people at Earth Mama Angel Baby sent me, and I love them!! Tonight I used the shampoo & body wash on Madeleine who has JUST enough hair to necessitate washing…okay, not really but ALMOST! HA! Anyway…I love the smell of it and it’s a self-foaming bottle! As I send in a previous post…what’s not fun about foam soap?

Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash is a gentle, real castile soap, And like everything in the baby line, it’s made with only organic (it’s 86.4% organic) and natural ingredients. Earth Mama wants you to know: this is not a no-tear formula because it has no anesthetizing ingredients. So you’ll need to use extra care around your angel baby’s eyes!

• No sodium lauryl sulfate
• No artificial preservatives (parabens)
• No artificial fragrances or dyes
• Cruelty-free
• Toxin-free
• Certified Vegan

Here is the list of ingredients:

Saponified oils of Cocos nucifera (organic coconut) Oil, Olea europaea (organic olive) oil, Butyrospermun parkii (organic shea) butter, kosher vegetable glycerin, Aloe barbadensis (organic aloe) leaf juice, Vanilla planifolia (vanilla) bean extract, Citrus sinensis (orange) essential oil, tocopherol (Vitamin E)

Can you see why I love the smell of it? I felt really good about using it on Madeleine’s skin and it has this yummy vanilla orange smell…what’s not to like?

Clean Well: A Safe Alterntive to Toxic Antibacterial Products

Clean Well has put out an amazing new kind antibacterial products. As a safer alternative to the toxic alcohol based stuff we have been taught would save the world from germs, Clean Well uses natural ingredients which kill 99.9% of germs! I have been using the hand sanitizing spray for a couple of weeks and I’m very happy with it. It smells yummy and honestly after reading this press release, I feel completely committed to using it!

I’ll let the following press release explain the full story…. Continue reading »