I love organic green tea with an unrivaled passion. I'll take it with a hint of jasmine, mint, or mango, and I'll also happily drink it plain. Since overdoing it with caffeine tends to make me a jittery stress ball, however, I've been trying to limit myself to 3 cups a day. I still like to have a cup of hot something when I'm not chugging green tea, so I've taken to drinking copious amounts of raspberry leaf and rooibos throughout the day. You've probably...
Okay, guys. I'm about to share a product with y'all so dreamy that it makes me wish I had $50 lying around to spend on a tiny bottle of serum. Maybe I'll start a fund. Ingredients (provided at oneloveorganics.com)- ”organic wild raspberry leaf, organic lemon balm, and organic sweet mint, capric/caprylic triglyceride, organic essential oils of lemon, ylang ylang and peppermint" The preliminary report I created for this product in the Cosmetics Database gives it a low hazard score of 1. Raspberry leaf and sweet mint weren't in the database, so I...
I've been trying my best to incorporate more healthy/good fats into my diet lately, and the three pictured above have become my absolute favorites.
Avocados- My favorite way to eat this little guy is in the form of guacamole, but I've also been putting 1/2 of one in my green smoothie each morning. It adds a creaminess that is just the best. Avocados have lots of monounsaturated fat, which decreases our risk of heart disease and regulates blood sugar. WIN. Extra Virgin Olive Oil- The brand pictured above is...
Today I'll be reviewing the third and final product from Integrity Botanicals: Acure's Rose + Red Tea Facial Toner. As you'll see shortly, I'm just as fond of this toner as I am the other two products sent for my review. I'll definitely be doing some online shopping through Integrity Botanicals in the future!
Ingredients (provided at integritybotanicals.com)- “Fair Trade Certified™ Organic Rooibos, Organic Calendula, Organic Chamomile, Organic Witch Hazel, Organic Bulgarian Rose Water (Hydrasol), (NOP Cert. Organic) Glycerin*, Organic Chamomille and Calendula Flower Extracts. ”
The preliminary report I...
The second product I'll be reviewing from Integrity Botanicals is Soapwalla's Luxurious Ginger, Citrus, and Lemongrass Body Oil.
Ingredients (provided at integritybotanicals.com)- “Simmondsia chinensis(jojoba) oil*, helianthus annuus (sunflower) oil, vitis vinifera (grape) seed oil, prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet almond) oil, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, essential oils of: zingiber officinale (ginger), cymbopogon (lemongrass), citrus paradisi (grapefruit), citrus aurantifolia (lime) peel*"
The Cosmetics Database give this product a nonexistent hazard score of 0. Yeah!
Some great things about this product:
1. It’s free of parabens, phthalates, & phenoxyethanol.
2. It's cruelty-free.
3. It contains...
When Terri of Integrity Botanicals contacted me about trying a few products from their online store, it took me all of five minutes to pick three that I just knew I'd enjoy. I'll be reviewing the first of those three today: Dr Hauschka's Volume Mascara in black.
Ingredients (provided at integritybotanicals.com)- "Water (Aqua), Pyrus Cydonia Seed Extract, Alcohol, Saccharum Officinarum (Sugar Cane) Extract, Sorbitol, Ricinus Communis (Castor) Seed Oil, Acacia Senegal Gum, Cetearyl Alcohol, Beeswax (Cera Alba), Camellia Sinensis Leaf Extract, Melia Azadirachta Leaf...
Not one but two awesome things happened to me lately, and they are as follows:
I won a Lotus Wei perfume sampler over on the lovely Kim's blog. There I am above holding my prize and smelling like an angel. The ANB chose me as their February face of all natural beauty! What an honor, right? Have a happy Monday, you hear?
One of my ultimate goals in life is to find a perfume that has decent ingredients and doesn't make me feel physically ill or smell mega crunchy (as in like a big ol' pile of patchouli). I just might've found that in Pixxxie Pie & Posie's perfumes.
Ingredients- Since they aren't provided in the Etsy Shop, I can't be entirely sure of the exact ingredients in these perfumes. I can, however be comforted by the assurance that "only high quality essential oils, botanical resins/oils & and plant absolutes...
Today I'll be reviewing my current favorite shampoo/conditioner duo, which just so happens to be Desert Essence's Coconut Shampoo & Conditioner. Let's do this thing. Ingredients (provided at desertessence.com)- Shampoo: "Water (Aqua), Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract*, Arctium Lappa (Burdock) Root Extract*, Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Extract*, Hamamelis Virginiana (Witch Hazel) Leaf Extract*, Foeniculum Vulgare (Fennel) Seed Extract*, Sambucus Nigra (Black Elderberry) Flower Extract*, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract*, Sodium Coco-Sulfate (Coconut Derived), Decyl Glucoside (Coconut and Corn Derived), Propanediol (Corn Derived), Coco-Glucoside...
As much as I love my BFF coconut oil, I've recently become aware of a few of its shortcomings. For one, it can and does occasionally make my eyelids rather puffy when I use it to remove my eye makeup. My preferred alternative? S.W. Basics Makeup Remover. Ingredients (provided at store.swbasicsofbk.com)- ”Sweet almond oil*, Extra-virgin olive oil*, Jojoba oil* *Organic" The Cosmetics Database gives is product a low hazard score of 0. Some great things about this product: 1. It’s free of parabens, phenoxyethanol, phthalates, and tons of other stuff you wouldn’t want on...
