In last Friday's post about my favorite food blogs, I completely forgot to mention one of my absolute favorites: Budget Bytes!
Budget Bytes is full of simple recipes that cost very little to make, and many of them are healthy to boot! Each recipe includes the average cost for the entire recipe as well as the average cost per serving. For an unemployed student such as myself (ie: busy and usually overwhelmed), this blog is kind of amazing. Lately, Kirby and I have been...
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Foody Friday: Budget Bytes, A Broke Girl’s Best Friend
Mar
2nd
2012
2nd
2012
In last Friday's post about my favorite food blogs, I completely forgot to mention one of my absolute favorites: Budget Bytes!
Budget Bytes is full of simple recipes that cost very little to make, and many of them are healthy to boot! Each recipe includes the average cost for the entire recipe as well as the average cost per serving. For an unemployed student such as myself (ie: busy and usually overwhelmed), this blog is kind of amazing. Lately, Kirby and I have been...
Made from Earth Lip Balm Reviews
Apr
19th
2011
19th
2011
As my product reviews have become more in depth, I've grown accustomed to reviewing a single product at a time. I find it's easier to be thorough this way. However, after trying my two new Made From Earth Lip Balms, I decided to review them together. They're so similar in performance, ingredients and price that it just made sense. Ingredients (provided at madefromearth.com)- Citrus Fresh Lip Balm- "Organic Sunflower Oil, Organic Beeswax, Organic Jojoba Oil, Organic Essential Oils of Orange, Lemon...
Burt’s Bees Aloe & Witch Hazel Hand Sanitizer Review
Apr
3rd
2011
3rd
2011
Ingredients (provided at burtsbees.com)- “ethyl alcohol, water, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) water, glycerin, fragrance, aloe barbadensis leaf extract." This product receives a hazard score of 4 on the Cosmetic Safety Database, and the only ingredient with a hazard score above a 3 is fragrance. The bottle says the fragrance is natural, and I guess that's just vague enough to make it seem less threatening. The CSD also lists Sodium Benzoate as an ingredients,...
Noah’s Naturals Rejuvenating Massage Oil Review
Mar
29th
2011
29th
2011
Ingredients (provided at noahsnaturals.com)- "Organic Carthamus Tinctorius (Safflower) Seed Oil*, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Organic Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil*, Organic Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil*, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Bisabolol, Naturally Derived Fragrance*. *Indicates Plant Origin" I couldn't locate this product in the Cosmetic Safety Database, so I linked to each ingredient individually above. The following three ingredients concern me most: Retinyl Palmitate...
Dr. Bronner’s Lavender Coconut Hair Creme Review
Mar
24th
2011
24th
2011
I purchased a bottle of Dr. Bronner's Lavender Coconut Hair Creme around last July, but I guess it got lost in the abyss that is my bathroom cabinet. I ended up giving it to Danielle at some point, and then it really wasn't a concern of mine. I'm not sure what reminded me of it, but here I am with a very late review. Ingredients (provided at drbronner.com)- "Water, Organic Coconut Oil*, Organic Ethanol, Organic Jojoba Oil, Organic Hemp Oil, Organic Lavender...
EO Essentials Orange & Ginger Spice Shower Gel Review
Mar
22nd
2011
22nd
2011
After finishing my bottle of Milk & Shea Butter Body Wash, I began searching for something with an ingredient list that wasn't tainted by fragrance. When I came across EO Essentials Orange Ginger Spice Shower Gel, I must've been so pleased by the price and the lack of synthetic fragrance that I forgot to analyze the rest of the ingredient list before purchasing it. Ingredients (provided on product packaging)- "Purified Water, Cocamidopropyl Hydroxysultaine, Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Vegetable Glycerin, Caprylyl/Capryl Glucoside, EO Essential Oil...
Easy to Make, Eco-Friendly Dryer Sheets
Mar
15th
2011
15th
2011
Remember this post? Well, I took a bit of the article's advice and have been making my own dryer sheets for the past few loads of clothes. It's a real treat for my nose, and it's super simple! If you want to make your own, then you'll need the following: One or two drops of the essential oil of your choice (I've been using lavender, and I've also been using more like 5 or 6 drops). A bath cloth to catch the drops of essential oil (You'll need to apply new drops to the cloth for each load...
I love a good deal.
Feb
25th
2011
25th
2011
Anyone in need of a new bottle of perfume should definitely check out this Care2 article about toxin-free fragrances. Click the link at the bottom of the article to receive a 5 vial sample set of A Perfume Organic's fragrances. You'll also receive a voucher for a full-size bottle of your choice, to use once you decide on your favorite scent! All of this costs only $40, which is kind of a steal since a full-size bottle alone is ordinarily $65, and a sample set is usually $22. I've actually tried a sample of their
Eco Store Lemon Cream Cleanser Review
Feb
4th
2011
4th
2011
I was thrilled when Eco Store USA offered to send me two products to try in exchange for a review on my blog, especially after checking out their products! Aside from Method (which doesn't really have the most impressively safe ingredients),natural and eco-friendly cleaning products are something that I haven't really devoted much time to trying. This seemed like the right time, so I chose the Lemon Cream Cleanser as my first product to review. Ingredients (provided at ecostoreusa.com)- "Water, Calcium carbonate (chalk), Plant based anionic surfactants, Plant based glycerine, Plant based thickener, Xanthum gum, Lemon verbena oil." I couldn't find this...
More Advice for Friends: Natural Moisturizer and Eye Cream
Dec
27th
2010
27th
2010
I have some pretty fantastic Christmas presents to tell you guys about, but I thought I'd wait until Tuesday after I go shopping with my mom (which is her Christmas present to me). I'm sure that I'll have even more great things to share after that! Today's post is less about Christmas gifts and more about advice. My friend Kristen recently had a couple of questions for me about moisturizer and eye cream. I decided address most of her questions in a post since they all seemed pretty relatable. Her Problem: She told me that she'd been using Bobbi Brown Hydrating
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