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I woke up a few mornings ago craving tomato soup, and luckily we had all the ingredients needed to make it happen!
What I used:
2 medium carrots
1 large clove of garlic
1 28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
1 cup of not-chick'n broth
basil, oregano, salt, and pepper to taste
a small handful of shredded Parmesan cheese for topping (optional)
What I did:
First, I peeled the carrots and sauteed them in butter on low heat until...
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You might or might not remember my post from a while back about my confusion regarding retinyl palmitate. The knowledge I gained from my limited research did prompt me to eventually add retinyl palmitate to my list of Ingredients to Avoid, but I was still pretty unsatisfied with how much I learned. Upon the discovery of , a pretty nifty website packed with useful information (complete with a HUGE ), I decided to ask one of the available experts what they thought of retinyl palmitate. ,...
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I recently received a Spring Beauty VoxBox that contained several health and beauty products for me to try. Unfortunately, many of the brands, like ChapStick and Aveeno, were those that I have been avoiding for ages. The concealer that I'll be reviewing today was also in the box. While the ingredients could definitely be a whole lot cleaner, my frugality convinced me that I should at least give the $24 product a try. Ingredients (provided on product packaging)- “caprylic/capric triglyceride, octydodecanol, euphorbia cerifera wax, copernicia cerifera wax, jojoba...
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As finicky as I am about the ingredients in my health and beauty products, I can only imagine what I'll be like one day when a baby is thrown into the mix. Big companies like Johnson & Johnson are notorious both for greenwashing and for allowing some pretty shocking ingredients to make their way into personal care products, so why should their natural line for babies be any different? The Johnson's Baby website provides a long list of the ingredients their natural line is formulated without: No Parabens No Dyes No Animal...
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Nice try, Burt's Bees. Your (sort of) almost won me over. The phthalate-free scents are lovely, and the branding is nice and clean. But wait! Let's have a closer look at the ingredients, shall we? Floral Cherrynova Natural Softening Conditioner-water, cetearyl alcohol, fragrance, ceteareth-20, glycerin, phenoxyethanol, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, hibiscus sabdariffa flower*, mentha piperita (peppermint) leaf extract*, salvia officinalis (sage) leaf extract*, thymus vulgaris (thyme) leaf extract*, urtica dioica (nettle) leaf extract*,...
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I should totally print this infographic that I found on the ecomom blog and keep it with me. It would certainly come in handy when conversing with naysayers, don't you think? Entered the bath salt giveaway yet? Image... Read More »
Cover Girl's NatureLuxe Collection came out last year in the spring, but I only recently became aware of its existence since I tend to avoid this brand like the plague. I happened to see a display on a recent trip to the store with my grandmother, and I immediately made a mental note to do some research. The green packaging (I'm speaking only in reference to the color and not Cover Girl's environmental awareness or impact) was a clever move on their part, since most of us associate green with all things natural....
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