Vegetable gardening is a great way to grow your own food while still learning about the plants and their needs. Setting up a garden does take some time and commitment, but it's not a lot of time and energy once you get the garden planted. There is a lot of prep that you can do to ensure that you grow healthy vegetables that are able to resist fungus and pests. [Tweet "Use this guide to help you get a vegetable garden started this weekend."] Vegetable Gardening 101 Choosing a Garden … [Read more...]
Weleda Skin Care: Treating her Mild Eczema Naturally
I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Influence Central for Weleda. I received product samples to facilitate my review as well as a promotional item to thank me for my participation. All opinions and reviews are my own. My son still gets diaper rashes, even though he is in training pants now. {When will he be potty trained, my goodness!} We've used many great natural products in the past, so I was thankful this last week that we could use a new one to us - Weleda. … [Read more...]
Baby Mantra: Cold Weather Skin Care for Kids
I participated in Influencer Activation on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Baby Mantra. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating. During the summer months both of my children get dry skin from our local community pool. Then with the dry weather in the fall and winter I am still dealing with dry and sensitive skin. My daughter has worse dry skin and eczema issues than my son. But they both struggle with dry skin. I have … [Read more...]
DIY Natural Ocean Hair Spray
I am a West coast girl and when the sun is out and warm, there's nothing better than a relaxing yet fun day at the beach. You get suntanned cheeks and ocean hair and there is hardly a better feeling. Did you know you can have that ocean hair any time with a simple DIY natura ocean hair spray? Ocean Hair Spray Use this ocean-in-a-bottle spray for gorgeous beach hair. Salt water provides texture and coconut oil provides moisture and nourishment for dry hair. Ingredients: 3 tsp Nutiva … [Read more...]
Natural Baby Gift Ideas
This blog post is part of a paid SocialMoms and Burt’s Bees blogging program. The opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. When my Princess was born we wanted to use natural bath products on her skin. She was our first child and we tried to do everything by the book and be as natural as we could be. It was important to us. As she got older we noticed her skin was quite sensitive and so we continued to use natural products. Isn't it funny, how careful we are when it comes to children's … [Read more...]
REPREVE Recycled Plastic and 5 Tips for Kids
REPREVE is a recycled fiber that helps turn plastic bottles you recycle into cool stuff you can wear and use every day. Now there’s no excuse not to recycle! A lot of brands you love use REPREVE to make their products greener: • Volcom graphic t-shirts are made with REPREVE, using 2 recycled plastic bottles. • One Patgonia fleece jacket with REPREVE has 40 recycled plastic bottles, so you can be a real “active-ist.” • Life Khaki by Haggar uses REPREVE to put 7 recycled plastic bottles in … [Read more...]
Eco-Friendly Back to School Products
Back to school season means a lot of shopping. While you are shopping for your kids this season, do you like to choose eco-friendly items? Natural or green items can be found on Amazon at great prices. Here are 8 that I think would make great back to school products. In fact, some of these items you might not think of for back to school but I assure you they are perfect back to school products. 1. Lice Logic Repel Conditioning Spray Mom invented, Lice Logic is safe for daily use and is … [Read more...]
