This is Day 17 of the Green in 365 series! A typical complaint during the winter months is dry skin. Between being indoors most of the day with the heat running, and the lack of humidity in the air, our skin needs extra pampering during the winter months. But, that doesn't have to mean slathering on lotions and creams that are full of toxic chemical ingredients. There are many ways to safely and naturally moisturize your skin during the winter months. • Use Castile Soap in … [Read more...]
Beauty Products You Can Find in Your Kitchen & Giveaway Winner
A cute pic of my kids, just because. Can you believe it's September already? This summer sure seemed to fly by for us. I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend! I'm over at Green... Your Way this week talking about beauty products you can find in your kitchen. From the post: When my friend first told me about the EWG’s Cosmetic Safety Database several years ago, I basically did the equivalent of a three-year old covering their ears and chanting, “I’m not listening, I’m not … [Read more...]
Green Leaf Living: Review and Giveaway
Today I have a great review and giveaway for you from our August sponsor, Green Leaf Living. Green Leaf Living offers handmade bath, beauty, and green living products including solid lotion bars, lip balms, laundry soap, wool dryer balls, reusable cotton sandwich and snack bags and more! All items are handcrafted in small batches with high quality ingredients. Fallon of Green Leaf Living generously sent me one of her solid lotion bars and lip balms to try for myself, and they are great! I … [Read more...]
Homemade Highlight: Homemade Deodorant Recipe
If you're visiting from Money Saving Mom, welcome! I'm so glad to have you at Live Renewed! Right now we're going through a series on 31 Days to Green Clean, talking about everything green, natural and homemade cleaning for all around your home. Please join us! Also, if you'd like to keep up with me here and learn more about how to live green and save money at the same time, I'd love for you to subscribe so you can get all my posts in your reader or by email. Please feel free to leave me a … [Read more...]
Homemade Natural Face Cleanser — The Oil Cleansing Method
Photo by Taras Kalapun {This post was originally posted on Jan. 24, 2011} Using oil to "wash" your face seems counter-intuitive, right? Especially if you already have oily skin! I feel very blessed that I've always had fairly good skin, without many breakouts. For awhile, I struggled with dry and tight skin and I constantly had to slather on moisturizer, especially in the winter time. However, my luck ran out when my typically normal skin started freaking out on me about a year … [Read more...]
Heathy Green Pregnancy – It Starts Now!
Like many mamas out there, I first started to become aware of the effects of chemicals and toxins in my environment when I was pregnant with my first child. When you first find out you are pregnant, the reality of the responsibility that you now hold to grow and sustain this new life often brings with it a greater awareness of the world around you. And it is definitely true that laying a good foundation for the future health and well-being of your child begins while they are … [Read more...]
Go Green & Save Green – My Green and Frugal Beauty Routine
I’m excited to be participating in the Go Green & Save Green Series with several other green bloggers this week! We’ll be talking about different areas of green and natural living, showing you how to go green while saving money at the same time! Be sure to check out the great links at the end of this post! My Green and Frugal Beauty Care Routine Making the leap from conventional to green and natural personal care products can be overwhelming at first. You may have … [Read more...]
The Many Uses of Castile Soap
So you've heard of Castile Soap, but you may be wondering: What in the world is it? and How to use castile soap? This post is for you! "MOM! I need you to make some more soap!" my youngest yells to me from the bathroom. We're out of hand soap and she needs to wash her hands. I grab two bottles from under the sink, turn on the water, and less than 30 seconds later I have a full container of foaming hand soap ready for her to use. What's my secret? Castile soap. You'll be surprised at all … [Read more...]
Mama Cloth – Green Feminine Care
*Warning: If you are male, you probably don't need (or want) to read this post. This one's for the ladies only! Photo from Crea8tiveMama on Etsy Guest Post by Kate from Modern Alternative Mama: Many of you mamas out there probably did or do cloth diaper your babies. We all know about the benefits of that; Emily has written about it quite a lot! But while this seems to make sense to many of us, using cloth for ourselves – also known as “mama cloth”, for our menstrual cycles – seems … [Read more...]
FAQ – How To Use Coconut Oil
Photo by Koshy Koshy The first time I opened a container of coconut oil, I thought, "What is that?" When you're used to cooking with vegetable or canola oil, or using conventional lotions and beauty products, coconut oil can seem a little intimidating at first. But whether you're using it for baking or for beauty care, coconut oil is one of the most multifunctional natural products that you can buy. Although it isn't cheap, you can find good deals when you buy it in bulk, and it will be … [Read more...]
