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Herban Lifestyle Shampoo Bar Review and Giveaway

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I’ll get to the point. I HATE shampoo and conditioner bottles. They clutter my bathroom and they create so much plastic waste. So when I noticed people talking about shampoo bars on various forums and blogs, I was intrigued. How great is using up something and there’s no waste left afterwards? I cringe every time I have to throw out those unrecycalable shampoo and conditioner bottles because I know they [...]

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Glass Dharma Reusable Straws Review and Giveaway

Giveaway is CLOSED I admit. I don’t use straws. “Then, why the heck are you reviewing straws?” you say? Before you click off to read other earthier blogs, let me ‘splain. Even if I don’t use straws at home and  generally refuse them at restaurants, drinking  a cold root beer float or a thick frothy fruit smoothie seems so much tastier with a straw. And the squealing and shhhlurping sound [...]

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How to choose make-up for a teenager. Part 1

This guest post is written by my fifteen years old daughter Emily, who recently discovered what it’s like to buy make up for the first time. Her experience couldn’t be more timely as “The Story of Cosmetics” by Annie Leonard will be released today. See the video after the article. Many girls start to play around with make up when they are young. But when they become older in their [...]

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Earth Divas Review and Giveaway

I don’t know of any woman who does not have an affinity for accessories, especially bags. My mother is a frugal woman and never buys anything on an impulse… except bags. I’m not as bad as my mom but I am always in the market for a stylish but practical bag that I can tote around, especially if it’s light in weight and eco-friendly. So when a green blogger friend [...]

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Clean + Green Review and Giveaway

Rosey I am a sucker. I gave in and got a dog for my daughter when she turned ten. What is it with kids wanting pets when they reach the ripe old age of ten? Do they think just because their age is now a double digit that they become responsible all of a sudden? My son went through it too but I was able to talk him out of [...]

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Miessence Review on Eco Diva

I am a woman of ‘certain age’ (as one of my dear friends would put it) who woke up one day, and decided to fight the wrinkle war with vengeance. I mean, I don’t smoke, I drink water, I cleanse my face every night (with olive oil), moisturize, and exfoliate regularly – all the good things to prevent wrinkles, right? But I swear, there was one new tiny ‘laugh’ line [...]

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Hometown Seeds Product Review and Giveaway

Remember my poor Hyacinths that I thought I killed? And how I thought I had a “brown thumb” and not a “green thumb”? It turns out, I do have a green thumb. The hyacinths are doing fine and look at these sprouts that came up from my plantings from the Easter weekend. Having said, I honestly don’t think it’s anything I personally did that made these little guys break the [...]

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Ojami Bento and Lunch Tote Review

When growing up in Korea, bento (Dosirak, in Korean but we used to call it “bento” too) was an expression of mother’s love… so it seemed. We always wanted what was in someone else’s bento. We always compared who had the better tasting lunch and whose mom packed – HAM, of all things – and that her mom must love her more than my mom loves me because I never [...]

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Soda Stream Review and Giveaway

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When my kids were in elementary school, I was the “Health and Safety Committee” chairperson for the PTA. I advocated healthy eating, exercise and implemented programs to educate kids about preventing obesity. Now that my kids are older and are in different schools, I no longer hold that position but I still try to maintain healthy eating as part of our lifestyle and my kids have become relatively health conscious [...]

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“How to sew a button” Book Review and Giveaway

I don’t remember who taught me how to sew. I didn’t live near my grandmothers and in fact, my maternal grandmother passed away when I was only six years old. But I heard she made her living as a seamstress so may be it’s in my blood. One thing for sure though; I remember knowing how to sew, by hand and with a sewing machine, for as long as I [...]

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Ojolie Animated eCard Review and Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED I am really excited about this review and giveaway. For the first time last year, I sent my Christmas cards and letters via e-mail.  Let me just say this though. I love sending out Christmas cards. It is a tradition in my family where my kids sit and address the envelopes, lick the stamps, and we run to the post office the next day together. Well, those [...]

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New Wave Enviro Products Review and Giveaway

Giveaway is CLOSED Fortunately, I don’t have to pack lunches for anyone these days. I know. Don’t hate me. But I do have to pack water bottles and snacks for sporting events for my kids though, which is just about every day. So when New Wave Enviro Products sent me a bamboo lunch bag, a stainless steel water bottle, and a stainless steel food container to review, I was psyched. [...]

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Equal Exchange Review and Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED I wrote about Fair Trade yesterday and told you that I was contacted to review some products by a company that does great work with numerous small farmers around the world. Let me introduce you to a worker-owned co-op called Equal Exchange Co-op, based in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is founded by three visionaries who wanted to change the way food is produced and how the food [...]

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The Natural Dentist Review and Giveaway

Oral hygiene. I abhor talking about oral hygiene. I hate going to the dentist like going to my car mechanic. When my car mechanic tells me I need a new “timing belt” on my car, I wonder, “What’s a timing belt, and why do I need it?”. Similarly, I have no idea if I really do have a cavity as I try to squint to see a tiny opaque spot [...]

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Turnaround Design Product Review and Giveaway

GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED When Shannon Whealey of Turnaround Design contacted me to review her eco-friendly calendar, I was curious. I thought, “How can you make calendars eco-friendly? Calendars are the epitome of waste – once it’s used up, it’s garbage! You can’t reuse January of last year?” So, you can imagine the delightful smile on my face when I received the nicely packaged calendar printed on recycled paper in recycled [...]

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Ecostore Review, Giveaway, and the big launch at Duane Reade in NYC

I was so ready and eager to post this product review two weeks ago because I couldn’t wait to share it with  you but then, I found out that Ecostore USA is coming to NYC!! I couldn’t believe it. Ecostore USA will be stocking up the green aisles at Duane Reade Drug Stores all over Manhattan. The big launch is next Friday, October 23, 2009 at it’s brand spanking new [...]

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Zero Water Filter Review

Like most Americans, I used to have bottled water delivered to my home and bought disposable water bottles to carry. That was a few years ago. Of course, I know better now so I don’t buy bottled water anymore but I don’t drink water straight out of the tap either. Why?….because my tap water is contaminated. No, I don’t live in a third world country without clean water. In fact, [...]

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EcoSMART – the safetest organic pesticide review and giveaway

Do you remember your first giveaway prize? Was it a beautiful jewelry? A hand knitted scarf? A tote bag? You know what mine was? A bug spray. Ant and Roach killer, to be specific. Yeah. I was really ecstatic. Seriously. It was truly my first prize I ever won. And I was really excited about it not just because it was my first prize, ever, but because the bug spray [...]

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Kids Konserve Waste Free Lunch System

I know you’ve been reading a lot about waste free lunch bags lately but I wanted to tell you about a particular company I really like. Why? It’s owned by a couple of caring mompreneurs who not only care about the health of your kids but also about the environment. The company is called Kids Konserve. The company carries a full line of waste free lunch system from bags, lunch [...]

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