You guys have been telling me how much you love Poofy Organics products for, like, ever. Once I investigated the ingredients in Poofy's products, I quickly realized that it was ALL Good Stuff, and that I should sign up with the company and recommend it to my readers. But I still had never tried a single product myself, so I recently made my first order.Watch here as I open up my first personal
Skincare & Haircare: Good, Bad, and Sneaky
Beautycounter Skincare & Makeup Unboxing!
As most of you know by now, I love Beautycounter makeup products. You can read about my non-toxic makeup routine here. I just made a small order from Beautycounter, so I thought it would be fun to do an unboxing video of my most recent purchase. (Anyone else have kids who love toy unboxing videos?).Check out the new items I just received from Beautycounter in this video: Products
Maia’s Non-Toxic Makeup Routine
I don't wear a lot of makeup, but I have mentioned before how much I like Beautycounter makeup and skincare products.Most importantly, Beautycounter makeup is non-toxic, with all products ranked low hazard by EWG. And I love that it performs as well as more expensive, more toxic brands. I trust Beautycounter makeup because the company's ingredient selection process is among the strictest in
My Nightly Skincare Routine & Why I Love Lumion
I’m not much of a product junky, but one of the perks of this job is that I get lots of samples! Most of these products are nice enough, but every once and a while I find something I truly love and incorporate into my regular skincare routine. Such was the case with Lumion. Introducing Lumion Skincare Last year, over a glass of rose with my friend Lisa Bonoff, she told me about a new product she
Safe Lipstick Guide
ipThis post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page.The really good--and surprising--news about lipstick is that there is a lot of Good Stuff and Okay Stuff out there. Many brands have created beautiful, effective, non-toxic lipsticks using safe ingredients.In fact, we found so many brands that met our strict non-toxic lipstick standards that we had to force
Safe Shampoo Guide
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page.UPDATED: 2018When I first wrote this post on non-toxic shampoo, I also stopped using shampoo. I was closeted “no-pooer" for a while, and you can read about the no poo method here.Despite the fact that my hair genuinely looks better when I'm not washing it (see the picture on the left), I can't seem to stick with it and
Are Eyelash Extensions Safe and Non-toxic?
I consider myself low-maintenance when it comes to fashion and beauty. Whether I make it to the gym or not, most days I wear exercise clothes and zero makeup. So friends of mine were surprised a few years ago when I got eyelash extensions. But they are actually the perfect solution if you’re low-maintenance but still maybe a tiny bit vain.My natural lashes are really stubby and straight and
Safe Mascara Guide
This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure page.Mascara is kind of magical, especially if you’re like me and are hashtag-blessed with stubby, pale, stick-straight eyelashes. I don’t often wear makeup, but with just a couple of swoops of a mascara wand, I look and feel refreshed and more put together. I guess I’m not alone, because many readers and clients have
Sunscreen With Vitamin D & What Sunscreen I’m Using This Summer
With temperatures feeling distinctly summer-like in much of the country, I'm not surprised that many of you are asking about my top sunscreen recommendation, and what I put on my own children.Here's the truth: my kids don't wear sunscreen every day, even in the summer. Of course, if we are at the beach or even at the park for hours, I slather them up. But I'm convinced that some vitamin D is
Natural Eczema Treatment for Babies & Kids
I hear from a lot of desperate parents whose babies and kids suffer from eczema. An estimated 10-20% of infants and kids have eczema nowadays. Maybe there is more awareness about it now (when I was a kid, we probably often passed it off as a bad case of “dry skin”), or maybe it is occurring more frequently in the population. Regardless, eczema is driving many of you crazy, and the eczema
