I don't eat red meat, so it's weird for me to be writing a post about beef fat in your skincare products. I've actually never even really tried red meat as a food, being grossed out by it even as a child.However, my personal and professional mission is to find the safest, purest, most nontoxic products (and the ones that have the least environmental impact), so I have gotten over the ick
Skincare & Haircare: Good, Bad, and Sneaky
What Does “Organic” Skincare Mean? And Other Questions I Recently Answered
I was recently interviewed by the natural beauty company Biconi as part of their Expert Interview program. Click here to read the interview, where I answer questions about why I started Gimme the Good Stuff, what sunscreens are safest, why kids are more affected by environmental toxins, and more.Stay sane, If you liked this post, sign up for our
Green Goo Heals Sore, Raw Noses from Spring Colds
Sorry for the lack of new blog posts this and last week! Our family business has been suffering from a multi-generational cold from hell. It started with our shipping manager's grandson, and quickly spread to my mom, then onto my children and then me. From there, I infected nearly everyone I came into contact with--it was no joke of a virus and Wolfie's nose is STILL running two weeks into
Updated Nipple Cream Guide & a Lanolin Horror Story
My big project for the next few weeks is going through all our Safe Product Guides and updating each one with additional information I have learned since their original publication, plus of course adding new products that have entered the market (or changed their formulas) and are Good, Bad, or Sneaky.A recent email I received from a reader (pasted below) prompted me to start with the Safe
Scary Stuff: Oxybenzone
In this installment of Scary Stuff, guest blogger Rebecca Stern shines a spotlight on a chemical called oxybenzone, examines why it's scary, and provides easy tips on how to avoid it.What is Oxybenzone? Oxybenzone is a chemical that is able to absorb ultraviolet (UV) light. It is the active ingredient in many sunscreens, and is also added to cosmetics to prevent degradation from UV
Why Beef Tallow Soaps Aren’t Gross
My friend L. wrote to me the other day, and told me she was boiling beef tallow to use on her newborn's dry patches, and that her husband, "as usual, thinks I'm insane." While L. did have a natural birth and encapsulated her plancenta, she also lives in Manhattan and wears high heels and is actually a sorority sister of mine (yup, I was in one). So it appears that tallow is no longer just for the
Win Summer Essentials Kit from Poofy Organics!
This may be our best giveway yet! We love Poofy's super safe , natural skincare products, and were psyched when they offered this bundle as a giveaway. The winner will receive:Non-nano sunscreen lotion Zinc sunscreen sport stick Pest Protection Spray Clean Clappers Hand Sanitizer
The Honest Company by Jessica Alba: Good, Bad, or Sneaky?
We get multiple emails a day asking about Jessica Alba's line of baby and household products, The Honest Company, whose mission is "to reduce the ubiquitous presence of toxic chemicals in our our natural environment, man-made environments, and our personal environments."It seems that Gimme the Good Stuff readers are all dying to know: Is The Honest Company truly good stuff?I'd feel
Sneaky Stuff Alert: BabyGanics Sunscreen
We just got back from a week in the Caribbean, before which I unknowingly made the rookie parenting mistake of not packing enough sunscreen (isn't it amazing how MUCH you go through every day when at the beach?).Halfway through the trip, we were out of the Good Stuff (which for us is either Kabana Green Screen or Babo Botanicals Clear Zinc Sunscreen), so I headed to the resort's sundries shop
Skin Trip Lotion: Sneaky Stuff!
When I was a kid, my hippie parents always had a bottle of Skin Trip coconut moisturizer on hand. My mom bought it at our food Co-Op, and kept an extra bottle next on an end table in our living room for easy reapplication during those long, dry Vermont winters. I continued to use Skin Trip (which is made by a company called Mountain Ocean) during college, never tiring of the yummy coconut
