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Two Cool Things About White Sunblocks
Whenever possible, I keep Felix in the shade. When we switched from chemical sunscreens to mineral-based sunblocks, I hated the way we all looked like geishas. (Be suspicious if your “all natural” or mineral sunscreen does NOT leave a white sheen on your skin–it probably contains nanoparticles). Now I’m a convert, and when it comes […]
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Sneakiest of the Sneaky Stuff
Obviously, I’m obsessed with hunting down Sneaky Stuff and calling these companies out. Ecover, Burt’s Bees, Earth’s Best…lots of “natural” giants fall short when it comes to producing truly safe products. For the most part, though, Sneaky Stuff is made by companies that avoid some of the most well-known toxic chemicals, like phthalates and parabens. More […]
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Natural Mineral-Based Sunblocks Linked to Melanoma
Choosing a sunscreen that is truly safe has become an increasingly confusing endeavor. And now, a new study shows that the type of sunscreen often touted as the safest may raise the risk of melanoma! Zinc oxide=free radicals=DNA damage=melanoma? According to this study, zinc oxide–an ingredient commonly used in natural sunscreens–undergoes a chemical reaction when […]
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The Green Festival
Last Sunday, my parents, Felix, and I went to the Green Festival here in Manhattan, hoping to find great under-the-radar Good Stuff to review. We are launching the Good Stuff online store next month, so I’m always in search of truly safe products that aren’t widely available. While I was too busy meeting vendors to […]
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No Poo Method No More
My hair looked pretty good at this Christmas party, but not as good as my friend Amanda’s. Several months ago I blogged about how great my hair was looking using the no poo method. Unfortunately, this was short lived. Turns out I’m just too lazy to stir up the baking soda/water and apple cider vinegar/water […]
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Johnson & Johnson’s Toxic Suds
Johnson & Johnson is under fire for its continued use of two carcinogenic ingredients in its baby washes and shampoos. On November 1st, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics released a report–“Baby’s Tub Is Still Toxic”–which reveals that the J&J baby shampoo sold in the United States contains the formaldehyde-releasing chemical quaternium-15. Formaldehyde is listed as […]
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The No Poo Method Doesn’t Stink!
For the past month, my mom and I have been “washing” our hair twice a week, and that’s with baking powder and apple cider vinegar (see text box below for the no poo method we’re employing). Believe it or not, our hair looks great!