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 enjoy any of the presentations the festival offered, the show itself was fun and
Skincare & Haircare: Good, Bad, and Sneaky
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 combo every time I want to wash my hair (see below for a refresher on the basic no poo
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 a known carcinogen by
The No Poo Method Doesn’t Stink!
Anyone who knows me—or just knows this website—is well aware that I almost never claim that natural, healthy stuff works as well as conventional stuff. I bemoan the loss of Tide in my life, surreptitiously takes whiffs of Herbal Essence in Duane Reade, and fantasize about an alternate reality where I slip my hands into a big sink of foaming Dawn to wash dishes.Thus it was unsurprising that
