5 Greenwashed Myths of the Beauty Industry – huffingtonpost.com 07/22/2009 With environmental awareness on the ascent–thank you Goracle and friends–natural and organic beauty products have exploded onto the scene with such force that even drugstore shelves are groaning under their collective weight. More on Green Living Gore’s Hometown: Record Cold Breaks 1877 Becord ‘Set When Rutherford B. Hayes Was President’ – doctorbulldog.wordpress.com 07/22/2009 Maybe E

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I had my first child in August of 2003. Although that was a mere 6 years ago, no one was talking about the safety of baby products, synthetic fragrances, petroleum-based oils or parabens. How fortunate for new mothers and moms-to-be that so much has changed in just a few years! I can now say I’ve tried almost a dozen natural and organic baby products, and many of them are simply amazing. My current favorite in the pack is Erbaorganics, a 100% natural, nearly 100% organic affordable line of skin

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We all do it, it’s just that most people don’t realise what they’re doing. When we type something into a search engine such as Google, MSN, Yahoo, etc because we’re looking for something, we’re typing in keywords. These can be single keywords such as ‘flowers’ which will bring up thousands and thousands of sites offering flowers, multiple keywords such as ‘red roses’ which will narrow the search down to those sites offering the specific flowers that we’re really interested in, or conceptual ke

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We really like the new Lilies Lore Nature’s Chemistry cast bronze sink from Kohler. The cast bronze patina finish reminds us of an old centuries castle. Using an old world material, these undermount lavatory sinks “take on a modern shape through an organic and intricate pattern”. Inspired by stylized motifs of Kohler’s Art Nouveau collection, the Lilies Lore sink design combines feminine flower pattern with muscular bronze finish, resulting in total harmony. It actually brings you closer to na

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I finally put my big girl panties on today and got to work in the kitchen, preparing not one, but two delicious meals for S and K. Well, at least I hope they are delicious. They sure did look and smell good! First up: A Spinach, Apple and Parmesan Frittata. I started by wilting a huge mountain of organic baby spinach , then added some sliced apple , and parmesan (which I did not shave with a vegetable peeler to prevent the slicing of more fingers!). After

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