If you’re a chocoholic or a Pinterest-user, chances are, you’ve run across Chocolate Covered Katie. I gave her Chocolate Mousse Frosting Shots recipe a try for my husband’s birthday cake. You can find Katie’s recipe HERE. She doesn’t specify an amount of sweetener (she simply says, “to taste”), so I thought I’d share my method.[pinit] […]
Dear America: You are not this dumb. Tell Lysol you ain’t buyin’ it.
Health (‘helth)(n.) the condition of being sound in body, mind, or spirit Example: “She was in good health.” Healthing (‘helth-ing)(v.) a gerund-nonsense form of the noun “health,” created by the Lysol marketing team. Example: “It’s not cleaning, it’s healthing.” Lysol wants to convince you, once again, like every other chemical or single-use-product manufacturer, that your […]
More News: Healthful Mama & Ecocentric Mom
Discover Healthy. Buy Healthy. Be Healthy. I’m so happy to announce that, in addition to other exciting happenings around here, I will be a part of the blogger team with Ecocentric Mom. If you haven’t discovered Ecocentric Mom yet, it is a fun, monthly product delivery service, bringing you safe, healthy products for mamas, mamas-to-be, […]
I’m Part of the Green Sisterhood! Three Reasons Why *YOU* Should Care
So, Healthful Mama (and me, Gretchen) is now a part of the Green Sisterhood Network. What does this mean? Why should YOU care? Lemme break it down for ya: 1. Green Sisterhood is about Being Green which means that this site is now joined with others which have the same mission: to improve our […]
Are You Being Duped by That “Natural” Beauty Brand? Part 2
A houseguest’s shampoo bottle prompted an evaluation about just how “natural” The Body Shop’s products are in comparison to their branding and merchandising. You can read Part 1 of “Are You Being Duped by That “Natural” Beauty Brand?” HERE. Let’s take a look at what the largest names in beauty are doing with “natural” products […]
Are You Being Duped By That “Natural” Beauty Brand? Part 1
The attractively-designed brown shampoo bottle rested at the edge of my bathtub, a more chic, yet complementary component to the usual shower suspects in my bathroom: homemade soap in a bamboo dish, homemade toothpaste in a glass jar, and my favorite shampoo & conditioner in a less-than-flashy container. I picked up the brown bottle, which […]