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Videos for Expanding Children’s Horizons: Poetry and Yoga

It is HOT here in Texas and so we spend most of our summer afternoons indoors. We have activities to do but sometimes we just want a video to watch, and we don’t always want the “zone out” videos that don’t have special value. Are you looking for some quality videos for your kids when [...]

Two Easy Make-Up Tips to Avoid Toxic Chemicals

As I mentioned in my recent article on the Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011, there is an act in Congress to update the outdated laws regarding safe cosmetics. Until our cosmetics get “cleaned up”, I wanted to share a few ideas I have for replacing two common cosmetics products with simple items you probably already [...]

Get Toxic Chemicals Out of Cosmetics: Safe Cosmetics Act of 2011

Would you be surprised to learn that women who use make-up on a daily basis can absorb almost 5 pounds of chemicals into their bodies each year? The average woman uses 12 personal care products a day; men use about 6. That can mean applying more than 100 different ingredients each day. Some of the compounds [...]