Meet Mama Earth!

April 22, 2013

Meet Mama Earth! She’s bigger than a bread basket but smaller than a mouse. She’s here, there and everywhere. She sees you when you’re sleeping, and she’s very quiet because she knows that doesn’t happen very often! Mama Earth’s hands create beauty in the world, and can wipe away the smallest teardrop or gild the [...]

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5 Frugal Household Uses for REAL Soap

February 27, 2013
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  Did you know that “castile” is just a way to describe a style of soap, not a particular brand? That little fact often comes as a surprise to many people. Castile soaps are “real” soap: balanced, naturally sudsy, with a natural pH high enough that they don’t require the addition of synthetic surfactants or [...]

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Who Determines Cosmetic Safety? HINT: It’s Not the FDA

October 30, 2012
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By Jennifer Taggart, The Smart Mama I’m speaking at The Divine Female, an event from yogitoes and The Yoga Beauty Bar for conscious beauty and breast cancer awareness, on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. about deciphering beauty ingredients.  I was talking to my mom about it, and she espoused a view held by many – that [...]

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Support the Unacceptable Levels Film and Enter to Win a $2,800 Grand Prize

October 18, 2012
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Reprinted with permission from The Soft Landing Have you ever been so bothered by an injustice that you wanted to drop everything and do something drastic about it? That’s just what Ed Brown and his wife Lauren did when they learned that it’s perfectly legal for manufacturers to add thousands of un-proven, un-tested and un-labeled [...]

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Photo Shoot Outtakes at Earth Mama HQ

October 15, 2012
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Did you ever wonder what it takes to create one of Earth Mama’s beautiful, ethereal photos? Behind the scenes at an Earth Mama photo shoot you’ll find heavenly golden lighting, the mesmerizing music of waterfalls and soft bird calls, a sprinkling of enchantment, and 12 frazzled, frustrated adults trying to get the perfect shot while [...]

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Honoring Breast Health

October 12, 2012
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For information about breastfeeding and cancer see Best for Babes Stand up for Prevention. Prevention is the New Pink.

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Name Michelle’s Baby Contest!

August 22, 2012
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UPDATE We have good news and other news! Michelle has TWO baby names that she really likes, that’s the good news! The other news is that she still hasn’t decided, so we don’t really have a winner but we have a booby prize (well not a full-on booby prize but somewhere around the breast area)! One of the names [...]

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Make Your Own Safe, Non-toxic Scrubby Cleanser!

August 8, 2012
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Earth Mama®’s pure castile soaps clean from head to toe, but would you believe from “head” to kitchen? Perfect for homemade baby wipes, camping dish soap, and even a safe and super effective DIY scrub that cleans your whole house, stem to stern. Kitchen counters, sinks, toilets and tile, plus birdbaths, coffee stains in ceramic [...]

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Delayed Postpartum Depression: A Post C-Section Journey

June 26, 2012

by Sebdann Ingen Shinaig When Earth Mama asked me to write a guest post, I wasn’t sure how. Was I writing about delayed PPD? Was I writing about birth trauma? Was I writing about the emotional effect of an unplanned cesarean? And how could I possibly separate any one of those things from the others [...]

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Earth Mama’s Herbal First Aid Kit

June 13, 2012
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Ever wonder what was in our foremother’s first aid kit? We imagine her with a full array of roots and berries, herbs and oils tucked into her trusty animal-skin pouch. What did she keep around for cave boo-boos: the odd singe from the cooking fire, skinned knees from outrunning woolly beasts, or a massive splinter [...]

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