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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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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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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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Anatomy of a Diaper Rash

May 30, 2012
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Just what causes a diaper rash? Is it yeast? Teething? Diet? Something in your diapers or diaper cream? Use this handy checklist to see what might be causing your little one’s rashy bum, and to find what to you can do about it! 1. Is baby clean? CHECK! Make sure the baby is clean! Sometimes [...]

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My Baby Has Eczema! Or is it Something Else?

March 27, 2012
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My baby has eczema. It’s itchy, flaky, oozy, red and angry. What can I do to help? At Earth Mama HQ we hear this question more and more often. “Eczema” is an increasingly common concern: as mamas gain a growing understanding about the potential toxicity of ingredients in baby care products they are looking for [...]

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Soap vs Detergent: How did Detergent become “Soap?”

February 29, 2012
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Better living through chemistry! When margarine was invented, housewives huzzahed. Margarine didn’t spoil like butter, it didn’t burn like butter, and it was much less expensive than butter. That “miracle fabric” Polyester saved time and money, polyester pants came out of the dryer looking fine and dandy without hauling out the ironing board. And the [...]

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This Just In – Nothing New With Earth Mama’s Soaps

February 29, 2012
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Earth Mama’s pure castile soaps are still the same. But you probably wouldn’t know it by looking at them. They are dressed in shiny new bottles, they have herbally new label designs, a fancy new organic certifier and a new ingredient panel that has different words that mean the exactly same thing. OK, if you [...]

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Earth Mama’s Take on Preservatives, Detergents and Reformulations! Oh My!

January 23, 2012
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What is a preservative? When do personal care products need one and how do you decide which preservative to use? Oh and why does Earth Mama® make organic castile soap instead of detergent shampoos and washes? We love a good flurry of questions, so we’ll just get right down to the answers. Why do personal [...]

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