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Love For Your Lips: Dr. Hauschka Lip Care Giveaway

October 10, 2010 16

I have talked about how important it is to make an informed decision about the personal care products that you use on yourself and your family. I really feel that this is one of the simplest green things you can do for yourself and the planet. I found a great company called Beautorium that will remove a lot of the guess work for you. Beautorium offers a fabulous selection of natural and organic beauty products form around the globe, each product that Beautorium carries has to meet a demanding criteria, where each product:

  • is natural or organic.
  • has NOT been tested on animals.
  • has effective ingredients with proven benefits.
  • is professionally and beautifully presented.
  • comes from a compelling brand with company personality.

Each product also comes with a full list of the ingredients, so you can make an informed decision for yourself. (This is super important to me and you can see the personal care ingredients that I avoid here.) Beautorium offers a try before you buy program – you can pick four samples from a collection of their most popular lines for only $10 and you also get $10 off your first order, so essentially there is nothing to lose.

I tried Dr. Hauschka’s Skin Care Line and was impressed with all of the products I received. I especially enjoyed the Dr. Hauschka Lavender Bath and the Dr. Hauschka Lip Care.

The lavender bath is very relaxing and smells wonderful, best of all it is not oily or greasy – I could use this every single day.

The lip care stick is fabulous and is one of my personal favorite products since I am obsessed with lip care products. I love lip care so much in fact, that if I am without one, you will hearing me whining and this is when the mister will affectionately call me “Napoleon.” Dr. Hauschka Lip Care Stick is moisturizing and keeps my dry cracked lips hydrated all day. I love it so much, I want to share it with you.  

I am going to giveaway 5 Dr. Hauschka Lip Care sticks, so you can try it yourself.

How to Enter:

1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens.
2. Leave me a note telling me what is your favorite personal care product.
3. Complete this form.
4. If you would like 15% off your first purchase, sign up for Beautorium’s newletter.

Good Luck!

Contest ends May 18th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day.

* Update: Winners:: Amanda, Mary C., Jessica, Kristen and Linda C. Congrats.

I Want to Live In a Cob House

October 9, 2010 8
 

The mister keeps telling me that he is going to build us a house in the woods. I recently told him about a cob house that I had seen – he was intrigued. A cob house? Yes, cob is a centuries-old method of building with earth, straw, and other natural fibers. The cob is mixed by foot and applied in globs (a.k.a. cobs). Cob homes can be very creative because building with cob is so free form – think of a hobbit house. You can make arches and niches quite easily and the finished product looks so organic.  Plus, it dovetails seamlessly with the other eco-friendly tactics we use to keep our carbon footprint down, such as utilizing different types of reusable bags and recycling. With a cob house, our efforts would be even more helpful to the planet!

Would you live in a cob house?

photo courtesy of Patrick at Cob Works

Earth Friendly Etsy: Debby Arem Circuit Boards Designs Giveaway

October 9, 2010 32

I thought it would be fun to find an Earth Friendly Etsy shop that takes a found object that has no use anymore and upcycles it into something fantastic.

Debby Arem Designs has a collection of “geekery” jewelry and office products called three ring circuits (3RC). Three ring circuits is a line of recycled circuit board products that takes “found objects” and transforms them into something fun, unique and useful. The collection consists of jewelry, clipboards, key chains, magnets, bookmarks, picture frames, sun catchers and clocks.

Three ring circuits currently has several of their repurposed green office products on permanent exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry as part of their Smart Home 2009 Exhibit. Very cool. This exhibit is sponsored by WIRED magazine, and includes Three ring circuits pencil boxes, a circuit board clock, a mouse pad and several clipboards, all of these items are made using recycled circuit boards.

Your children would delight in a fab circuit board clipboard for back to school. These are very cool and will definitely be a conversation starter, which is always perfect for breaking the ice on the first day of school.

Debby Arem Designs has been so lovely to offer ONE of my readers a Recycled Circuit Board Clipboard.

How to Enter

1. Subscribe to Sweet Greens (if you haven’t already) and confirm the subscription in the email that you receive from FeedBurner.
2 . Visit Debby Arem Designs and leave me a comment telling me which item you would love to have.

Additional Entries
please leave a separate comment for each thing that you do.

Rules for Entry

  • Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win.
  • Contest ends August 26th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day. (I will announce the winner, if I do not hear from you within 72 business hours, I will pick another winner.)
  • You must leave a comment telling me which item you love in order to qualify.

Good Luck!

UPDATE: WINNER:: Tom Tuttle from Tacoma #26. Congratulations and thank you again to everyone who entered.

Clean Green: ecoSTORE Giveaway

October 8, 2010 7

I have a passion for only using products in my home that are non-toxic and eco-friendly. In fact, the first thing my family did when we decided we wanted to live a greener lifestyle – we ditched the toxic products. It is a simple step that has a huge impact on both the health of the environment and the health of my family. I have given you the health rundown of using green cleaners before here, but just to refresh, check this out:

  • The air inside most homes is 2-5x more polluted than the air outside.
  • Almost 70% of streams sampled in 2002 contained chemicals from household cleaning products.
  • 10% of toxic exposures reported to the U.S. Poison Control Centers are related to cleaning products directly touching the skin or being ingested.
  • Most conventional cleaning products come in non-recyclable containers.

Recently, I had the pleasure of being introduced to ecoSTORE. ecoSTORE is a New Zealand based company that offers plant-based and mineral-based household cleaning products, that are free of toxic chemicals and will help you reduce your carbon footprint. “No Nasty Chemicals” is the foundation that ecoSTORE is built on – doesn’t that just sum it up? Check out their ingredient list and you will find this is true.

I have reviewed some of ecoSTORE’s products and have been very impressed. I love that their products are ultra-concentrated, so you only have to use a little to do a big job and all of their packaging is 100% recyclable and compact. I am really enjoying the front loader laundry powder  – which I was surprised works when using only a tiny amount. Also, the Lemongrass soap is amazing, the smell will win you over as well as it’s wonderful creamy feel.

Would you like to try some for yourself? ecoSTORE is offering ONE of my lovely readers a $25 gift card.  They are also offering free shipping on all orders over $25 so this will be amazing giveaway.

How to Enter:

1. Visit ecoSTORE and leave me a note telling me which product you would love to try.
2. Subscribe to Sweets Greens.
3. Complete this form.

Contest ends May 15th @ 12am EST. Winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator and will be announced the following day.

* Update: Winner:: Lindsay. Congratulations.

Have a Lovely Weekend + A Few Green Things

October 8, 2010 0

Hello Everyone.

How has your week been? Mine has flown by. This weekend, we are going to decorate for Halloween – we are so behind! Also, I will need to make more of my pumpkin chocolate chip cookies – since Mr. Sweet Greens and Eben eat them so quickly. {wink} Then, Eben and I are going to work on creating his Halloween costume – it seems that it will be harder to create than his costume last year. However, we are up to the challenge!

We will also be celebrating Mr. Sweet Greens’s grandmother’s 87th birthday. 87. Wow! Isn’t that fantastic? Any reason to get together with family is a good reason – but an 87th birthday party is fabulous!

The rest of my weekend will be devoted to time at the beach and getting my pictures and posts ready from my time at Cascadian Farm. I am excited to share with you all of the details from my trip.

While I wrap Nana’s birthday present, here are a few green things I have wanted to share with you:

– These famous mamas made me smile. {I love seeing mothers with their children}
– If I were going to hold a business meeting, I would do it here.
– I think seeing this art show would make a fun family Halloween activity. Agree?
– With carve by number – I might be able to carve the perfect pumpkin.
– It’s the perfect time of year for a pumpkin spice latte.
– Courtney has a little challenge that can make a big difference. Check it out.
– I am in love with these autumn shots. Get them while they’re hot!

I hope you have a lovely green weekend with your family.
What are your plans?
What do you have planned for the coming weeks and Halloween.

See you on Monday.

xo,

Sweet Greens
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