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September 14, 2008 by sdelia.

Eco-Friendly Tip of the Day 
Replace products that are made from petrochemicals with products that are made with natural, non-hazardous, renewable products.Eco-links

Recycle online:
http://www.recycleforbreastcancer.org/
They accept all non-damaged cds, vhs and dvd movies and music. Only originals, no copies.

http://www.phones4life.org/
Donate a cell phone and improve the life of a senior citizen and others with special needs. They send you a box with paid postage.

Learn online
http://www.envirolink.org/
Receive a free report on indoor air quality and exposure to pollution. http://www.epa.gov/
Learn what the EPA says about chemicals in and around your house.

http://www.breastcancerfund.org/
Identifying environmental and other preventable causes of breast cancer

http://www.cpsc.gov/

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New Wen Haircare

May 20, 2008 by sdelia.

  • Wen® Hair Care by Chaz Dean - an industry-changing product line that is the first ever to exclude ordinary shampoo. The cleansers are made with natural ingredients, and contain no sodium laurel sulfate or other damaging detergents found in shampoos. The Wen® Hair Care System includes the WEN® Cleansing Conditioner, the WEN® Styling Crème, the WEN® Re Moist Intensive and the Hair Repair Mask to give shoppers smooth and sexy hair! Plus we are offering FREE Bonuses - the WEN® Texture Balm and the WEN® Wide Tooth Shower Comb - with the purchase of the Wen® Hair Care System.
  • ScalpMed® - Scalp Med is a new hair growth solution that offers real results without any side effects. Our 2-month supply system includes Vitadil® 5A - a maximum strength growth agent and Nutrisol-Rm, which contains essential amino acids, minerals, herbs and nutrients that help to penetrate the hair follicle. Plus if shoppers order now, they will receive a bonus of the Cortex Enlarger FREE.

    • Guthy Renker Corporation

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    Recipes for a Chemical Free Home

    May 14, 2008 by sdelia.

    Recipes for a Chemical Free Home

    Healthy Beauty Recipes

    Nail & Hand Care

    For dry nails
    2 tsp. gelatin
    1/2 glass fruit juice
    mix together, drink at once
    repeat daily for at least 6 weeks. Regularly, soak fingernails in a bowl of warmed olive
    oil for about 5 min. Dry with soft towel, gently pushing back cuticles.

    Dill And Horsetail Nail Bath
    2 tb (30ml) chopped horsetail
    2 tb (30ml) dill seed
    1 c (225ml) boiling water
    Pour the water over the two herbs and steep for at least an hour.
    Strain the liquid into a bottle. Both these herbs contain silicic acid, which helps to
    strengthen nails. Warm the mixture before using and soak your nails in it for ten
    minutes every other day.

    For weak nails
    Massage wheat germ oil into cuticles.
    Fingernail Treatments
    1) Beat 1 egg yolk in a small bowl. Soak fingernails for 5 minutes. Rinse.
    2) Forget the Palmolive Madge! Make a solution of pure castile soap and water in a
    large bowl, soak hands and nails for about 10-15 minutes.

    Dill & Horsetail Nail Soak
    2 Tbsp chopped horsetail herb
    2 Tbsp dill seeds
    1 cup boiling water
    Pour water over herbs, steep for 1-2 hours. Strain and bottle. To use: warm some of
    the solution, pour into a small bowl, soak nails for 10 minutes.

    Lady’s Mantle Hand Mask
    2 Tbsp finely ground oatmeal
    1 Tbsp lady’s mantle infusion
    1 tsp avocado oil
    1 tsp lemon juice
    1 tsp glycerin
    Mix all to form a smooth paste. Apply to hands at bedtime. Leave on for 1/2 hour,
    wash off and apply moisturizing cream overnight (wear gloves) Wash off in the
    morning.

    Cornmeal Hands Mask
    Mix 1/4 cup corn meal with 3 Tbsp. milk. Heat over low heat until a paste forms. Add
    1 drop almond oil. Let cool. Spread on hands, leave on for about 10 minutes. Rinse.

    Lady’s Mantle Hand Lotion
    2 Tbsp of a strong infusion of lady’s mantle
    2 Tbsp glycerin
    2 tsp carrageen moss (Irish Moss) melted in a little hot water
    4 Tbsp vodka
    10 drops essential oil of rose or geranium
    Stir glycerin into melted moss. Add essential oil to vodka, then blend into the
    glycerin mixture. Stir in lady’s mantle infusion, blend well. Pour into jar, cap tightly.
    Shake before using.

    Heavy Duty Barrier Cream
    4 Tbsp Un petroleum Jelly (available in natural foods stores)
    2 handfuls fresh elderflowers
    Melt jelly, add elderflowers. Steep for 45 minutes, reheating the jelly when it
    solidifies. Reheat until mixture is liquefied, strain through a fine sieve into a jar. Cool,
    then cap tightly.

    Heavy Duty Gardeners Hand Cream
    2 Tablespoons of shaved beeswax
    1/2 Teaspoon of carnauba wax
    2 Tablespoons of jojoba oil
    1 Teaspoon of aloe vera gel
    10 drops of Vitamin E oil ( or 4 capsules)
    1 drop of your favorite essential oil for fragrance
    Melt the first four ingredients in a stainless steel pot on the stove or use a glass
    pyrex cup in the microwave. Remove from heat and beat until cool, adding the
    Vitamin E oil before mixture thickens. Continue beating until this mixture becomes
    creamy. Add your favorite essential oil, continue beating until cream has completely
    cooled. Spoon your cream into a jar, store in a cool dark place.

    Banana Hand & Foot Cream
    Dry hands and feet will become smooth and soft overnight if you mix:
    Bananas
    Honey
    Lemon juice
    Natural margarine
    Smear on hands and wear white gloves to bed. Wash off in the morning. For dry
    feet, smear the mixture on and wear heavy socks to bed, wash off in the morning.

    Wheat germ Hot Oil Fingernail Treatment
    Soak fingernails in warmed wheat germ oil for about 5 minutes. Wipe off oil, then
    massage nails. Strengthens weak and brittle nails.

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    Natural Household Cleaners and Why Use Natural Cleaning Products?

    April 25, 2008 by sdelia.

    Natural Household Cleaners and Why Use Natural Cleaning Products?

    by davidleebuster
    You may know that by using natural cleaning products, doing so is safer both for you, your family and the environment. Many of the cleaners used every day in the home are made of toxic substances such as petrochemicals. Anyone who is health conscious is wise to use natural cleaning products. You should do some comparison research on natural household cleaners versus the chemical cleaners.

    Thousands of synthetic chemicals have found creation in the past five decades. Many of them were fashioned from coal tar and petroleum to function as chemical weapons in a warfare situation. Sadly, many of the substances do not undergo any safety testing for their effect on humans. Rather, without our consent, they become additives to our water, food and daily products such as chemical cleaning products.

    These unnatural things are included without alerting us of the risks they pose. There is a yearly process of thousands of new chemicals being introduced while crucial information is suppressed by the industry.

    Do you know that there is little available information on the majority of these daily use chemicals? Less than one out of ten have been tested for reproductive, chronic or mutagenic effects while less than one in five have been tested for acute health effects. Many have not undergone testing for long-term health risks or for the influence on the unborn or even the combined effects on the health of humans.

    Cleaning products that you pour out of a container expose you to toxins from the fumes you breathe and through skin contact. When spraying petroleum-based toxic cleaners, the chemicals become airborne which in turn introduces particles of the air-born chemical into your lungs when you breath. You can reduce these types of exposure when you and your family use health-friendly natural cleaning products.

    Many laundry detergents do not even list the ingredients on their containers. However, ammonia, phosphorus, phenol and naphthalene along with other chemicals are commonly included in laundry detergents. Petrochemicals and other ingredients in detergents may cause such reactions as itching, sneezing and allergy problems as well as rashes and other health problems. Petroleum-based chemicals have the ability to be absorbed into the skin and enter the body from the residue that remains in your sheets, towels, clothing and other fabrics after washing.

    Chlorine bleach is a widely used chemical, however, it is also a very strong corrosive. It irritates and burns the eyes, the respiratory tract and skin. When ingested, it can cause vomiting, coma or pulmonary edema. You should never combine bleach with ammonia or any type of acid toilet bowl cleaner since these mixtures produce toxic fumes.

    Since many toxic cleaners are substances that cannot be properly processed by septic systems or sewage, they pollute our rivers and oceans as well as underground streams. Do you know that leftover cleaning supplies discarded into the trash turns refuse sites into toxic-waste dumps? This endangers the health of sanitation workers while producing pollution to the earth and its underground water workings.

    Natural household cleaners and natural cleaning products do not have this serious environmental effect. You can help improve your health and better the environment by using natural household cleaners such as soap, laundry detergent and dishwashing liquid.

    Petrochemical products use up much more energy by their creation from such chemicals while natural cleaning products are environmentally friendly. Do you know that if every American household would replace one bottle of 50-ounce petroleum-based liquid laundry detergent with a natural cleaning product, we could save 280,000 barrels of oil? That is enough to cool and heat as many as 16,000 homes in America each year.

    We can enjoy cleaning our homes without toxins by using natural cleaning products since they only cost slightly more than non-natural products. There are essential and major health benefits for those who use natural cleaning products since they do not have exposure to the toxins and health hazards posed by using commercial household cleaners.

    Can you protect yourself and your loved ones from the toxic exposure or injury of poisoning from non-natural products? To some extent you can, by storing all chemicals in the original containers well out of reach of children. Always read, follow and use the instructions as given on any product you use, especially on the amounts you should use.

    Pay attention not to combine substances that cause fumes that are even more toxic. Read all labels before a recommended use and follow every precaution of safety. And if you have questions, be sure to contact the manufacturer.

    Research and educate yourself as much as possible. Keep in mind that it is always safer to use natural cleaning products daily. Many of these natural household cleaners are competitively priced and available since they are truly natural cleaning products.

    Petrochemical additives in products are hazardous to your health and there is no need to expose yourself or your family to them when you can use environmentally friendly natural cleaning products. You will find that they are friendly to you as well as friendly to those you love.

    Copyright 2008 InfoSearch Publishing

    About the Author

    Find safe natural cleaning products online for a more clean and healthier home - David Lee Buster researches and writes for http://www.safemenopausesolutions.com - a popular website with articles on natural living.

    Article Source: Content for Reprint

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    FACIAL GLOW MASQUE

    April 24, 2008 by sdelia.

    FACIAL GLOW MASQUE
    1 egg yolk
    1 tsp. warm milk
    1 tsp. honey
    Mix together. Apply to face and throat. Lie down and leave on for 20
    minutes. Rinse off with warm water.
    Frozen Egg & Honey Facial Mask (Smoothes and Moisturizes)
    1 egg
    1/2 cup coconut oil
    1 tbs. honey
    Beat the egg in a small bowl. Add the coconut oil and honey slowly, beating
    until it’s the consistency of mayonnaise. Spoon mixture into a cardboard
    toilet paper roll, sitting upright in a small bowl. Set in the freezer
    overnight. To use, peel away the top of the cardboard roll and smooth the
    frozen stick over your face. Leave it on for 5 to 10 minutes, then wash off
    with warm water. Keep the stick covered with plastic wrap and freeze
    between uses.
    Fruity Face Mask
    bananas
    pineapples
    strawberries
    mash fruits with a fork, pat onto face and leave on 10 to 15 minutes. rinse
    with cool water.

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    Happy Easter

    March 19, 2008 by sdelia.

    Love Bunny E-Cards

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    Seven Words that can Change the World

    February 21, 2008 by sdelia.

    Seven Words that can Change the World

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    20 Websites That Can Change Your Life

    February 19, 2008 by sdelia.

    The internet has changed all of our lives, hopefully in a more positive direction. You can use these sites just for entertainment or you can use them to change your life. Many of them you visit all the time but it
    ’s time to look at them another way and harness their power.

    read more | digg story

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    Somewhere Over the Rainbow

    February 18, 2008 by sdelia.

    This little girl’s voice is so beautiful, I had to share it with you.

    glumbert - Connie’s Got Talent

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    Baby Shampoo Awash in Chemicals

    February 10, 2008 by sdelia.

    Baby Shampoo Awash in Chemicals?

    Use of Some Infant Products Linked to Higher Levels of Phthalates in Babies, but Health Risks Disputed

    By Salynn Boyles
    WebMD Medical News

    Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD

     

    Feb. 4, 2008 — New research suggests a link between the use of baby lotions, powders, and shampoos and higher levels of potentially harmful manmade chemicals known as phthalates in infants.

    Researchers reported that babies exposed to all three products had levels of three different phthalate metabolites that were five times higher than babies whose mothers reported using none of the products.

    All the infants in the study had evidence of at least one phthalate metabolite in their urine, even if they had no exposure to baby lotions, powders, or shampoos.

    And the baby products were not tested, so it was not clear if they actually contained phthalates or if their use contributed to the phthalate levels seen in the babies.

    But researcher Sheela Sathyanarayana, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington, Seattle tells WebMD that the strong association between use of the baby products and higher phthalate levels suggests that the products may be an important source of exposure. readmore5.png

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