A coconut oil personal lubricant…are you rubbing your eyes and wondering if you read that right? Yep, I said it…you can use coconut oil as a personal lubricant in place of all those (really gross and really synthetic) bottled options you normally find in the “family planning” section of your…
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Hi! I'm Ashley. When I had my first daughter, I started thinking more about how the things around us affected her little mind and body. I started doing research...LOTS of research...and realized that some things in our lives needed to change. Since then our family has been on a quest to "green up" our lives, a little bit at a time.
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#5 Cooking with Coconut Oil {10 Easy Ways to Use Coconut Oil}
You’ll find cooking with coconut oil a surprisingly easy transition to make in your kitchen. The first step is to buy a jar of high quality extra virgin organic coconut oil and keep it on hand. It takes time to change over from the old toxic “vegetable oils” we all…
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#4 Coconut Oil Eye Makeup Remover {10 Easy Ways to Use Coconut Oil}
Remember that thick white greasy eye makeup remover your mom used to use every night? Well, coconut oil eye makeup remover is nothing like that! . One of the biggest chores of my day is removing makeup. I hate it so much that many days I opt not to put…
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#3: Coconut Oil Diaper Ointment for Babies {10 Easy Ways to Use Coconut Oil}
You may be surprised to hear that coconut oil diaper ointment is a great non-toxic diaper cream substitute. It’s hard to find non-toxic diaper creams that work well and that you feel good about putting on your baby, but coconut oil does the trick. Best of all, if your baby eats…
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#2 – Coconut Oil Deodorant…it Really Works! {10 Easy Ways to Use Coconut Oil}
Coconut oil deodorant?!? Yes, you did read it correctly…you can use coconut oil in place of deodorant! I’ve heard mixed results about this, but it’s been working for me for about 7 months now. Summer’s fast approaching, so I’ll update this at some point and let you know if I’m…
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#1 – Coconut Oil Face Cream {10 Easy Ways to Use Coconut Oil}
Coconut oil face cream? Yup! Forget everything you’ve ever heard about oil clogging your pores and giving you zits…Not so with coconut oil as face cream. I liberally slather my coconut oil face cream on my face at night and wake up to a very noticeably softer, smoother, and more…
10 Easy Ways to Use Coconut Oil…Coming Up!
I sometimes play this little game with myself where I try to decide what 5 products I would pick if I could only have 5 products forever. I can never quite decide on my exact 5, but one thing is for sure…Coconut oil is on the list no matter what!…
Green Shoppers Rejoice! The Wait for EcoMom is Finally Over…Well Almost!
Hear ye, hear ye…calling all green shoppers. You heard me right, folks! The long awaited re-launch of Ecomom is finally coming to an end. So glad my favorite green retailer is reopening just in time for me to replenish my supply of Peter Lamas Chinese Herbs hair products. And now…
Eco Product Review: GoBites Healthy Snacks
One of the things I love doing is reviewing products. Since I’m always trying new things anyway and I love learning about the latest and greatest, most efficient, most effective, and especially the most healthy and green options out there, I decided that I’m going to start posting “Eco-product reviews”…
Awesome News – EcoMom Reopening!
This is me jumping up and down! I can hardly believe it, but it’s true…EcoMom is reopening its doors this summer! Yay! There have been so many times over the past couple months that I’ve run out of something and thought…”hmmm, where can I find that for a reasonable price…