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Selfcare Sunday | 4 Bath Teas You Can Make Right Now
It’s been a week, hasn’t it? We’re feeling tired, worn out, and a bit emotional. So while in some ways self-care has become a bit cliché and a brand unto itself we recognize the virtue of regularly stopping and carving out some time to slow down, reconnect with ourselves, and take some time for renewal.
We’ve found baths to be the perfect, low-cost way to create a little ‘relaxation cave’ and slow the heck down. We don’t need any special equipment, and most of the ingredients we’ve found to create the most lux baths have actually come straight out of our pantry or bathroom closet.
So read on, and we hope you’re inspired to create a little me-time this week. (Oh who are we kidding… Do it today.)
4 Steps to a Non-Toxic Kitchen | Guest Feature: Three Little Plums
You want, no you need a ‘detox’; you want to eat healthier, feel better and decrease the toxins you are exposed to. Your first step, you might think, is to embark on a clean food regime- an organic, colorful, superfood filled diet. But, hold on there. In order to have a truly clean meal you need to take a look at where your meal is prepared: the kitchen. Does your kitchen support you in your non-toxic living journey? If it doesn’t , your kitchen and the items you use to prepare your meals, could essentially be contaminating your healthy food and exposing you to harmful chemicals. This is why detoxing your kitchen is just as important as detoxing your diet.
Spotlight: Food on the Run | Snacks
Let’s get real for a second. One of the most difficult things to overcome in our clean food journeys has been forgetting to pack snacks or adequately plan meals when leaving the house for the day. The results have been (*ahem*) trying, to say the least. We’ve found ourselves staring sadly at one another in desperation, reading every label, praying for a damn piece of fruit more times than we can count.
How to Actually Use Your Instant Pot | Loads of Recipes & Ideas to Keep it From Gathering Dust
We finally bit the bullet and jumped on the Instant Pot bandwagon, and somewhere between clicking ‘add to cart’ and actually receiving it, it was like we lost all of the recipes and ideas we’d once had for what to do with the darn thing. We went from crazy excited to baffled in no time at all and this shiny new treasure was starting to feel more like a massive countertop paperweight. While the Instant Pot seemed to be everywhere, we also noticed something… we weren’t the only ones feeling overwhelmed and (tbh) a bit scared– dozens of Facebook groups later and we noticed a common theme– no one knew where to start and people posted constantly about watching 6 months go by without even opening the box!
Talking Naturals & Non-Tox With goop Beauty Director Jean Godfrey-June
Many of the founders, the reason why they came to clean beauty was because of an illness. They either had cancer or an autoimmune disease, and they treated their disease not only by cleaning up their food and cleaning products, but also their beauty products. Anything they’re exposing themselves to.
This Summer, Try Sugar Waxing For Hair Removal
We’re free-to-be over here at Clean Made. If you choose to shave or wax or neither or both, you do you: your body, your choice. But if your preferred flavor is au naturel, this post probably won’t interest you. All good.
However, if you like to keep it smooth as silk (the soy milk or the fabric, whatever), you might be interested in giving sugar waxing a whirl.
Recommended Reading | Eat With Intention: Recipes and Meditations for a Life That Lights You Up
Americans have an unhealthy relationship with food. A large share of the burden falls squarely on the shoulders of corporations, but one could argue that we wouldn’t be so susceptible to such influences if we had a healthier, more stable food foundation to begin with.
Natural Deodorant: You Call It An Obsession; We Call It type:A
Most natural deodorants are the pits.
To varying degrees, the consistency is off and sometimes you have to dig them out of little pots and the stuff gets under your fingernails and it’s gross. Some of the fragrances are a little weird; they stop working within minutes, hours, or weeks of use. Most leave a mightily unattractive, oily stain under the arms.
Sunscreen Spotlight: Green Your Skincare With Goddess Garden
Every single one of Goddess Garden’s sunscreen lotions earns a score of 1 (the safest you can get), from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) — that means the sunscreens are ranked as the top choice for UVA protection, and they’ve been shown to provide a good balance of UVA protection in relation to SPF.
Urban Composting: Yes You Can
If it’s a vegetable, it’ll biodegrade in the trash, right? Wrong. Due to the anaerobic environment of the modern city dump, it takes an average of 20 years for a single head of lettuce to decompose. That means the salad you throw away now won’t return to the earth until 2038. Babies who are born today will have graduated college by then. There is a better way, even for apartment dwellers: Composting. It’s easier than you think, it won’t take any extra time out of your life, and the scraps you save from the trash will actually make a huge impact on the planet.
Your Recycling Might Not Be Getting Recycled
Americans recycle about 66 million tons of garbage every year, but more of it is going into landfills than one might expect. This is because more of it goes to China than we realize, and China recently implemented a massive scale back (and, in some cases, an outright ban) on what they’ll accept.
3 Ways To Celebrate National Yoga Day & The Summer Solstice
Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere (south of the equator, it’s the shortest day). It is also known as midsummer, and has been traditionally marked with celebrations and festivals, down through centuries of humanity.
Clean Made LA 2018 Speaker Sessions
Speaker Sessions at our Clean Made LA 2018 events. Regenerative Agriculture and Our Planet. The Secret Life Of Bees And Their Role In Longevity. Women in Food Panel Hosted by The Chalkboard Mag. Healing Through Food with Sweet Laurel.