As women, we all have a routine with the personal care products we use. From our everyday beauty products to our preferred face wash, we’re constantly applying different ingredients and chemicals to our bodies. With personal care products being mass-produced in order to meet their demand, not all widely available products are actually healthy for […]
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Please tell me you are not still using Bug Repellant Spray with DEET in it! There are reasons why never to use products with DEET. I know that DEET is very effective at keeping pesky bugs away and it lasts a long time too. BUT, it is a pesticide that is so toxic and harmful to
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How happy are you that the sun is out?! I don’t know about you but that was a long winter for me and my Southern California skin living the winters of Central Oregon. In the past few weeks, I have made it floating on the river, to the lakes and camping at the ocean. I
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Drinking human or animal blood is extremely important for mosquitoes because without the blood they cannot create offspring. They find their way to their targets using different senses, such as smell and taste. Moreover, mosquitoes are highly attracted to the smell of carbon dioxide which is found in our breath and also to the smell
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Children these days have many technological distractions that keep them busy and less connected with the environment. Whether it’s a video game, television program or computer screen, children are forgetting how to connect with their natural side. Many parents seem to be forgetting the importance of teaching children about their intrinsic connection to the earth
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At present, our culture is overly obsessive about germs, cleanliness, and hygiene. Parents are constantly washing their children’s hands, using antibacterial soap, alcohol tinged wipes or changing them the second they have dirt on their clothes without realizing that dirt is good for the immune system. I don’t know about you, but when I was