Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Organic Gift Guide For Health and Fitness

organic healthy green tea at Etsy shop AmykeDesign
Photo: Etsy , AmykeDesign, green teal.
We found these great offerings on Etsy, to improve your health and fitness. Since the holidays are here, nothing like making your New Years Resolutions NOW!

Energize Yourself Naturally

Caffeinated organic green tea infused with B vitamins and Amino Acids.delicious green tea! Available at AmykeDesign for $12.95 it makes up to 24 cups. She says, "This handcrafted recipe is naturally caffeinated, helps increase your metabolism, which encourages an active healthy lifestyle and is packed full of great necessities that your body craves."

Etsy : Sugar Bakers Bakery  Acai Berry Bars
Pic: Etsy, SugarBakers Bakery, Healthy Weight Loss Bars, See Below
 Feed Your Sweets Craving With Something Good


SugarBakersBakery on Etsy  offers a once a day weight loss bar, shipped to you  priority mail and individually wrapped. This costs you $75 for a month's supply, but their bars offer Papaya. Brindle and Acai Berries, and are Freshly Baked !  Said to crave and cut hunger, the components are associated with health and weight loss.


hippiemom 333 on etsy offers organic sleep aids
Photo: Etsy's HippieMom333, read why you need this below


Get Plenty of Sleep and Stay Stress Free

It's a proven fact lack of sleep and stress helps you maintain your fat, get rid of it by eliminating the "I can't sleep" or "I'm stressed out" syndrome. HippieMom333 creates great tinctures, and the best part is they are alcohol free!  This stress and relaxation one is only $11. She says, "Take 20-40 drops (depending on body weight) about 30 minutes before bed. You can mix into water, tea, juice, or take under your tongue.  All organic ingredients including: Vegetable Glycerine, Valerian, Hops, Hibiscus Flowers, Chamomile & Mugwort ".  She has plenty of other natural remedies, too.


MommyBellyWrap on Etsy melts fat doing normal things
Organic cotton wraps at MommyBellyWrap on Etsy, see below

Tone Muscles With an Organic Cotton Wrap

Although the store above is geared towards postpartum and new moms, the sheer idea of the organic cotton wrap is a miraculous one. First of all, this is all natural cotton so your skin can BREATHE. In ancient days the ladies wrapped their tummies with fibers to melt away excess fat and re-tone the skin by firmly holding the muscles in place. Now it appears you can do the same.  For $38.99 at MommyBellyWrap  this is must have for someone trying to lose weight. Unlike other wraps this is ORGANIC COTTON and would be  great to wear while you are walking, working, or running to the store.  The store has 100% positive reviews. This is a best kept secret!

working out on etsy with phalonmarie store
Etsy shop: Phalon Marie read more below

Incorporate More Exercise Per Day

If you exercise now, even just a little, or maybe not at all, you still have room to improve your health and fitness goals for 2013. If you can't afford to hire a personal trainer, or even join the gym, why not do exercises in the comfort of your own home? PhalonMarie makes it super easy with five prinatable exercise routinest that target your abs, arms and butt for just $7.50. You have to start somewhere and this is a great investment. What are you waiting for?


Friday, December 6, 2013

Facial Friday Go Green With Orange

orange blossom face cleanser

eco friendly orange cleanser
Fom's new Orange Blossom Facial Cleanser
One company, Fom Cosmetics has this delightful smelling Orange Blossom Facial Cleanser . It's described as a natural botanical with  anti aging properties. It helps moisturize and removes your eye make up! 

natural cosmetics


So many times beauty products contain harsh chemicals (usually in the first few ingredients if we ever take time to read the label) that actually cause more harm than good. Stringent cleansers or soaps can actually strip the skin and cause allergies. Fom boasts their orange blossom facial cleanser is a natural product and has no alcohol, is skin friendly,  and packed with natural actives.  The items is also non allergic and non fragranced. So how does it smell so scrumptious?  They said, "It has a luxurious scent of orange blossom as we use floral hydrosols!"

Note: According to Wikipedia, hydrosols are herbal distillates , aqueous products of distillation. The are colloidal suspensions of essential oils as well as water soluble components obtained by steam distillation or hydro distillation from plants/herbs! 

You can't get much fresher than that.



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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Green Lifestyle: Intelligent Eating Website To Launch Soon

Intelligent eating


The holidays are here and we always worry about over-indulging ourselves. Sadly there's a large group of folks (like myself) who think if it says "fat free" or "low fat" or "made with whole wheat" means for sure, it's good for us.  

Over the years I've learned that sadly there is a lot of marketing and propaganda that goes into food marketing.  The larger the distributor, the more money they have to spend.  Take some fruit roll ups, that contain more sugar and processing agents than fruit.  Quick and easy veggie dishes that are loaded with enough sodium to last you three weeks.  Some health food critics claim that eating common foods such as wheat flour is now linked to allergies and possibly even Rheumatoid Arthritis!  I'm the one that looks for the whole wheat bread thinking it's better than white bread, but is it?

Perhaps the real truth is it is a combination of what is put on the food while it's growing, how the food is processed, and the chemical additives to preserve it that are causing so many health issues on our culture as we age.   There are a lot of smaller groups who talk about this all the time, but imagine how thrilled I was to hear a whole website will be launching in 2014 to expose this information!

The whole site will be dedicated to intelligent eating !  Based on the work of Caldwell Esselstyn, T. Colin Campbell, Neal Barnard and Dean Ornish to name a few..this website will be dedicated to give people like you and I full unbiased information about what they eat and how it affects  our health.

From there, we can make our own choices.

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Upcycled Wooden Crates for Shelving!

http://aimee-weaver.blogspot.com/2013/06/family-room-wall-color.html
I saw this picture on Facebook today and I LOVE this idea! You can upcycle old wooden crates to make beautiful (and in this case "nautical themed") shelving!!! I encourage everyone to check out Aimee Weaver's blog for more fun DIY home decorating ideas: http://aimeeweaverblog.com/

This blog article was contributed by the Etsy Recyclers Guild Team Captain Jessica of Eco-Friendly Freckles