Teens and Lipstick: How to Avoid Hormone Disruptors
I remember my strong desire to start wearing makeup as a teen. I’m sure my mom tried to hold me off from experimenting with blue mascara and Wet-n-Wild pink lips as long as possible. She knew the hot mess that would ensue as soon as I was released into the world of...
5 Ingredients to Avoid in Body Lotion (and what to use instead)
Has the dry winter weather done a number on your skin? I hear ya… dry skin is my nemesis. I’m sure I could probably stand to drink more water on a day-to-day basis, but even when I gulp down my obligatory (and debatable) 8 cups of fluid a day (including a few cups...
DIY Coconut Sugar Lip Scrub
As winter lingers on and on... our skin begins to feel the effects of the cold, dry winter air. Believe it or not, it’s almost February and Valentine’s day is right around the corner. Maybe you'll actually get out of the house with a loved one if the blizzard Gods are...
10 Things Kids of Crunchy Moms Say
Sometimes I forget how crunchy we are. I mean, I write about holistic health almost every day, so on some level I understand that we lean pretty green and natural...but I also surround myself with a lot of writers who also tackle similar holistic topics. So in my...
4 Ingredients to Avoid in Your Child’s Shampoo
There’s no better time than the new year to kick some unhealthy habits to the curb. Some of us are rushing to renew our gym memberships or starting a much-needed detox. Exercise and healthy eating are things we readily associate with good health and you won’t hear any...
Top Ten Posts of 2014
Happy New Year! Waking up today I thought 2 things. 1) Really thankful my days of having a New Year’s Day hangover are behind me (...well sort of, I usually had a good time before said hangover ;)) AND 2) 2014 was quite a year. I planted a lot of seeds in 2014....
Homemade Beeswax Candles
Some days it ain't easy being a non-toxic mama. It often feels like I'm the biggest Debbie DOWNER when it comes to products in the home. In fact, I even took the Christmas lights off the stair railing the other day because my preschooler kept touching them on her...
Your Non-toxic Beauty Gift List
It's the beginning of December and gift lists are out in full force! I'm here to make your life a little easier by offering some no fail gifts for the woman in your life who values both beauty AND non-toxic living. I hope my husband reads this because several of...
Black Friday SALE!
It's the most wonderful time of the year! And of course I'm talking about Black Friday! We all love a deal so I have teamed up with a whole bunch of my favorite lifestyle bloggers to bring you tons of classes, meal plans, cook books, natural beauty books, and more at...
10 Non-Toy Gifts for Kids
My kids LOVE gifts. They talk about what they want for Christmas all the time. To keep things orderly throughout the year we have an ongoing mental “Christmas” or “birthday” gift list running. This way I avoid meltdowns in the aisles of Target when my son spies a...
Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas
I currently have coconut oil and cinnamon sticks in the crock pot and you know what that means! I'm prepping my ingredients to make an EPIC homemade holiday gift (hopefully). It's time, people. And I think I picked up the word epic from my surfer husband. Forgive...
How to Give Your Beauty Care Products a DETOX
I talk a lot about how to clean and green your child’s life here on Kula Mama. From choosing safe lotions and potions, to protecting your child from the most toxic chemicals in the home, to building a better immune system through food and lifestyle---it’s all part of...
Orange Creamsicle Smoothie
At both my children's schools there are several viruses (and one a dreaded stomach bug) making the rounds. UGH. Viruses are a part of life, especially with kids. But with Halloween coming up this weekend and a road trip to San Francisco for the Kula Mama family, I...
Homemade Tinted Peppermint Lip Balm
It's about this time of year that I start gathering my ideas for homemade gifts to give during the holiday season. With both kids in school this year, we have more than a few teachers and parents on our homemade gift list. Are you thinking...WHAT? THE HOLIDAY...
Win a KIDSCOUNTER Bath Collection
For October I’m giving away something special in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. In the 1960’s only 1 in 20 women was diagnosed with breast cancer. Today 1 in 8 will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Only 10% of those people will have a genetic link. ...
5 Healthy Candy Swaps for Halloween
It’s Halloween time again! This month I’ll be purchasing some candy to hand out to all the princesses, super heroes, ghosts and goblins that visit my house on the 31st. I always mean to come up with a a fabulous no-candy treat to hand out, and one of these years I...
3 Reasons to Ditch the UNhealthy Goldfish Crackers
3 Reasons to Ditch the UNhealthy Goldfish Crackers A few weeks ago my son’s school sent home a request for families to donate boxes of goldfish crackers to his kindergarten class. My son said they'd been reading a book about fish and got to eat goldfish crackers as...
Healthy Hot Chocolate with Protein and Superfood Boosters!
If there's one thing that reminds my kids of fall (which let's be real...fall just gets them closer to Christmas, the real goal!) it's hot chocolate. Whenever my son thinks up a "treat" for himself, it usually involves hot chocolate and graham crackers. A boy after...
