In honor of October being National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is important to identify a particularly harmful and yet popular body care ingredient that has been strongly linked to this serious disease. This ingredient is, petroleum (petrolatum); and yet, many commercialized and surprisingly popular soaps use petroleum based surfactants (the part of the soap that breaks up [...]
With the fall now upon us, it's time to get outdoors and interect with the community by supporting your local farmer's market. Looking for fresher meats, produce or baked goods? Searching for the perfect gift or natural body care item that you just can't seem to find at your typical chain retailer? Then we at G.B. Proudfoot's [...]
An Original, 'SheMeansGreen' Blogicle Calendula (Calendula Officinalis, a.k.a. “Pot Marigold”) is one of the holistic community’s most highly revered natural medicines for treating areas of inflammation. In addition to being anti-inflammatory, the herb is also anti-bacterial and anti-fungal. In essence, calendula is a terrific, natural anti-septic that has been widely used in treating acne and [...]
Many people pay so much attention to the products they’re using on their face, legs and hands and yet, give little thought to the lip balm or lip gloss they’re applying to their lips multiple times throughout the day. Our lips are one of the most sensitive and environmentally susceptible parts of our body, not [...]
We're so happy to announce that we have partnered with Packages from Home, a Glendale, AZ based charitable non-profit that sends care packages to US military personnel serving overseas. Through donations, volunteer labor, and fund raising they are able to ship some of the comforts of home to those service members who are sacrificing to [...]
An Original SheMeansGreen Beauty Beat... "Exfoliation is considered by most skin experts to be the key element of glowing, healthy, youthful skin. By sloughing dead skin cells away, you are not only revealing newer, healthy skin but additionally, you are stimulating blood circulation and collagen-growth which aid in the preservation of your youthful appearance. Many women [...]
A 'SheMeansGreen' Original Beauty Beat... Looking for a simple way to keep your skin glowing and lymph flow health? Dry brushing is the solution you're looking for! Dry brushing not only helps exfoliate your skin to reveal a fresh, glowing layer, but additionally it allows the epidermis to more easily rid itself of toxins. Lastly, [...]
In our never ending quest to support local businesses and producers, we've recently added two new local ingredient suppliers to our list! You can now find Arizona grown and harvested Beeswax, Honey and Extra Virgin Olive Oil in our products. Crockett Honey Co., Tempe, AZ If you don't know, we go through an awful lot [...]
Next time you're standing in one of those super ginormous baby stores trying to pick between which onesie tri-pack to buy for that baby shower you're attending this weekend, put down the onesie pack and walk away. Let's face it, the new mommy will get plenty of those onesie packs for their baby. Now if [...]
Okay, so here we are at the final stretch of our three part series on starting an all-natural lifestyle! For this last section, I’m going to focus on my final top simple, simple, simple ways that everyone can enact environmental, healthy change into their lifestyle. Let’s get started… 1. Re-purpose As Much As You Can: [...]
