Archive for August, 2010

Waste Free Lunches: Reusable Snack Packs

Waste Free Lunches: Reusable Snack Packs

1 / August 27, 2010 7:09 am

My son started Kindergarten last year and with two snacks and a lunch to pack each day, I wasn’t too thrilled about all the waste we’d be amassing with all those plastic snack and sandwich bags. So, I set out [...]

Gloss Facts: ADHD and Pesticides

Gloss Facts: ADHD and Pesticides

0 / August 25, 2010 10:52 am

It’s not rocket science to understand that pesticides are harmful and have always been harmful to human beings, especially children and pregnant women — so the recent research linking organo-phosphate pesticides to Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder comes as no surprise. The [...]

Top Five Ways to Green Your Fitness Routine

Top Five Ways to Green Your Fitness Routine

0 / August 24, 2010 7:40 am

It’s really easy to green — or be more conscious about — your fitness routine. Here are my top tips to Green Your Fitness Routine: 1. Develop a quick home workout. 10 -30 minute workouts are great because those of [...]

Gloss Find: 360 Cookware

Gloss Find: 360 Cookware

0 / August 23, 2010 8:06 am

The 360 Cookware line is good for your health, your pocketbook and the planet. I love the line of pots and pans because you can employ a “waterless” cooking technique whereby you literally use 1 tablespoon of water to cook [...]

Gloss Facts: 8 Beauty Product Ingredients To Avoid

Gloss Facts: 8 Beauty Product Ingredients To Avoid

0 / August 20, 2010 7:49 am

Oooh…I love to talk about, try and use beauty products, but it’s important to make sure you always read the ingredient list on any product you buy. Here’s the top 8 ingredients to avoid, and why: 1. Parabens (anything beginning [...]

10 Tips For Greening Your Home

10 Tips For Greening Your Home

0 / August 19, 2010 6:50 am

Going “green” can sound overwhelming, but every bit counts and it’s important to take those first steps. So, what are ways in which you make your palace less toxic and more green? Here are my top ten tips: 1. Make [...]

Gloss Find: Neal’s Yard Remedy

Gloss Find: Neal’s Yard Remedy

0 / August 18, 2010 6:50 am

I had planned for my first port of call when I got to England would be to visit the nearest Neal’s Yard Remedy store to find some herbs and tinctures that will magically lift my jet lag lethargy. So I [...]

Get The Look: Julia Roberts’ Fair Trade Style

Get The Look: Julia Roberts’ Fair Trade Style

4 / August 13, 2010 12:41 pm

Has anyone got tickets for Eat, Pray, Love yet? There’s so much buzz going on about Julia’s wardrobe in this sure-to-be blockbuster Summer movie — with her garb from India getting the most attention…all those gorgeous shawls and magnificent colors [...]