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Burt’s Bees Mineral Blush: A Review
Y’all. I am so excited to share this product! No- no one gave me this for free and this is certainly not sponsored (but Burt, hit me up). Just an honest find that I am so excited to share. As most of y’all know I’ve been cleaning up my home, diet and hygiene to be less toxic as much of what we use everyday contain harmful chemicals including endocrine disrupters (you can read more about that here and here)… I feel like cosmetics is a place where this is overlooked as we are SO loyal to our makeup. But I’m glad I took a second look because not only have…
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Clean (& Non-Toxic) Floor Must Haves!
Let’s face it. Sweeping sucks and mopping is miserable. Then the Swiffer Sweeper entered our lives and changed the game. Follow that with the Swiffer wet cloths, the wet jet machine and many others like it. While those DID made life easier, and cleaned dirt… they also douse our homes with chemicals, many of which are toxic. I remember looking up the Orange Glo floor cleaner that I used to polish my hardwoods with and it scored a big fat F… including “high concern for developmental and reproductive toxicity”… my baby was scooting all around those floors. I tossed those cleaners and haven’t looked back since. I mean…does it really…
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Non-Toxic, Cheap & Easy Homemade Cleaning Solutions
Let’s start this off by first letting you know, I am in no way a clean freak. My living room looks like a freakin natural disaster erupted and I am that annoying person that leaves the cabinets open (just ask my husband). But that being said, events in recent years forced me to take a second look at the health of our home and impacts it could be having on my family and I. A Little Background If you know anything about our first infertility journey , you’ll know that I was diagnosed with Stage 3 Endometriosis following a Lap surgery to clear a blocked tube after struggling with infertility.…
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Egg Quality- What Every Woman Should Know
You’ve heard of “the biological clock”? Well, I’m here to tell you IT’S REAL and it’s referring to those tiny things you’ve been carrying around your entire life inside your ovaries that you’ve probably never really given much thought to…. your eggs. We know that as we age, our number of eggs decrease, particularly in our 30’s. While the school of thought used to be that similar to egg quantity, quality is unchangeable, newer research is showing that quality can be improved with some lifestyle changes and things I’ll get into below. For most of you reading this, getting pregnant WILL come easy, hell, it may even come by accident.…
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I Have Endometriosis
If you had told me a few years ago that Endometriosis would one day be a part of my life, I would have scoffed. Pshhh…. I’ve had normal periods and cycles since forever and don’t have any of the crazy pain you always hear about with Endometriosis. Well, that naïve girl had another thing coming. So, if I don’t have the telltale symptoms, how do I know I have it? I’ll sum that up in one big, fat, horrible word: INFERTILITY. That was my only real symptom (lucky me). In fact, if it weren’t for a laparoscopic surgery to unblock a fallopian tube (found during a routine HSG), we would…
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My 13 Month Breastfeeding Journey
First, I want to start by saying that each woman has to do what works for them. While this was my journey, I don’t mean to say what is right for others. This can be a sensitive topic in the mommysphere and while we live in a pro-shaming society, I don’t intend to do that here. Fed is best, whatever that may mean for you and for your family. Sour Milk? Is it just me, or do you feel like so many conversations about breastfeeding focus on the negative? It’s painful… it’s hard to get the perfect latch…it’s time consuming…you can’t drink alcohol or copius caffeine….you may leak….you may get…
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Beautycounter… A Review
First things first… no I am not selling the stuff. Don’t you hate it when you read what you think is an honest review, only to find that the reviewer is selling it? This is not that post. Now full transparency, I did get to try the products for free… but let’s be real. We all know I would have paid for them because #skincarejunkie. I’ve been eyeing BeautyCounter for a while now, and more so lately as I am trying to use products that are safer for my family and me. The stars aligned when I met Rachana, a mom in my Mom’s group, who is a fellow skin…
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Our Story
“Tell him you’re busy… for the rest of your life”. I’ll never forget Chip’s words when he learned that I’d moved on after he moved to Costa Rica and then subsequently broke up with me. Those words were a defining moment for us. Months later we were not only back together, but he had moved from Costa Rica to NYC and asked me to join him. I quit my job and moved across the country to be with him. Talk about taking a leap for love… Let me back things up a bit. First you need to know, this is not your “high school sweetheart” love story… nor is it…
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What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag… Simplified
I find it only fitting to follow up my previous post, “Post Partum Stuff I Wish I Knew” with this one. I remember being pregnant and getting on Pinterest to search what to bring to the hospital… and y’all. OVERKILL. Yes, those lists look pretty and cutesy, but it is wayyyyy overboard, in my opinion. And I don’t think I would describe myself as a low maintenance person either…At a Labor and Delivery Class offered by our hospital, the nurse was my kinda gal, who gave it to us straight. She told us less is more and that the hospital will pretty much have everything we need (and also to…
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Current Skincare Routine: For the 30 Something Gal
How it all Began…. It’s no secret that I am a freak when it comes to skincare. This habit addiction has grown over the years and while I’m no expert, I can say that I’ve tried the buzz worthy products as well as the classics. From high end to low end and all that’s in between. While I like makeup, I feel that skincare is the real thing humdinger… if your skin looks good, so will your makeup. I shudder at the thought of cake face makeup over lumpy bumps. I am all about a fresh, dewy glow and have been obsessed with skincare since I was a girl. But…