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10 Small Sustainable Swaps for 2021
I’m not big on new year’s resolutions. Don’t get me wrong, I love goal setting, and have vision boards and lists galore. But I prefer to tackle things in smaller increments whether that be scale or time frame for what I’m trying to accomplish. So I’ve decided to share my top 10 small yet attainable, sustainable swaps I’ll be continuing or adding in 2021. Reusable produce bags (continued) I started using reusable produce bags in 2019 after buying some on amazon. They worked pretty well but I had misplaced most of them and recently rediscovered my bags last month. It’s so fun to whip out my reusable produce bags at…
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Is Sun-kissed Skin Safe and Sustainable?
We are all subject to external and internal pressures to meet certain beauty standards. While much of this pressure comes from societal expectations, sometimes our own desires align with those standards. For me, I’ve been pale my whole life. In the summer I might get the slightest bit of color, but I usually just burn and fade back to pale. Now, there is nothing wrong with being pale, and furthermore there are historic and systemic benefits of being light skinned (aka white privilege) which I acknowledge but isn’t the topic of this post. Because I never had success just tanning in the sun, I learned to accept my pale skin.…
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The Basics of Beauty and Cosmetics: Why I Choose Eco-Friendly Products
Looking back, I can recall some of my favorite childhood shower products. Like the L’oreal for kids shampoo that smelled like watermelon and had an eye on the side of the bottle that looked like a flounder or some other kind of fish. I’ve had sensitive skin since I was a kid so I always used Suave hypoallergenic liquid body wash, which still came in a variety of scents from fruity floral to rich vanilla. Then in high school when we all go through that glorious phase we call puberty and pimples emerge, I started using face washes with the little exfoliating beads to help “bust up clogged pores” or…