http://icouldsewdothat.com Spend less, live more. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:19:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/823?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sea-buckthorn-oil-if-its-good-enough-for-the-tibetans http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/823#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:20:14 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=823 Recently while strolling through Whole Foods with my mother we both complained about how dry our skin is this time of year. Not to mention that I’ve been plagued with black heads again and I felt like it was related to my lotion. The helpful lady in the skin section overheard my mom mention that [...]

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]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/508/feed 3 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/363?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-bronners-magic-soap http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/363#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:34:19 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=363 Firstly, Dr. Bronner’s is celebrating their 60th anniversary! They’ve been making soap for a really long time, which means it must be good. I first learned of Dr. Bronner’s Magic soap some time ago, but I’m a bit embarrassed to say that I hadn’t actually tried it unitl recently. I think that in talking with [...]

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]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/307/feed 1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/279?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rethinking-the-cotton-round http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/279#comments Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:01:57 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=279 As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, the production of cotton uses a lot of water which is a valuable and dwindling resource. Shortages of fresh water worldwide lead to famine and starvation, war and terrorism, poverty and disease. In thinking about how I can do my part to help eliminate the unnecessary use of this [...]

]]> http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/279/feed 1 http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/73?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rich-hippie-organic-wildcrafted-perfume-that-sounds-yummy http://icouldsewdothat.com/archives/73#comments Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:01:20 +0000 admin http://icouldsewdothat.com/?p=73 I love finding new earth-friendly products to try and review. The health and beauty industry is practically bursting with new, organic alternatives to mass-produced synthetics that can contain nasty things like petrochemicals and “hormone disruptors”; yikes! Today I found a very intriguing product online, Rich Hippie perfume. They make yummy perfumes from all natural ingredients extracted [...]

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