Organic personal care? With Napa Valley Bath, you’re already there. But how do you rate when it comes to organic clothing, bedding and cleaning products? We’re diving into each one of these categories so that you can get the healthy goods on green alternatives.
Buying sustainably – from ‘cradle to grave’ – takes the following critical components into consideration: source materials, manufacturing, use, and disposal. Raise awareness of these ‘lifecycle’ aspects, and buy green with confidence!
Would your great grandmother eat that? Moreover, would she even recognize it? Such are the insights we’ve come to expect from food scribe Michael Pollan. We’ve pulled some of his best advice from a super fresh interview he did from a bustling farmers market. Check it out!
Coal tar: not something you want on your skin and from there, in your blood stream. Yet it’s a common ingredient in hair dye, dandruff products, skin care products and more. Find out more why the goal should be no coal.
The outspoken critic of excessive consumerism behind The Story of Stuff is at it again. This time, Annie Leonard takes on the beauty counter set with The Story of Cosmetics. Learn about it here.
Four legged. Furry. Fun. Most of us love animals. But are you forgetting about them when it comes to your personal care products? Read about why you should care about animal testing, the labels to look for, and celebrate organic and pure products – like Napa Valley Bath – that provide humane alternatives!
Read why the Safe Cosmetics Act, a new bill that forces personal care product manufacturers to take responsibility for safer ingredients, is long over due (spoiler alert: they’re still following safety guidelines from 1938!).
Good day sunshine! Get the highlights from the Environmental Working Group’s latest 2010 Sunscreen Guide and find out the top ingredients and brands to avoid as well as tips on the best, brightest and least toxic sunscreen available. It’s time to worship the sun wisely!
Here are 5 ingredients – many of them antioxidants – that will help smooth out that furrowed brow, help soften wrinkles and make your laughter lines linger just a little bit less.
Therapeutic. Beautifying. Rejuvenating. Dead sea salts contain 10% sodium (vs. 90% sodium in ‘regular’ sea salt) and are bursting with essential minerals for the skin like Magnesium, Potassium, Bromine and Calcium.
“We do not realize often enough that we are dependent on one another; at the simplest material level, we are all interdependent for our daily needs, and in this way we owe a debt to all beings. “
Kalu Rinpoche
“Each act of generosity is a recognition of our interdependence, an expression of our Buddha nature. ”
Jack Kornfield
Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a pure mind, happiness will follow you, as a shadow clings to a form.
The Buddha
“If your opponent strikes with fire, counter with water, becoming completely fluid and free-flowing. Water, by its nature, never collides with or breaks against anything. On the contrary, it swallows up any attack harmlessly.”
The Art of Peace Morihei Ueshiba
“Daily training in the Art of Peace allows your inner divinity to shine brighter and brighter. Do not concern yourself with the right and wrong of others. Do not be calculating or act unnaturally. Keep your mind set on the Art of Peace, and do not criticize other teachers or traditions. The Art of Peace never restrains, restricts, or shackes anything. It embraces all and purifies everything. ”
The Art of Peace Moridei Ueshiba
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Welcome. This is the voice of our latest creation, napa valley bath. Inspired by the organic lavender grown in the Napa Valley and a six month hiatus in Florence, Italy, we created a bath and body line that is good for you...corpo, mente e anima. We aim to inform...inspire...and provide you with products that allow you to simply soak it all in.....
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Peggy O'Kelly