Author Archives: Elizah Leigh

Doing Your ‘Do With Conventional Hairspray A Chemical-Laden Catch-22

Like so many of my fellow feminine cohorts, high school was a time of wild hair color and styling experimentation, with the cherry on the top almost always being a liberal application of Aqua Net super hold, except on weekends … Continue reading

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Breast Intentions? Chemical Safety Tests Fail To Include The Mighty Boob

There’s one part of the anatomy that all eyes are instinctually drawn toward, at least for a minimum of a half a millisecond if the admirer is trying to be nonchalant. If you guessed breasts, you deserve a home-baked cookie … Continue reading

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Top 20 ‘Greener’ Nail Colors and Removers For A Healthier Eco-Manicure

Isn’t it fun to indulge your inner glamour puss every now and again? Was that a non-commital nod I just witnessed through the other side of this screen? Don’t be afraid to acknowledge your inner truth. It’s just you and … Continue reading

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What It Really Takes To Raise The Greenest Baby Ever

Ohhhhhh. Would you just look at that cutie-patootie newborn snoozing ever-so-peacefully in your arms? So precious in every conceivable way…simply a miracle. With silken hair, rose petal-soft skin and impossibly scrumptious rolls of arm, leg and belly chub-a-lub, don’t you … Continue reading

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5 Safer Manicure Tips That Deserve Two Huge Eco-Thumbs Up

There are specific girlie grooming rituals that scream out, ‘Watch out, world…this tasty lady is on fire!” Curled, deeply pigmented lashes, lips slicked with just the right shade of fire engine red gloss and — the pièce de résistance — … Continue reading

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Become An “On-The-Go Greenie” By Following These 3 Straightforward Steps

While walking briskly from the parking lot to the main entrance of your favorite supermarket, you spot a squashed plastic soda bottle right in your line of sight. Based on its weather-tattered label and asphalt-stained appearance, it’s clearly been ignored … Continue reading

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Homemade Baby Food 101: It’s Easier Than You Think To Nourish Your Child Naturally!

Tiny little infant mouths with nary a tooth in sight. Hmmm…that presents a bit of a problem, doesn’t it? Somewhere along the evolutionary scale (apparently wayyy wayyyyy back), Mother Nature recognized that in order for various newborn species to survive, … Continue reading

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The Top 5 Organic Food Groups That All Mommies-To-Be Should Munch Organically

What if I were to tell you that 90% of the agricultural fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, insecticides and rodenticides that are applied to America’s crops each year – that’s 1 billion tons of 600 assorted, laboratory-made compounds — have never actually … Continue reading

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The Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde Properties Of Soy

We all have an evil twin — a secondary personality that beckons us to do things that we know are oh-so-baaaad – which is why it’s so easy to relate to Robert Louis Stevenson’s infamously conflicted Dr. Jekyll. Although just … Continue reading

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7 Mood-Boosting Ways To ‘Go Green’ That Will Make You Forget You’re Also Doing The Planet Good

Awww, come on — I have so much on my plate already.  And going green? Let me just put it this way — it’s not something that I can possibly fit into my schedule right now. It’s cute how you’re … Continue reading

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