Growing up with food allergies my Mom always taught me, “if you can’t pronounce it, you shouldn’t consume it”. Over the years I have been guilty of believing the fabulous marketing companies are investing in and promoting, and unfortunately there have been a few that I have fallen in love with just to find out that they are horrible and have hidden ingredients or change the name of an ingredient to make it seem like it is a clean product. Thru this process of swapping old for new and clean items, it can become overwhelming. It is a lot of information to process, and things are constantly changing, verbiage is constantly changing.

So I will be honest there was a point in time right after my Mom passed away that I just didn’t care anymore…but after having kids your mindset shifts. So here we are, I guess in a sense…going back to my roots…of reading labels and doing the research. Don’t believe the marketing or the greenwashing.

With household products, cosmetics, etc. the if you can’t pronounce it rule doesn’t fully work, but I think there is still a lot of validity in it. 

I have a short list so far, but will continue to post and update as this journey processes as this is not just a diet or a fad, it is a lifestyle!

• MTalc
• Formaldehyde
• Phenoxyethanol
• Phthalates
• Grapefruit Seed Oil
• Paraben
• Oxybenzone
• Methylisothiazolinone
• Mineral Oil
• BHT
• PTFE (Teflon)
• Butylparaben
• Blsmuch Oxychloride
• PEGs
• Lake Dyes and FD&C Colorants
• Propylene Glycol
• Retinyl Palmitate
• Petrolatum

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It has been a little bit since I hopped on here. Moving was crazy with two babies, getting settled in was a lot of work, then the holidays and then I look up and we are already in March…with a 2 year old and 9 month old…time goes by in the blink of an eye!

During that time lots has happened, changed, shifted, and all for the better. My goal moving forward is to be more present and consistent with this and have it be the glue between my other social media formats (Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Group) 

So where do I begin…going from being a fulltime career driven women to a stay at home mom was a drastic change of pace for me. I was used to the non stop portion, but not the loosing your identity portion, and you know maybe I did loose some of that while working in my career. Who knows! But here we are today, 2 babies later and 2 1/2 years since leaving the corporate world which was my life for the last gosh many years. I won’t bore you on all the details, but my husband and I were talking one night and he said we should start a company. I had been pondering things that peak my interest, personal training, doula, midwifery, healthy lifestyles, then it dawned on me…I love health and wellness and sharing my journey with everything my mom and I learned and the things I continue to learning and sharing. And I found one product and company I absolutely LOVE and have been using for over a year now and thought…why not create a space where I can share this amazing product along with tips, tricks and other products I have found throughout this journey…so the next day I signed up, created a Facebook group, a business email account, and created an LLC…

I am so excited to share this journey in different formats so you can pick and choose what you prefer. The blog will continue to be the same content, life, beauty, health, whatever I am in the mood for talking about at that time. My Instagram account and Facebook page will continue to be positive vibe driving with hints of health and wellness trickled in here and there, and my private Facebook group will be more in depth health and wellness. 

I am excited to share this more in depth and more consistent! The link to the private Facebook group is here; https://www.facebook.com/groups/467831628359249 Feel free to join! 

I look forward to seeing you there!

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