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How Did I Get Here Part 4
Posted on August 03 2016
How did I get here? In my previous post in this series I talked about how I tossed all the soap in our house and switched to Dr. Bronner's Castile Soap. I was buying it by the gallon and wondered, "Can’t I just make this stuff myself?" Where does my story lead...
Eco-Friendly Back-to-School Supplies List
Posted on July 26 2016
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How Did I Get Here Part 3
Posted on July 20 2016
How did I get here? In my last post in this series I talked about how while I was pregnant with my second daughter I had a small bottle of commercial baby shampoo leak on brand new nursery room furniture.I wiped up the small drop that leaked from the bottle and...
How Did I Get Here Part 2
Posted on July 10 2016
How Did I Get Here? Have you ever thought, How did I get here? I get asked this question frequently from friends, family, and people who knew me before I arrived at this place in my life. I was visiting with someone I used to work with many moons ago- before we were both married...
How Did I Get Here Part 1
Posted on July 03 2016
How Did I Get Here? Have you ever thought, How did I get here? I get asked this question frequently from friends, family, and people who knew me before I arrived at this place in my life. I was visiting with someone I used to work with many moons ago- before we were both married...
The Surprising Way to a Clean Oven Without Fumes
Posted on June 26 2016
I have recently found my internet doppelgänger. Meet Carol Trimmer: she is the blogger and co-owner of Pure Living Space where she helps "people create safe and healthy homes (pure living spaces) with simple tips, science-based advice and a bit of humor kicked in. It shouldn't be hard to live well."...
'No Poo' in 6 steps
Posted on June 20 2016
I tried it... Some things sound crazy. Most things aren't so crazy that I won't try them at least once, just so I can at least say, "I tried it". The 'no-poo' method is pretty hippie (in my opinion) and the main-stream world was all-a-flutter when a woman came out...
What My Dad Taught Me
Posted on June 19 2016
Happy Father's Day to all the great dads out there! Especially to my husband and daughters' Dad: and to my Dad (Deedo). My dad taught me how to water ski, tube (not just tube, but hang on for dear life), took me to my first Detroit Red Wings Game...
Body Wash should have SIMPLE Ingredients
Posted on June 13 2016
Body Wash should have SIMPLE Ingredients Truly all natural body wash is hard to find. Have you read the label for ingredients? Even organic body washes have a long ingredient list. What is the need for all those ingredients? Do you really need twenty ingredients to do the job a...
How Liquid Soap is Made
Posted on June 05 2016
How I Make Liquid Castile Soap (from scratch) Originally this video on how liquid soap (castile soap) is made at MamaSuds was created in the summer of 2015. It is the highest viewed post ever on our blog! Two things I learned while making this video. 1) My blender made...
4 Easy Steps to Changing Your Life
Posted on May 13 2016
Become Crunchy in 4 Easy Steps! Becoming Crunchy? What's that? My grandmother tells me that it was just life when she was growing up. But it is a question that gets asked a lot. Becoming Crunchy.... Frugally Green.... Eco-friendly.... all the same. If you are someone who wants to become crunchy...
How to Switch to Safe Cleaners in 3 Easy Steps
Posted on April 27 2016
Today's post is about ditching your cleaners. People have a lot of cleaners. There is a specific cleaner for every nook and cranny in your home. Not only is that a lot of product that is most likely harmful to your health and to our environment, it's a LOT of plastic....
Mixing Vinegar and Castile Soap
Posted on April 18 2016
Stop mixing vinegar and castile soap! I heard you. You said, Really?!? Yup. Don't feel bad. I used to do it. I am the first to admit it. Heck, I had it on my castile soap labels for Pete's sake. I believed it worked because they are each so great...
Air Fresheners: Why You Should Toss Them
Posted on April 11 2016
Last time I posted, I talked All About Phthalates and Fragrance and I asked you to try and find at least 2 ingredients that had "fragrance" listed as an ingredient. Did you find that any of the products you gathered yesterday happened to be air fresheners? You learned why synthetic fragrances were...
MamaSuds Castile Soap Uses
Posted on April 06 2016
Many people are not aware of what castile soap is, let alone its versatility and infinite uses. MamaSuds Castile Soap is true liquid castile soap, which means the only fat we use to make our soap is olive oil. MamaSuds Castile Soap is gentle enough to use on your family but powerful...
All about Phthalates and Fragrance
Posted on April 04 2016
In this post you will learn all about Phthalates and Fragrance, and why you should eliminate them from your life as much as possible. Phthalates (actually pronounced thal-ates) are a group of chemicals in a gajillion of products in your home. Concerns have been raised about phthalates because studies have...
DIY Baby Wipe Solution
Posted on March 18 2016
Do your baby wipes have methylisothiazolinone (sometimes abbreviated as MI) in them? It's a preservative that can cause an allergic reaction in some people and it's not always instant, meaning you could be using a product for a fairly long time and then BAM! allergic reaction. Looking for an all-natural baby...
How to Get Rid of Hard Water Stains
Posted on March 08 2016
How to Get Rid of Hard Water Stains Hard Water Stains make things look dirty, are hard to get off and make us crunchy/green/eco-friendly/hippie people grab for chemicals when no one is looking. I have a solution to the hard water stains. It’s not a miracle recipe, but it’s super...
All Natural, Non-toxic, All Purpose Cleaner with Essential Oils
Posted on March 01 2016
Ditch the All Purpose Cleaner with BLEACH Did you know chlorine bleach use has been linked to breast cancer? Neither did I. According to Breast Cancer Options, an independent non-profit and provider of breast cancer services, they recommend to avoid All Purpose Cleaners with bleach: "Avoid using chlorine bleach for household...
Is there lye in your soap?
Posted on February 18 2016
Is there lye in your soap? No.... but yes. In order to make soap you need just three ingredients: water (or other liquid), fat and lye. If you want a bar soap you use sodium hydroxide and if you want to make a liquid soap you use potassium hydroxide. When...
Do Dryer Balls Really Work?
Posted on February 09 2016
Wool Dryer Balls are Amazing! I heard about wool dryer balls a long time ago. I never thought much about them- not sure why…. maybe because I didn’t know anyone that used them and they seemed too good to be true. But then I started getting customer inquiries about them...
Simple Homemade Toothpaste Recipes
Posted on February 02 2016
We avoid a lot of ingredients in our home, and one product that has many of these ingredients is toothpaste. What do we avoid in toothpaste? Fluoride. Yep, our family is anti-flouride. Did you know fluoride was reclassified by medical officials as a developmental neurotoxin? Synthetic dyes. I am...
Is Borax safe?
Posted on January 26 2016
There are a lot of people on many different sites and forums that yell, kick and scream that Borax, which is a name brand, or sodium borate (or tetraborate) is horrible and toxic. Then there are people on the other side of the coin that use it cleaning and in...
All Natural Dishwasher Powder
Posted on January 12 2016
It's HERE! The Week Building Up to the Launch of MamaSuds® Automatic Dishwasher Powder. To Help Launch Our New Safe & Eco-Friendly Product, We’re Giving You an Incentive (Ends Thursday at Midnight): Sign up BEFORE Friday, January 15 and receive a FREE SHIPPING coupon AND be able to purchase the day before it's released...
Special Holiday Family Traditions
Posted on December 27 2015
Traditions are the Hallmark of Holidays The other day, my middle daughter overheard me talking to my aunt on the phone about when we were going to do "Baking Day" this year. "Why are we baking on Sunday?" she asked. "Because it's a holiday tradition," I replied. "What's tradition?" "It's something...