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SLS beware! – Sodium Lauryl Sulfate
The internet is a marvelous place full of information. Duh! You are going to find two if not more sides to most subjects discussed, written about, posted, etc. Something was brought to my attention via a poll I took from another handmade soaper’s blog. I’m networked with her via twitter. Her poll was about Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) and whether her customers avoid this ingredient in their soap choice. I sent my answer and behold the results of the poll were a bit astonishing. At the time I took the poll, 69% did not know what Sodium Lauryl Sulfate is. !!! How can that be? Well…it can…not everyone lives and breathes…
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Pickensplan sure breezes thru nice!
From watching the introduction to this plan on their site, THIS is the kind of talk that I’m really glad to hear! Green Energy. No, it won’t be easy, but YES it is doable and will get us through for a bit until we get our wits about us. Why do we need so much oil? Do we really? Those answers aren’t listed. But a practical stop gap measure could help us focus on the other important questions. We are a nation of smart people. We can come up with good, thought through answers to our problems. We can create solid ideas on oil dependence and at the same time, help…
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The Bees are here…!!~
We have several different friends that are keeping bees. It’s an eco-friendly back to nature type hobby. Is there a more comforting smell than honey? Pure Beeswax Candles are now being handpoured and made available for you! All you need do is click here. Us folks at Dr. Flower’s Essentials, Inc. are minding our own beeswax! (insert chuckle here) Pure Beeswax Candles have a scent that is unmistakably unique and healing. Bees take the elements of many plants and gather them for their young. This is about as close to ambrosia as nature’s reality can muster. Fill your room with the healthful smells of pure bees wax that inherently burns longer and with…
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Transition Officially Over…
The site is different! Take a look see –> http://dr-flower.com The products offered before transition are up and running again with one product add! Georgia Peachers Handmade soap! Those that have had the privilege of trying our new soap absolutely love it! The lather is bar none. (teehee I made a pun) What about you? Have you tried it? If so, please write a lil note! 😀 Handmade Candles are coming soon! Email if you just can’t wait! There will be many product changes in the near future…so check back often! We are excited about being a lot more dynamic and hope you are too! Happy Washing! ~Regina
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Our website is in transition! :-D~~
Hello Dr. Flower followers! We are on this beautiful Saturday evening, we are transitioning our website from it’s original format to a totally new one! You may see some “funky” things in the next few days but the dust will settle very soon! So hang tight with us for a few days and if you EVER have questions or if you need help with an order in this transition time, please e-mail: sales@dr-flower.com or call 404-915-5686. Happy Washing! ~Regina
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Essential oils and the environment
I came across an interesting article today as I surfed through my normal blog update feeds. This one caught my attention because it has to do with essential oils which are what I use in my soaps almost exclusively. I have/will be making a few exceptions here and there and they will be CLEARLY marked as such. If you look at my products page, I have a list of products coming soon. Georgia Peach is one that will not be from essential oils. (soap bars for sale on site soon! made, just curing…) It has been my observation that most fruit EO (essential oils) do not hold well in soap. Lemon and…
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Piedmont Park Green Market
I wasn’t born in Atlanta…but I was months old upon moving here. I grew up for the first 6 years of life in my grandmother’s house in the Morningside area. That was before it became the posh fixed up vintage neighborhood that it is now. In my time there, I spent many a day playing at Piedmont Park. I took swimming lessons at the old pool and bathhouse. (It’s getting renovation, yippee!) I saw my first tadpole from the lake there. Because of those things, it will always have a special place in my heart. I’m excited about the new changes going on. This Green Market is an example of…
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The Story of Stuff
I found a link to this from ecotransitions which is on my feed list – 😀 This 20 minute movie is WORTH your time! Sort of goes with the “we have consumer power” theme… story of stuff
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Did you know?? We have Consumer Power!
I’ve found facebook and registered…in my surfing through it, I also found neat groups like the big green purse and the green parent. One of the articles on the green parent: (http://thegreenparent.blogspot.com/2008/03/grab-cup-of-eco-savvy-java.html) Coffee is the second largest agricultural crop in the world, after cotton. It is also the third most heavily sprayed crop in the world; cotton and tobacco are first and second. If you drink conventional, non-organic coffee, you are likely consuming a slew of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. And these chemicals are not only terrible for your health, but they are also harmful to the fields, streams, animals, birds and people who live where the coffee is grown.…
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I just bought some at the grocery store…rhubarb
I’m afraid it won’t grow in the new hot hot no water environment we have here in hotlanta. 🙁 Goodnews is that they do sell it at the grocery store!! I know I should be looking for produce that is local! Somethings are just on the exception list. *skips off to hunt down the Ohioan cousin that has the cool kind rhubarb pie recipe* Here’s some reading about rhubarb! Did you know that rhubarb helps the ozone? But in 1995, two Yale scientists discovered that oxalic acid, found in rhubarb, helped neutralize CFC’s. Rhubarb to the rescue!
