Spending time outside is by far the very best thing about summer. However, if you have ever been outside during the warm months for even a little bit of time, you know how incessantly you can be bothered by the bugs that come with the warm weather as well. If you head to your local pharmacy or convenience store, you are likely to find an aisle full of intense DEET-based sprays. These are products like Off! and others that claim to keep pesky bugs like mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers and more away from you. While they might get the job done, there are other concerns you should have when using products like these. In this blog post, we will discuss not...

In the last few decades, people have become a lot more conscious about the products they use and what sorts of toxins are contained in them. This began with a desire to eat whole foods that were free of the same, and then slowly trickled down into body care products. While you may be taking as many precautions as you can to avoid toxins altogether, there may be some oversights in an area or two of your life. One of the things consumers don’t often think about are the toxins that they are taking in through their skin. This is especially true when it comes to the type of soap you use. Have you ever noticed that mass-produced, store-bought soaps...

Definitely! You have probably heard that antiperspirants and store-bought deodorants can have some serious health repercussions and you want to do right by your body. However, you may be afraid that making the switch will cause you to be the smelliest person in your office or yoga class! Unfortunately, it is true that when you first start using an all-natural deodorant you may go through a "detox" phase during which you seem to smell worse and sweat more......this could last just a few days or one to two weeks for some people. For this reason, you may give up using the all-natural deodorant thinking that it doesn't work for you. What you may not know is that this is happening because your...