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- Always read the label, use only as directed
- Say farewell to the food pyramid
- Get out, enjoy the sunshine
- Welcome, Welcome - Come Join Us
- Detoxify Your Life - Part II: Inside Your Body
- Best ever simple home made skin remedy
- Detoxify Your Life - Challenge of the Day: The Tupperware Drawer
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Inspired by Mother Nature's wisdom and splendour, follow this blog to nurture your curiosity & desire to make things beautifully better for you, your family and your planet.
Always read the label, use only as directed
Do you read labels? It's a good idea. You might be (unpleasantly) surprised.
Welcome, Welcome - Come Join Us
This year, the BaoBag blog will be humming along to a more frequent tune. Inspired by Mother Nature's wisdom and splendour, follow this blog to nurture your curiosity & desire to make things beautifully better for you, your family and your planet. And find out what worrying fact that inspires us.
Detoxify Your Life - Part II: Inside Your Body
The first instalment of the 'Detoxify Your Life' series looked at the changes Sonia and her family had made inside the home. This was great for minimising their exposure going forward, but the question was what to do about all the toxins that had accumulated in their bodies already over the previous 30+ years?
Detoxify Your Life - Challenge of the Day: The Tupperware Drawer
Today is the day to take on your plastics drawer - you know the one…. there’s one in every kitchen! Unless you are extremely well organised, it is usually the one at kids level that is particularly a mess, with random containers that didn’t dry properly in the dishwasher all thrown in on top of one another, and a whole bunch of lids and containers that don’t match....
Audrey Hepburn’s Beauty Tips
Here is a wonderful poem Audrey Hepburn wrote when asked to share her 'beauty tips.'
It was read at her funeral years later.
Detoxify Your Life - Part I: Inside the Home
A few years ago I started developing a skin condition and was told by my doctor that I would simply have to spend the rest of my life applying cortisone creams in order to manage it. I wasn’t too excited about this prospect, and decided instead to try and find out what the irritant to my skin might be and simply remove the offending substance from my life. The more I investigated this area however, the more horrified I was about the plethora of potentially harmfully chemicals we blindly consume on a daily basis through the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the myriad of concoctions we absorb through our skin.
I’ve since been on a personal crusade to reduce as many of these from our lives as is sustainable - while still managing to leave the house and live our lives as close to normal as possible. We have gradually been discovering and incorporating new products and habits into our home in the endeavour of making a permanent change towards living healthier lives. Most are easy enough and surprisingly accessible through mainstream avenues; others involved a bit more effort. Below is a snapshot of some of the changes so far…