Clean George

Clean George featured in Mothering Magazine

tracy — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:59:35 +0000

Yeah- Clean George is in the May/June issue of Mothering Magazine- pretty cool.

Conscious parents look for Triclosan alternatives

tracy — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 22:46:30 +0000

"Planet Green ", published an article on the latest news about Triclosan. Now of course lots of folks pretty much knew this already, that Triclosan was bad news, but it's always nice to have more people on board.

Planet Green listed alternatives to Triclosan hand sanitizers and Clean George made the list!-- along with Burt's Bees Aloe & Witch Hazel Hand Sanitizer and CleanWell.

Some extra info- Our research shows those two hand sanitizers actually contain alcohol.

Dr.Hauschka ingredients linked to cancer?

tracy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:19:42 +0000

I'm shocked, I've got to tell you. I've been using Dr. Hauschka products for some time and just took it for granted that they were "natural". Hmmm. I will say though that I think alot of their ingredients are natural and that some of their ingredients that have a high hazard rating on the skin deep database can actually be safe, as long as they are sourced properly, but as far as my research shows- not the ones mentioned in the video.

FDA reviewing the safety of Triclosan- yeah

tracy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:13:09 +0000

Just finished reading this article on yahoo.com
about how the FDA is reviewing Triclosan because it may be harmful. Ya think?

Japanese Honeysuckle is the same as a paraben?

tracy — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:06:35 +0000

So it seems like there is some serious greenwashing going on here. After our video blog posted about a product line sold at Sephora that claims to be preservative free yet contains a preservative called Lonicera Caprifolium, we received a link to an article written at the "Organic Consumers Association", about this ingredient being chemically identical to a paraben. Holy cow. Thank you to Sue who sent this to us. We appreciate the info.
Hello hello- Sephora folks might want to research these products before including them in their natural section.

Sephora.com has a “natural” section

tracy — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:43:11 +0000

Sephora.com has a "natural" section which we were so excited about, but once we looked up some of the products ingredients- well, it was a little disappointing.

One of the product lines claims to be preservative free, but they are using an ingredient called Lonicera Caprifolium which is a new natural preservative. Hey, it's ok to use a preservative, but let us know it's in there Bosca folks. You can double check the preservative info "here",
it was pretty far down the page.

Alcohol in hand sanitizers, not our favorite ingredient

tracy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:00:32 +0000

Well, the word is out that alcohol kills H1N1, but what else is it killing and how is it affecting our skin and especially our children's skin?

What’s in your “natural” products?

tracy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:49:16 +0000

Ok, hip hip hurray ... we're starting a video blog!

I'm going coo coo crazy with all the "natural" companies out there making claims that their products are natural and HELLO, wake up and smell the Kombucha... those ingredients are not natural.

Good news is that we're also going to be sharing all the companies and products that we feel are what they say they are. Woo Hoo!

More to come...

Triclosan- linked to cancer

tracy — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:46:20 +0000

Hello hello,

Another video blog, this one about Triclosan, a commonly used ingredient in hand sanitizers, antibacterial hand washes and alot of products you'd be surprised about actually.

We found out on the Skin Deep data base website that Triclosan is linked to cancer as well as a bunch of other not so nice stuff.

Rave reviews for an alcohol free hand sanitizer

tracy — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:21:55 +0000

Ok, so "Verdemama", is pretty cool. We found her review for Clean George and wanted to see who was writing about us so I checked out her tweets This gal is pretty nifty, funny and has great taste in hand cleaners!