Frontier Co-op Review and Giveaway (Closed)
I have something to share with you today that has been proven to prevent cancer, Sulforaphane. It is found in high amounts in a very easy to grow and eat food. Broccoli Sprouts. Broccoli sprouts contain 20-50 times more Sulforaphane then a serving of adult broccoli. Sulforaphane is an antioxidant and stimulators of natural detoxifying enzymes. Basically it can help to stave off the free radicals all over the place.
Vitamins A, B, C, E and K
Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc
Carotene, Chlorophyll
Amino Acids
Trace Elements
Antioxidants
Protein: 35%
I used to grow sprouts on a regular basis. Then my jar broke and I just forgot to replace it, or just never quite got around it it. Recently Frontier Natural Products Co-op sent me a Sprouting Jar and a healthy supply of Organic Broccoli seeds to start my sprouting habit again. With in 4 days I had a nice jar of sprouts, and have been able to use them on salads and sandwiches since! I have Annie Chun’s Kimchi Soup Noodle Bowl
The jar is just a regular Ball Jar and then has this lid:
I really enjoy them because it gives me a way to “garden” and eat fresh home grown veggies in the winter. It really can’t get any easier then this:
To sprout, use 2 tablespoons seeds per quart jar or Easy Sprout Sprouter. Soak in water 10-12 hours, then drain. Rinse seeds 2 to 3 times a day until ready to use (about 5 days).
I think most of you would find other items at Frontier Co-op too. Organic Herbs to make teas, Organic spices and seasonings. Not to mention essential oils, waxes, and clays. Plus Vanilla, cocoa and sugar. I know I left a hundred things off of this list, but now I think you know where to start. Most items are organic or Fair Trade which goes a long way in my book.
Plus Frontier Natural Products Co-op wants to give one of you a chance to win a Sprouter and a 1 lb bag of Organic Broccoli seeds! This is a $50 Value!
To enter, visit Frontier Natural Products Co-op and tell me something there that you would like to try yourself and why.
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Green 4 Your Soul Review
Have you ever tried shopping through a company, usually the larger ones that is trying to cash in on the whole green trend? Ever notice that the items they carry and propose are green really aren’t green? Feel confused, and frustrated?
Well Green 4 Your Soul has dedicated themselves to helping you take the guesswork out of greening your skin care, and cosmetic routine. Even candles and pet care items! Going green shouldn’t be an exhaustive and frustrating journey. With the current atmosphere of dishonesty in the natural health and beauty industry it’s a sad fact that going green takes a lot of time, effort and money. Save your hard earned money and don’t be duped by dishonest companies false claims. Let Green4YourSoul do the groundwork for you.
Green 4 Your Soul clients will benefit from our staff’s exhaustive research and testing of every product they carry. Green 4 Your Soul is committed to providing clients with the safest and highest quality organic and natural products on the market. Plus they have a full disclosure policy and lists all ingredients for each product carried so clients can make informed purchasing decisions. All product lines carried l are required to meet their strict standards. They will not represent any products that are tested on animals, smell unpleasant, contain harmful ingredients or simply don’t work. Luxury eco-chic products, no guessing and affordable prices will keep your coming back!
The majority of companies represented by Green 4 Your Soul are American based and woman owned businesses. Many of the companies donate a portion of their proceeds to charitable organizations, so you can feel good in knowing that your purchase is making a difference in people’s lives as well as protecting your health and the environment. In addition many of the products they carry are Fair Trade, USDA Certified Organic and are packaged in Post Consumer Recycled Bottles. Details on each company’s green efforts can be found in the Features & Benefits tabs.
Make sure you check their “Green 411″ tabs to learn more about the hazardous chemicals found in commercial products and the benefits of choosing a green alternative.
Green 4 Your Soul products are far more effective than their commercial counterparts. With higher concentrations of natural healing and restorative ingredients you can achieve spa-like results in the comfort of your own home.
I was sent a couple products to try from Green 4 Your Soul. First a company I have wanted to work with for the longest time, Shea Terra. I tried a sample size of their Shea Terra Organics Pink Guava Pomegranate Shea Body Butter. Some Shea Butter products I have tried are a little too slick and well, greasy. Not this one. It is nice and thick like a body butter should be, but absorbs in quickly, so that it is my skin feeling the nourishment, not my clothes! You don’t have to wait 15 minutes before dressing, fearing it will all come off on your clothes! And the sweet smell of Pink Guava is a nice bonus too. Not too strong to over power the senses, but a subtle lingering note.
This potent blend reduces stretch marks, soothes eczema, psoriasis and skin rashes. Packed with the natural anti-aging powers of pomegranate and wild harvested African herbs of aloe ferox, kigelli, and African potato. Shea Terra’s organic shea butter deeply moisturizes the skin, penetrating deep beneath the epidermis to deliver valuable nutrients.
Plus you can feel good buying products from Shea Terra, as a portion of the proceeds of all products supports empowerment programs in Africa.
I also took the opportunity to try out 100% Pure’s Pure Shimmery Cocoa Berry Lip & Cheek Tint. I love this! I think any skin color can benefit from this, as the berry is a universal color. Plus I can use it as a eye-highlighter, blusher, and for my lips. The size I was sent is .26 oz., and is just want my purse and I were craving, as I have a couple other cheek and lip tints, but I can’t fathom pulling it out and applying to my lips in public! They are just too big. This is a nice discreet tube.
The color is great, more berry then cocoa, but not pink berry. It goes on extremely natural, and the texture is great to smooth into the cheeks and lips. Who can lose with a cosmetic that uses only antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables to create their pigment?
Green 4 Your Soul offers soy candles, Mineral Make-up by Stript, Pet care (by Dancing Dingo-look for my review later this week), plus skin care, and even babes and kids skin care! From Shampoo to Himalayan Salt Lamps and Supplements, I promise you can find something you realize you just can’t live with out!
The Andean Collection DISCOUNT!
September 25, 2009 by Karissa
Filed under Info You Want to Know
The Andean Collection would like to extend a 20% discount code good for the month of October for anyone who signs up for their mailing list. To sign up, go here and enter your email under “sign up for our email newsletter”.
You will receive an email with your 20% discount code within a week.
Green Chic Weekly Roundup!
September 24, 2009 by Karissa
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Factio Magazine Meets Fabrice Penot, the Co-Creator of Le Labo at Barneys New York
College Candy gives Fashion Pulse Daily some tips on fashionably living the green life.
Vivienne Westwood dedicates her Spring 2010 Red Label runway show to rain forest protection, and Fashiontribes has the exclusive video!
My Beauty Bunny is giving away free Tropical Traditions tea tree oil and coconut soaps!
Posh Swaps finds some great sustainable shoes in her post Nina Dolcetti – a step in the right direction
Quinta Trends talks to Indarra. DTX eco and high tech clothes
Runway To Retail checks out London as they are celebrating 25 years of fashion!
The Fashionable Gal reviews Yes to Carrots – a soothing skin care line that is cruelty free and uses organic ingredients.
myEARTH360 Reviews and Giveaways
Like many others, myEARTH 360.com founder Lynn Hasselberger often felt overwhelmed by alarming reports of toxins found in everyday items, from bottled water to canned food to the candles we use to relax and much more. How could she keep her family — son Ethan and husband Craig — safe? And what could she do about the impact of these pollutants on the planet? The image of a helpless polar bear, adrift on a melting ice cap, became a symbol for the powerlessness she — and many like her — felt in the face of the earth’s deepening dilemma. But it was the new beginnings of first grade that inspired Lynn to finally do something about it.
First myEARTH360 started off as a small project for her son’s school, and has now branched out to offer items such as school supplies to purses, and candles, all products that have a low impact on the earth, and have no toxic chemicals that would make it harmful for you, or your children to use.
Lyn carries beautiful 100% Natural Beeswax Candles, Pillars, Tapers, Votives and Tea Lights. As well as All Natural Beeswax Birthday Candles!
And wouldn’t it be great to never have to worry about losing juice on your phone again? Try a Noon Solar Tote. They have a solar panel to wipe out those worries.
- Flexible solar panel on outside of bag
- Cable coming from the solar panel (found inside one of the inside pockets
- Power Bank, lithium-ion rechargeable battery pack
- Wall charging adapter for Power Bank
- USB phone tip adapter
- USB cable
- iPod cable
- User manual
Or check out this adorable Ecoist Recycled Wrapper Bags. So many styles and sizes to choose from! From change purses to roomy Doctors bags. Every bag is made from recycled wrappers, soda labels and food packages, each hand folded.
The item I personally chose to review is the part of the Andira Rain Collection Tees, which I informed you all about in an earlier post. Basically the Rain Tees are a 100% organic luxury line of apparel for women and children designed by youth living in endangered rain forests across Central and South America. Proceeds also help with school supplies for those same children, and for each tee sold, a tree is donated.
My tee is so soft, and I love the neckline. Most t-shirts, make women look too boyish with a normal tee neckline, with an easy scoop or v-neck it makes all the difference. This is also not cut too low. It can be dressed up, with slacks or a skirt, or make it casual with jeans or khakis.
Lynn from MyEarth360.com wants to give Prissy Green readers a sweet discount! Enter Code PRISSY10 and save 10%. That is good, one time per customer.
And I also have a Giveaway for your from myEARTH360.com. One winner will receive a package of Beeswax Tealight Candles, and a Ecoist Coin Purse of their choice and one winner will receive a Andira Rain Tee of their choice! What a great chance! To enter, please head over to myEARTH 360 and tell me item not mentioned here that you would like to have and why.
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Mountain Rose Herbs Review and Giveaway
Mountain Rose Herbs has been a go to site of mine for as long as I can remember. From buying clays for facials to buying herbs. Now they even have Good Trade Spices!
All of their bulk dried herbs, botanicals and seasonings are strictly selected from the finest harvests and they have meticulously reviewed and analyzed all our materials to promise you an herbal product that is so fresh, colorful, and fragrant you can’t help but to smile.
Mountain Rose Herbs line of organics are the first choice for respected authors, herbalists, stores, scientists, manufacturers, students and schools. Since 1987 they have continually come to Mountain Rose Herbs to satisfy their botanical requirements, and in this time we have repeatedly delivered the quality they expect. They attribute this astounding quality to the fact that Mountain Rose Herbs has over 11 farm operations, 6 wild harvesting operators, and acts as a direct liaison and processor with farmers and growers all across the globe.
They are confident not only in the quality of materials they supply, but the ethics involved with their preparation and handling. If you feel beguiled and often frustrated with the inferior quality of “Mass Market” herbs and spices that have been on market shelves and within stores inventories for months and sometimes years, then you can count on Mountain Rose Herbs to deliver a product that is unsurpassed in quality and freshness.
Mountain Rose Herbs has always taken a formidable and uncompromising stand when it comes to the protection and sustainability of our natural world and the delicate systems which balance all life as we know it. This complex and venerable planet produces all of the products we share with you, and it is simply a matter of appreciation and respect that must be given. Not only do we lead the industry in environmental stewardship, we also adhere to strict principles and protocols that ensure fair treatment and compensation for the people involved with the production of our products; both domestically and overseas. These are the very same people that produce much of what we offer you and our wish is to further guarantee that they are compensated well for their services and treated with respect. Through common consensus we hope to encourage an ecological practice within businesses and our communities, where more is given than is taken. This follows the simple, yet powerful dictum…
“The frog does not drink up the pond in which it lives” to read more about their practices see here.
They carry aromatherapy, herbs, spices, clays, teas resins, butters, salves, syrups, and well, just about anything you might go looking for!
Craig and I have been put to the task of trying out a few of their new Good Trade Spices. I have to admit, we aren’t complaining one little bit! So far my favorite is the Grilling Spice, all organic ingredients include: Garlic, Rosemary, Thyme, Black Pepper and other spices. This was so outstanding on my corn on the cob, I didn’t even use butter. We also tried in on pork chops, and some roasted eggplant. It is really outstanding.
One that I have been using a lot indoors is their Smoked Sea Salt. This Pacific Sea Salt is slow smoked over real Pacific Alder wood, giving it an authentic and full bodied smoke flavor. What I really love is that it doesn’t leave a lingering charcoal flavor, and can be used so easily inside to pair with anything that has been grilled outdoors. I added a little to my last batch of Mac-n-Cheese. and wow, did it really make all the different cheese flavors pop.
I also love Lemon Pepper, and my contact at Mountain Rose Herbs, said that I just had to try this. I have only used it in my salad dressings so far, (olive oil, lemon juice and this herb) and I am and I wonder how I lived with the grocery store variety!
I have all of these, Smoked Sea Salt, Lemon Pepper, Grilling Herbs, West Indies Rub, Mexican Seasoning and lastly Thai Curry for one Prissy Green Reader! The Mexican Seasonings have been a new staple for our tacos.
To enter, head over to Mountain Rose Herbs and choose another Spice from their HUGE selection and come tell me what it is and what you would use it in. Choose one that isn’t mentioned here please.
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Fair Trade Sports Giveaway
Fair Trade Sports, Inc is the first sports equipment company in the US to launch a full line of eco-certified Fair Trade sports balls, ensuring fair wages and healthy working conditions for our adult workers. Be sure to also check out their sweatshop-free apparel. They have both an online retail store and wholesale store. Here are their product certifications.
Fair Trade Sports are committed to donate all profits after taxes to children’s charities, both domestic and international. Sound familiar? It’s a similar idea to the one behind the Newman’s Own brand you see in the grocery store. To learn more, take a quick trip over to the Fair Trade Sports blog.
We expect to reach profitability by our third birthday in late 2009. Until then, we are donating $1000 annually to these charities, which benefit at-risk children worldwide. All of the sports balls are fully compliant with international ball standards. Plus Vegan!
Have a favorite charity to suggest? If it’s related to helping kids, then they’re interested. Drop them a line.
Do you need athletic gear for your kids this year? it is not to late to purchase it from Fair Trade Sports. If you don’t need it for your own kids, I would personally be very grateful if you passed this post along, or at least their website information.
Here is video of a Fair Trade Worker sewing the 650 stitches involved in making a soccer ball.
Fair Trade Sports carries pretty much every sports ball you can think of. Soccer(all sizes) , Volleyball, Football, Rugby and basketball. They have recently made an addition to the family and added in sports apparel too. Shirts, tee, hats and more. If anyone purchases from Fair Trade Sports through my Amazon Affiliate Link
Fair Trade Sports wants to start the BUZZ about their company and to do that, they are offering up one of their offical weight and size, vegan Fair Trade Sports Eco-Footballs.
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NOVICA Review
NOVICA, one of the leading fair trade artisan websites. We work with National Geographic to give talented artisans around the world a place to express their artistic talents and provide access to the world market. We have thousands of top fair trade corporate gifts and home decor items on our website.
We want to give artists and artisans around the world a global platform to express their true artistic talents and to spur their creativity. And, we want to provide you with access to unique, hard-to-find items at great values that only the Internet infrastructure can allow.
At the deepest essence of our philosophy, we want to create a bridge between you and the many talented artisans across the globe.
We want you to know about who you’re buying from. We want you to feel that attachment to the product and to the hands that created it.
In the spirit of the Internet, let us bring you together.
NOVICA. The World is Your Market.
I am so happy to have found this company. When you go to their website, you will know just what I mean. They have thousands upon thousands of unique gifts, green gifts and even fair trade corporate gifts. Never again can you say, “I don’t know what to get him!” I have a couple family members (ahem, MEN!) that have always been impossible to buy for. When they want or need something they just go get it. Well now I can run to NOVICA and know that I am getting them something truly unique, and that my money went towards paying a man or woman a fair wage, and showed them someone does value their hard work.
I was able to spend a little money (gift card!) at NOVICA, sponsored by them too of course! And I was so thrilled with what I was able to get! First, I found this beautiful Sangria Pitcher. It is hand made blown glass, and see that little divet in the middle? that is where you put ice, to keep your drinks cold, but not watered down. I love it! I can’t wait to have more people over so I can show it off! Perfect for tea, lemonade, or Sangria!
Sangria Afternoon
I was also able to get this beautful Cedar Chest, aptly called Elegance! Just perfect for stowing away my beautiful jewelry, my Holly Yashi Jewelry just looks perfect in there! Well, I admit, it does look better on though! It is truly a work of great craftsmanship. No nook left untouched. The paint is healthy and looks marvelous! Antonio Rojas crafts the piece by hand, carefully painting its red and golden motifs. Wrought iron pulls and an antique finish complete the jewelry box.
Cedar Chest of Drawers, "Elegance"
I also received this beautiful Tiger’s Eye Cocktail ring, named Paradise. isn’t she a beauty? (not in my steve irwin voice!) The flower looks so delicate, but yet is was made so well, it will hold up for a long time!
Tiger's Eye Cocktail Ring, Paradise
And one more beautiful item, that I know will be getting a lot of my attention come fall, Women’s hemp and cotton pants, ‘Leisurely Green.’ This are so comfy! and they are actually warm too! I was afraid they might be a little itchy as some hemp clothing is, but the cotton balances that out just right. These are actually nice enough, that if I grab them out of the dryer just right, and keep the wrinkles at bay, i can wear them out! Now mind you they are still casual, I won’t be night clubbing in them, but they would be great for dinner.
Women's hemp and cotton pants, 'Leisurely Green'
You want to know the true kicker here? I received all of this for $150! I paid a few bucks in extra shipping, but really! $150! Nice huh?
Novica has some really great search options too, you can search by dollar amount, or my gift category, my him or her, and so much more. It truly makes gift giving a breeze and a pleasure!
So remember when you are shopping for birthdays, your co-workers, your boss, your employees, kids, Christmas, graduations, etc. You have Novica for all your fair trade gifts!
Celery Street Review and Giveaway
I caught this on the local news one very early morning and I just knew I had to reach out to Celery Street! After all they are a total eco-friendly shop in Indianapolis. Or if you are from Indy, Zionsville. Of course they also have a HUGE and amazing website too. They truly have a more then a little bit of everything. Great bamboo serving ware for your kitchen, funky hand bags made from recycled wrappers, everything is earth friendly and has some great thought put into it. Pretty much you name it they have it! I keep getting lost in the housewares…..
The first item I chose to review was the 3 Bowl Chip and Dip set. This was perfect for us! We love to entertain, and serve homemade salsa or pico, and guacamole. This gives us the perfect device to serve it! I also think it would be great for a Mediterranean meal. Couscous, and hummus and cucumber salad with bread? YUM! We used this for our pico and guacamole one night when friends came over and they loved it! It made it so easy too!
The bottom serving plate is 100% Bamboo!
I also let the pups pick out something they would like to review, they picked 
Oatmeal/Bear Colored Eco Bone Dog Toy. Bleu sniffed it out as soon as I got my package from Celery Street. He just KNEW there was something in there for him. He was a proud doggie, strutting around with his new bone. Once Bayles finally got it, she loved playing fetch with it. This bone is DURABLE!!
Let me tell you a little more about West Paws, In 2007, West Paw managed to divert over 165 tons of plastic from our landfills. Eco-toys are made with eco fabric that utilizes 85% recycled IntelliLoft fibers and then are stuffed with IntelliLoft fiber fill, created from recycled plastic bottles. Wow! This bone is awesome, and it squeaks, which Bayles loves, mom hates. Go figure.
Thank you So much Celery Street!
Now here is the part I know you will love!!!
You get a chance to win a Splash Daisy-Lagoon Mielie Purse, this is the bag that Gabrielle (Vanessa Hudgens) was carrying in High School Musical 3! Who doesn’t want this for some adoring girl in their life? This bag is worth $141! How generous is Celery Street!
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