And here is the other half! Hopefully I’ve left you with enough time to take advantage of some deals! Wellness 1) Lotus Wei Katie Hess, the flower alchemist behind the brand, offers healing and uplifting creations that come in various forms: elixirs (to ingest), aura mists (to spritz), and balancing serums (to apply). Use whichever method most speaks to…
Best of Black Friday – Cyber Monday 2017 Guide : Green Beauty, Health, and Wellness Edition
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving full of quality time with loved ones and awesome food! ^.^ I decided last minute to throw together this guide of products that support green living as well as products that promote health and wellness. Maybe it’ll give you some gift inspiration for Christmas. Or, hey, nothing wrong with treating yourself! 🙂 P.S.…
Indie Beauty Expo NYC 2017
Years ago, when I made the switch from conventional to green beauty, I found there weren’t many options available on the market. This made replacing what I had with reliable alternatives  a bit of a challenge to say the least. After a lot of research, I noticed that the products that most aligned with my values were primarily made by small,…
Ballet Beautiful Q&A
In this post, I’ll expand on a prior one about my experience with Ballet Beautiful. I described in my testimonial how the program changed my mentality which contributed to my success as much as improving my eating habits and exercising routinely did. Since then I’ve received a few questions on the details of how I used BB to achieve the results that…
Dealing with Catherine’s Eczema
About a month after Catherine was born, her skin changed practically overnight. Red, inflamed patches covered her face as well as behind her knees, inner elbows, and back. The rashes would vary in intensity of hue and would ooze and crust over. Yellow flakes formed on her eyebrows and scalp. Catherine would scratch herself whenever she could until the point…
Ballet Beautiful
Last December I found out about an opportunity for Ballet Beautiful fans to share their experiences with the program and be featured on Dr. Oz. I’ve been wanting to do a post on BB forever so I decided to just go for it. Anything to spread the BB love! A few days ago, I received an e-mail from BB with…
A Budget Friendly Introduction to Root, Green Beauty
When I threw out all conventional makeup and skincare, I felt anxious but adamant in transitioning to a nontoxic, health supporting lifestyle. The biggest challenges to my mission were cost and performance. After researching, stretching my budget, and lots of experimentation, I found myself missing the reliability of the conventional. It was at that point I stumbled on Root. After…
Pregnancy (Part 3)
The last post in my pregnancy series. Thanks for sticking with me! While I have mentioned a bunch of products that I feel were helpful, I did acquire other resources that I haven’t finished so I won’t comment on them for now. Also, I may get my husband to write a post so that husbands out there (or partners) can…
Pregnancy (Part 2)
As I wrote in the last post, this was very long so I had to break it up. You’ll see that this one section is gigantic. Sorry! >.< I know, I know.. eschew surplusage. I’ll work on it! xoxo, Marielle 6) Mental preparation Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth Research and think about where to give birth Find an…
Pregnancy (Part 1)
My first pregnancy was a wonderful, emotional, exciting, and anxiety ridden time. I had to break this post up because it turned out to be a lottt longer than I anticipated. I’m also going to write other posts about troubleshooting with breastfeeding as well as postpartum care. Hope the information below will be helpful in some way! xoxo, Marielle …