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Eco play dough - is it worth the dough?
We've all got play dough connoisseurs for children at Cool Mom Picks, so I know that a few of the organic versions I've had a chance to try out recently have some tough standards to live up to.
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Get out the lipstick, mamas
My makeup lives permanently in my makeup bag, which seems to live permanently on my bathroom counter. Having a pretty bag for my lip gloss is important to me, since I'm looking at it all the time.
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On the wings of angels
If you watch Project Runway (and if you don't, you're dead to me) then you know that shoulders are the new black. All the fall fashions seem to be drawing attention to shoulders in some way, and now baby clothes are in on the bandwagon too.
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80 Acres of Yum
As I was walking through the beauty product aisles at the NY Gift show recently, amidst all the thickly perfumed lotions and soaps that smelled like an ice cream shop explosion, boy was I happy to have stumbled into the McEvoy Ranch booth.
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Kids' tees that feel as good to buy as to wear
While there are no shortage of appliqued kids tees and rhinestone kids tees and kids tees that say something ironic and obscene in another language, it sure is hard finding high quality, basic shirts that your kids can wear day in and day out.
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Fabric scraps never had it so good
Designer Cath Young says her label Chunky Chooky is dedicated to "cool things for small people," but I'd argue you don't have to be particularly small to relish her adorable softies.
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Soft books for babies go green
Since I've become a parent, my delight with Peter Rabbit has been replaced with a desire to give him a time out for eating Farmer Brown's veggies and disobeying his mama. He's figuring out how to win we me over again though, by going green...
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Green: A great color for every baby
There's so much advice for moms to wade through, and after being pregnant and told you can't eat spicy tuna rolls or a good brie for ten months, it would be easy to throw up your hands by the time you get around to choosing the safest fabric softener for all those onesies.
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Cloth napkins for kids that don't look like cloth napkins for kids
One of biggest and easiest green changes I made in our house was that I started using cloth napkins instead of paper. But it's amazing how hard it is to find cute cloth napkins for the kids
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Bathtime products that take care of the worrying and the styling
It seems like every week there is a new list of chemicals that I should make sure are not in our bath products, and frankly it gets hard for me to keep track
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Organic nut butters you would steal right out of your kid's lunch box in a second
Thank goodness for peanut butter (and yogurt and cheese) for without it, I'm not entirely sure how my practically vegetarian girls would get any protein in them. And thank goodness for Justin's Organic nut butters, which make me feel a little better about their addiction.
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One of CMP's favorite kindie artists, Symphony Space, rocks out in NYC this Saturday
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The Telegraph just named CMP one of their top 12 websites for families. Thank you Telegraph!
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Charlie's Playhouse wants you to Ask the Kids - ask your kid about evolution and save up to 20% on Charlie's products, plus your kid could end up in their video.
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CMP editor Kristen used Powerpoint to create a really great little slideshow to explain Daddy's current Afghanistan tour of duty to the kids.
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