Get out the lipstick, mamas

by Susan | Living

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. So when I saw chic Aussie designer (and carbon neutral company!)...

Clean up takes on a whole new meaning with Cleanup Soap

by Cool Mom Team | Doing Good

The first thing that struck me when I saw Cleanup Soap was how cool the shape was – graphic, and symmetrical and…wait a minute. Is that a…land mine? Indeed, these naturally scented, paraben-free soaps were created by Parsons design student Hideaki...

80 Acres of Yum

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

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. And to have gotten the...

EcoTools – Prettying up the planet one makeup brush at a time

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

There are eco options for pretty much everything these days, including some that never crossed my mind at all. Like, say, cosmetic tools? Turns out those blush brushes and eyebrow groomers aren’t always so nice to mama earth. Or so says EcoTools. They make their...

Shampoo made just for pregnant women because when you’re pregnant, yes, the world does revolve around you.

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

I suppose if you’re pregnant and avidly avoiding microwaves and runny cheeses and car exhaust, it makes sense to avoid things like parabens and phthalates too. Which is why I was intrigued by a very caring company called Nine Naturals which has created a nice...

Bathtime products that take care of the worrying and the styling

by Carrie | Kids

It seems like every week there is a new list of chemicals that I should make sure are not in my family’s bath products, and frankly it gets hard for me to keep track.But Original Sprout has got worried moms covered. They have a fabulous line of organic styling...

An all-natural sunscreen – bug repellent mashup

by Christina Refford | Beauty + Cosmetics

Our New England summer started off as one big, wet petri dish for mosquitoes, meaning the buggers are now swarming even in the middle of the day. And there’s no sign of it letting up until fall. I have no intention of mixing DEET into my kids sunscreen, so...

I can’t believe it’s not shea butter

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

Let me start off with the disclaimer: Shea butter scares me. I have tried out any number of shea butter moisturizers for review because I hear of its miraculous benefits, and yet one leaves me feeling slimier and smellier than the next. So when I hear about a product...

Protecting kids from sunburn, petrochemicals, and shoddy package design

by Cool Mom Team | Beauty + Cosmetics

We’ve gotten our fair share of baby lotions and bath products from Little Twig as gifts and I must say, they’re often the ones I reach for first. I love the adorable packaging, but even more so I love the pthalate-free, paraben-free, sulfate-free products...

Good Baby. Good mommy. Good diaper cream. Everyone wins.

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

When my first daughter was born, I figured all diaper creams were pretty much created equal. I bought whatever sounded familiar, never once scanning the label for stuff like synthetic fragrances, methylparabens, or sodium borate–let alone BHA which is on the...