Green Beauty ?

The skin area is one I had no problem going green with Teagan - a neighbor created a fantastic line of natural creams for kids - Stuff for Sprouts - and it really is fabulous ! Teagan has had little 'bumps' on the tops of her thighs and arms since she was pretty young.. after a week or so with the lotion her legs were free from bumps.. yeah ! ... and on top of working well, the lotion smells so good.. we use the lemon scented one, and just love it !
As for my change to green in the cosmetic category - my face moisturizer ran out last week, so in green spirit, I knew I had to replace the cream with something green.. but with what ? My Green Chic book recommended Juice Beauty, and given I had nothing else to go on.. I figured it was a good start. Sephora carries it - and while ordering I (of course) browsed through the other 'natural' brands - and found some other little green treasures !...
So, it's now 4 days after my order arrived.. and my report back is 'everything is great' ! I like my Juice Beauty eye cream, moisturiser and serum - actually I'd go so far as saying I really, really like it.. and I'll expand to their cleanser and night cream once my others run out. Hey - who knew it would be that easy !.. plus.. my other finds turned out to be fabulous too...

• Tarte 'Lock & Roll' creaseless eyeshadow - at the end of the day my eye-lids are still with shadow... very impressive !
• Korres black mascara - gives long lashes, and no black eyes.. what else do you need ?

One more area converted to green... wouldn't say this one saved money.. but to be honest, overall I don't think it cost anymore... so that's a good thing !

One shop - two goals.. yeah !

Teagan and I enjoyed our first shopping trip to Trader Joes yesterday... now maybe that makes it seem like we have been living in a hole.. but the closest one to us is about 30 mins away, and 30 mins for groceries is pretty far.. so we just never went before. But.. in light of our spend less money and go green goals we made the trek. The best thing about it - my 'greener by the day' toddler, did her part to make the shopping a marvelous experience - she asked to sit in the cart, and stayed there the entire time.. normally unheard of ! Green-wise - I felt like I was buying greener !.. lots of 'no preservatives', 'organic', 'natural', 'raw' labels on the food. Money-wise - definitely good value for money - total was $107.. I don't know when we last went to a grocery store and spent less than $200 for a decent amount of food. The selection of easy-to-prepare dinners (ok some are just heat-up !) was really good.. so Dave and I are now looking forward to a few things other than pasta and pizza !.. hopefully our waistlines will like it too.. tho' the bite size brownie bites (that were for Teagan) have been devoured.. and the 'reduced guilt' pita chips and hummus are rather tasty too !.. oh well.. meeting 2 out of 3 goals in one trip is pretty good.. and we will catch up with our third goal by exercising tomorrow. As for Trader Joes - we will definitely be back !