Sinfully Wholesome
I found this website because a reader wrote and said, “There are only four ingredients in this soap. I think that’s the smallest number of ingredients I’ve ever seen in a soap. This soap was used by Cleopatra. I think it may be in a class of it’s own.” The website says “Beyond organic natural skin care…wildcrafted soaps and oils are 100% natural and handcrafted from wild and/or organic fruits and their precious oils.” I have to say that the ingredients used to make these products are among the purest and most extravagant I’ve seen…Nepalese soap nuts, cold pressed oils to retain micronutrients, natural spring water…even the wrapping is wildcrafted handmade lokta paper to preserve the potency of the precious oils. All soaps can be used head to toe, for bathing, shampoo, and shaving.
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Listen to my interview with Ken McGowan, Founder of Sinfully Wholesome |
Organic Cotton Plus
Organic cotton fabrics, without dyes, natural color, or dyed with low-impact dyes. Knits, terry, twills, wide sheeting, plaid flannels, embroidered, and more. Prints from Harmony Art and others. Also organic cotton batting, yarns, lace, ribbons, thread and other notions. PLUS hemp fabrics, cord, yarn, thread and other hemp basics. Special page shows items Made in USA. They are a “fully GOTS certified business from our mill in India all the way through packing and shipping at our website, the only such certified company in the USA…The 100% organic cotton fabrics that we carry which are GOTS certified as finished goods are the Undyed Wovens, Undyed Knits, the dyed interlock in the following colors: Black, White, Pink, Light Blue, Lavender, Lime Green, Grey Stripe, Grey Melange, Pink Stripe, Baby Blue, Banana, Butterscotch, Dark Blue, Orchid Purple, and Plum, the dyed Jersey and Fleece in the following colors: Black, White, Pink, LIght Blue, Lavender, and Navy. The dyed Twill and Duck fabrics, all of the Daisy Janie fabrics, and some of the printed Muslin fabrics are also GOTS certified. All other 100% organic cotton fabrics that we carry have been made with GOTS certified organic cotton fiber but are not certified as finished goods. These are still 100% organic cotton fabrics regardless though.” Many of the fabrics are labeled GOTS-certified and come up when you search on GOTS with their search box. If you have any questions about which fabrics are GOTS finished goods, call them up and they will be happy to clarify.
Aloe Cadabra
The USA’s first FDA-cleared organic vaginal lubricant and daily moisturizer. Made from 95% organic aloe vera and organic essential oils plus other natural ingredients. Preservatives approved by Whole Foods Market for use in personal care products.
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Listen to my interview with Rinaldo S. Brutoco, Founder and Chairman for Seven Oaks Ranch. |
Sage Canyon Botanicals
Bath and body and other assorted products made with your choice of ten signature aromatherapy scents. “We formulate our products exclusively with premium botanical ingredients from responsibly harvested renewable sources, so they benefit both you and the Earth. These proven botanicals connect us directly to the wisdom and power of nature. Abundantly nurturing and grounding, they keep us in tune with the natural world, providing a comforting link to a less mechanized past.”
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Listen to my interview with Claudia Cusani, Founder of Sage Canyon Botanicals. |
Just So Natural Products
Features “products, recipes and tutorials, all designed to help you live a bit closer to nature.” Just simple basic personal care products. A lot of good DIY formulas for body and home care needs. Products contain fragrant essential oils.
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Listen to my interview with Andrea Fabry, toxic free blogger and owner of Just So Natural Products. |
Pest Control Naturally
This is my local “eco-friendly, safe, natural, and nontoxic” full-service pest control company, but I’m sharing it with you because they have a lot of good information on how to control household pests yourself, and well-chosen safe pest control products. Look under “Tips & Tricks” and “Store” in the main menu.
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Listen to my interview with Michael Piacenza, Owner, Certified Operator and K9 Handler of Advantage Pest Control |
Thrive Market
3000+ healthy, natural products, always 35-50% off, delivered free to your door. 15% off your first order. You can search by a variety of different choices such as manufacturer, special diets, made by hand, sourced direct from farmers, certified organic etc. It’s all packaged products you would find at any natural food store, they just cost less. Also personal care products and household cleaners, remedies and supplements. You have to register to look at the site (but it’s free), then with your first purchase you start a free 30-day trial membership. See how much you save, cancel at any time. At the end of the 30 days, it’s $59.95 to shop at Thrive Market for a year, but the idea is you should save much more than that. “We’ve curated the Thrive Market catalog to include each of the top products from hundreds of the leading natural products brands across categories like cooking ingredients, healthy snacks, nutritional supplements, natural home goods, and bath & beauty…What you will find: over 2,500 of the most popular natural products from the very best brands – brands that exude the values of health, sustainability, and premium quality.
Shepherd’s Dream
This company is about wool–sleeping on it and under it, cuddling with it, and loving the wool and the sheep and the land. Founder Eliana Jantz has been working with wool as long as I’ve been writing about natural products and her daughter, Sarah now owns the company. Eliana led the development of Eco Wool, “a collaboration which involves the sheep growers, wool processors, product makers and promoters in gradually developing an infrastructure which ensures environmentally friendly and sustainable practices and fair prices to the woolgrower.” All within a few hundred miles distance, the sheep are pastured, the wool is milled, and the products are sewn by local women in a renovated storefront, all in site of majestic Mt. Shasta in northern California. Outfit your entire bed with their unique heirloom quality wool mattresses (all-wool, latex/wool, and innerspring/wool), wool mattress topper, comforter, and pillows and you won’t need to count sheep to get a good night’s sleep anymore
! They also offer solid wood bed frames, an array of organic cotton sheeting and accessories for your natural bedroom. Shepherd’s Dream recently has expanded and now has a showroom in Ashland, Oregon. They love visitors and offer excellent customer service. Be sure to tell them “Debra sent me.”
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Listen to my interview with Shepherd’s Dream Owner Sarah Sunshine Smith. |
DIY Natural Bedding
“We are a bedding parts supplier. We are here to enable you to make your own chemical free, natural bedding, be it pillows, mattresses, blankets, comforters, etc.” Because they are a parts supplier and not a mattress manufacturer, you make your own mattress with the materials you choose. It’s as simple as opening a big zippered bag, filling it with materials, and zipping it up. Or you can make your own completely from scratch with very natural materials in hard to find sizes. Componentsinclude wool from local farms, 100% natural latex, and GOTS certified organic fabric. She also offers sewing patterns for those who would like to save even more by sewing their own mattress ticking, and custom fire-retardant-free latex cuts for any DIY furniture project.
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Listen to my interview with Deborah Brenton, owner of DIY Natural Bedding. |
Open Your Eyes Bedding
This innovative website sells a unique method of making mattresses, pillows, chairs and whatever you want by filling tubular organic cotton pouches or pods with certified organic buckwheat hulls. Very inexpensive and something you can do yourself.
