Meet Oka-b: Sustainable Shoes with a Small Footprint Move over Carrie Bradshaw (and her oh-so overpriced) heels – there’s a new sexy (and sustainable) shoe in town. And, while this footwear is another pretty face, their price tag won’t cost you a New York brownstone mortgage. Ladies, say hello to your new lover, Oka-b! Keep… Read More
4 Things You Didn’t Know About Getting Healthy this Spring
Spring is in the air and that means it’s time to tackle your spring cleaning. It’s also time to get outside and enjoy the fresh air and healing benefits of the sun. However, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says allergy season can continue through may. If you’re one of the 50 million… Read More
The Green Dream Sweepstakes!
You are (hopefully) spending a third of your life sleeping. This means that when you’re ready to improve the health of yourself and your family – what you sleep on, what you breathe in and what your body absorbs for eight-plus hours a night – should be a top priority. A cutting-edge kind of comfort… Read More
The Mattress Makeover Sweepstakes!
Do you wake up each day feeling groggy, tired and achy? If so, you join the likes of 33 percent of Americans who aren’t getting enough sleep. Sleep disorders affect over 50 million people today and are a real and serious issue that affect your mood, your work performance and most importantly, your health. If… Read More
Shocking Things You Once Thought Were Good for You!
We’ve been fed loads of lies from substances to solutions we were told were good for us only to discover years later, they weren’t. These miracle fixes were intended to cure everything from coughs and colds to cancer. Achieving and maintaining optimal health and wellness has long been a fascination of humanity. In the last… Read More
The Hidden Truth About Beauty Products and What You Must Do Now
If you connect with us on our social media channels – Instagram, Twitter or Facebook – then you know I (Lisa) adore trying out new skincare products to keep you abreast of the good, the bad and the dangerously ugly in terms of toxic ingredients and their associated health risks. Scary Skincare Statistics There’s a… Read More
The Safe Wireless Sweepstakes!
In case you’ve been living under an unprotected iPad, laptop or cell phone (hello!), you may have missed the latest breaking news from the National Toxicology Program (NTP, a division of the National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)) based on a multi-year study of mice and rats exposed to cell phone radiation. The results… Read More
Secrets That Nobody Told You About a Healthy Mouth
This month is National Gum Disease Awareness Month. What better time to pay attention to, not just your pearly whites, but an overall healthy mouth. While healthy teeth are part of the oral picture, there’s much more to the story including bad breath from microbes such as bacteria, fungi and viruses. Today, a whopping 30%… Read More
