Free Organix hair care

Upon the recommendations of some money saving blogs that I follow, I went to Target in search of Organix hair care products. I read that they were being sold with a hang tag for a rebate (mail-in) of the purchase price up to $6.99.

Organix makes a large variety of scents, though our Target only carried about 5 of them:

• Coconut Milk
• Mandarin Olive Oil
• Teatree Mint
• Shea Butter
• Vanilla Silk
• Whitetea Grapeseed
• Mocha Espresso
• Cucumber Yogurt
• Pomegranate Green Tea
• Lavender Soymilk
• Grapefruit Mango Butter
• Passionfruit Guava

I really liked the Vanilla Silk and the Teatree Mint, but settled on the Teatree Mint because mint is so invigorating!

After three days of using it, I like it okay. The shampoo is thicker than the off-brand Pantene comparable I was using. It doesn't lather as much, probably due to the fact that it doesn't contain the irritating sodium laurel sulfate. I can't tell a whole lot of difference in my hair - but then again, all I do is put it in a pony tail right now. It does feel a little softer - but that could just be in my head, ha!

At $6.99 for 23 ozs, I don't think that I would continue to buy it without a coupon, but overall I like it. Keep in mind that this is the first organic hair care product I have used. If you have a store nearby that sells natural and organic products, stop by and see if they carry Organix. I encourage you to take advantage of this 'try for free' promotion!

New Year's Green-olutions

This year I made several New Year's resolutions, and several of them pertain to my goal of helping our family live greener cheaply. I have termed these green resolutions "green-olutions." So far, my green-olutions have just been floating around in my head. I figure that if I truly want to be serious about them, I need to put them in writing. Without further ado, here they are:

1. Stop using the microwave. By the end of 2009, the microwave and toaster oven will be replaced with a Hamilton Beach 31199R countertop convection oven.
2. Do not bring home any new plastic shopping bags. This means that both Jimbo and myself must remember to take reusable bags into stores with us EVERY time.
3. Take our own carryout containers to restaurants for leftovers.
4. Replace all chemical based cleaners and disinfectants with natural cleaners and disinfectants. This includes our Clean Shower shower cleaner that we love so much!
5. As our hygiene products run out (shampoos, soaps, toothpastes, etc) replace with natural/organic products.
6. Increase our stash of rechargeable batteries. We are going to try Sanyo Eneloop AA NiMH Pre-Charged rechargeable batteries this time. They have great reviews on Amazon.
7. Unplug appliances and electronics when not in use and when going out of town.
8. Turn off lights and TV when leaving the room.
9. Make our family meals as organic as possible. Eliana is now eating what we are eating and this is a big concern of mine. Our bodies are already full of chemicals, un-necessary hormones, and pesticides, but hers is not - and I'd like to keep it that way. And I'm not going to prepare two meals each meal time.
10. When at all possible, buy used or find on Freecycle.
    

A speaking engagement and a new site

Today I had the honor of speaking about blogging and living green at the group for new moms that Eliana and I used to be a part of. I thoroughly enjoyed it, but felt very inadequate.

I have so many new things that I've wanted to post, but just haven't been able to carve out the time!! But I wanted to quickly share a website that I discovered today. It's called Success Through Play. It's an online magazine that performs product reviews focusing on eco-friendly products. I've added the link to the side-bar so we can find it in the future :o)

More coupons for organic products

Today I discovered a list of links to organic coupons on Affluent Paper. Some you can get right now and some you can get later by mail or email. Enjoy!