Product Review: Feel Good With Change Soap Co.’s Vegan Skin Care & Cosmetics

A few years ago, I was working at The Oakland Press and met Tina Ersig who owns a carpet cleaning company with her husband. I don’t even remember how I found out about their company, The Greener Cleaner, but I was so excited about their nontoxic cleaning company that I wanted to spread the word….

Washing Your Face with Baking Soda Doesn’t Have to be Drying

It’s taken me a few years and bouncing between a handful of types of face wash to revisit the more natural, chemical-free, baking soda face washing. I’ve written about this twice before and the initial post about the wonders of washing my acne-prone face with baking soda is continuously my most-read. So for those of…

Battling Bad Skin with Baking Soda — A Year Later

Last August, I wrote about washing my face with baking soda in hopes of keeping my skin clear of acne in a more natural way. That post continues to be one that gets a lot of hits (thank you!), due to people having the same unfortunate situation as me, I suppose. When I wrote that…

Battling Bad Skin — with Baking Soda

6/27/13 Update: Washing your face with baking soda doesn’t have to be harsh, I finally figured out. Here’s how. I have struggled with acne since I was about 12 years old. That’s about when I started being dragged into the dermatologist’s office for gels that burned, needles that poked and pills that only had a…