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Natural Skin Care Tips with Vardo

Natural Skin Care Accessibility I was in college when I first started my natural skin care journey, and I was making it up as I went along. I didn't know about natural brands because there weren't any in Walmart. In the early 2000s, when all you know are the big box stores, you just work with what they have. Heck, there are small towns that still deal with this. Many big box stores are carrying healthier skin care[...]

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How To Effectively Dry Brush Your Skin

Your skin is your largest organ Generally I go on and on about the things you put on your skin. They matter so much because your skin is an organ - your largest organ, to be exact. What you put on it affects your entire well-being. It's so important to use natural products on your skin because they work with your body rather than against it. There are natural soap brands, eco-friendly lotions and butters, and[...]

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Shea Brand Whipped Shea Butter

I know the popular thing now is using coconut oil to heal your entire existence, but you won't truly know moisture, healing, and wholeness until you've experienced shea butter like Shea Brand creates.  I have tried my hand at whipping up my own shea butter concoctions to help manage my hair.  I've even had my husband mix shea for me when I was pregnant and too tired to do it myself.  He had no idea what I was[...]

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Think Dirty, Shop Clean: 20 Days of Sustainable Living Tips

20 Days of Sustainable Living Tips This series is designed to showcase small, actionable steps that anyone can take in order to make your lifestyle more sustainable.  It doesn't matter what level of sustainable living you are already on.  These tips are intended to help you more easily navigate this new "trend" of being kind to our earth.  Let's work hard to make it more than a trend.  We can make it our life[...]

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Beauty Counter’s Progression Toward Safer Green Beauty Products

"This (green beauty) is about progress—not perfection. Because every little bit counts." Beauty Counter is brand after my own heart.  They let their users know that a sustainable beauty routine is about progression, not perfection.  Unlike many other advanced nations, the United States has not yet prohibited beauty corporations from using many ingredients that have been found to be harmful to our health.  [...]

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Lipstick | 4 Eco-Friendly & Organic Alternatives to Your Favorites

Green, sustainable, eco-friendly, ethical.  If you follow along with the Old World New journey, you hear these words from me all of the time.  I am on a mission to help you live a healthier, cleaner life and to leave the planet full of healthy, natural  resources for the generations after us.  There are levels to this green living!  I am here to make it as easy as possible.  I'm not going to throw you out[...]

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Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
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Hello from the garden today. Lots of visitors probably due to the heavy rains.
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Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱

I used to think “let me just get 5k followers.. 10k followers… one day I’ll have 20k followers…” to help people live more sustainably with the blog posts and social media posts I created. 10+ years of that led to burnout. And it never felt the same as when my friends and family started to live a little more sustainably because of something they learned from me. 

I hope you’ll be the inspiration for someone in your life to be a little bit more sustainable today. It’s such a good feeling to see the people closest to you thrift more, consume less, and think differently — more sustainably — about how we treat our world. 

Don’t push it, just live it. 

Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱
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Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱 I used to think “let me just get 5k followers.. 10k followers… one day I’ll have 20k followers…” to help people live more sustainably with the blog posts and social media posts I created. 10+ years of that led to burnout. And it never felt the same as when my friends and family started to live a little more sustainably because of something they learned from me. I hope you’ll be the inspiration for someone in your life to be a little bit more sustainable today. It’s such a good feeling to see the people closest to you thrift more, consume less, and think differently — more sustainably — about how we treat our world. Don’t push it, just live it. Happy Earth Day 🌍🫶🏾🌱
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🥶❌🌱 Not my plant babies! 

It’s been cold in Texas the past few days, so I acted accordingly to protect my little backyard garden that’s barely underway. 

Using thrifted sheets (once back drops in my “thrift fashionista style content” days lol) and thrifted clothes pins (I knew they would come in handy! 😆🙌🏾), as well as some old jugs, bottles, containers, and twigs. Hopefully they help keep the plants from getting too cold to survive.
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🥶❌🌱 Not my plant babies! It’s been cold in Texas the past few days, so I acted accordingly to protect my little backyard garden that’s barely underway. Using thrifted sheets (once back drops in my “thrift fashionista style content” days lol) and thrifted clothes pins (I knew they would come in handy! 😆🙌🏾), as well as some old jugs, bottles, containers, and twigs. Hopefully they help keep the plants from getting too cold to survive.
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Finally got a migrating bird LIGHTS OUT sign 🤩

Turn off your lights (outdoor & indoor) to limit light pollution and to protect migrating birds 🫶🏾🕊️

TURN ‘EM OFF! (in my Teddy Pendergrass voice 😂)

#lightsouttexas #lightsout #lightpollution #migratorybirds
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Finally got a migrating bird LIGHTS OUT sign 🤩 Turn off your lights (outdoor & indoor) to limit light pollution and to protect migrating birds 🫶🏾🕊️ TURN ‘EM OFF! (in my Teddy Pendergrass voice 😂) #lightsouttexas #lightsout #lightpollution #migratorybirds
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Do you reuse gift wrap?

Here are some things that I’ve thrifted to reuse as gift wrap each holiday season:

⭐️ tablecloths
⭐️ napkins & handkerchiefs (matching napkins sewn together can be used for larger gifts)
⭐️ Scarves (like from @wrappr)
⭐️ Cloth bags (like the ones your sheet sets come in)
⭐️ Pillowcases
⭐️ Curtains (can be used as gift wrap or to cover larger gifts like bikes or toy kitchens)

As long as you can fold the fabric into a square before wrapping the gift, it works well when using the furoshiki style wrapping technique. 

Comment WRAP for a few tips and tricks to wrap gifts in cloth fabric.
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Do you reuse gift wrap? Here are some things that I’ve thrifted to reuse as gift wrap each holiday season: ⭐️ tablecloths ⭐️ napkins & handkerchiefs (matching napkins sewn together can be used for larger gifts) ⭐️ Scarves (like from @wrappr) ⭐️ Cloth bags (like the ones your sheet sets come in) ⭐️ Pillowcases ⭐️ Curtains (can be used as gift wrap or to cover larger gifts like bikes or toy kitchens) As long as you can fold the fabric into a square before wrapping the gift, it works well when using the furoshiki style wrapping technique. Comment WRAP for a few tips and tricks to wrap gifts in cloth fabric.
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