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Better for your skin and aquatic life, natural bath products let you feed your skin (almost) drinkable bathwater.
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A terrified deer was found taking a bubble bath after he broke'n'entered a PA home and jumped in the tub, accidentally turning on the H2O and spilling bubble bath soap.
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Is your bathwater good enough to drink?
The Bite
Unwind with Biter fave bath bubbles, oils and salts that are totally indulgent, sans synthetic chems. (Cocktail onions not included.)The Benefits
- Relaxing and revitalizing for Biter bodies. Pamper yourself!
- Free of questionable chems like formaldehyde.
- Easier on aquatic life. (Chems, when washed off in the shower, go down the drain and may get by water treatment.)
Personally Speaking
Bathing beauty Heather's bubble burst when she found the bath stuff she used contained parabens. EO Products' lavender suds saved the day.Wanna Try?
- EO Products Bubble Bath - the lavender smells divine ($10).
- Red Flower Hinoki Mint Mineral Bath Soak - combo of oils and salts with a rich, earthy scent ($38).
- Kneipp Herbal Bath - in Juniper. Drop a capful in the bath for soothing essential oil action ($19).
- Aura Cacia Calming Foam Bath - kid- (and Jen)-friendly formula ($15).
- Verde Ocean Detox Bath Milk - with fennel, geranium and juniper oils (£10).
- Pharmacopia Bath Salts - we love the citrus version, with grapefruit, lemon, neroli and tangerine oils ($6).
Mar 13,2007
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If Cleanliness is Next to Godliness, I’m Divine
I LOVE bathing. Love it. Love it. Love it.
Of course, somehow, I often find myself unshowered at 4 pm, after a day of laptop-ing from 6 AM onward (where I generally realize I haven't eaten or brushed my teeth)...
Those days, I tend to spend my bathroom time truly BATHING (terribly un-eco of me)... taking time out, relaxing, breathing, taking a pause to halt my day and reconnect with what matters. And what I realize in those precious, steam-filled moments is that my best enviro tip ideas percolate while I marinate, so I tend to view it as a net positive eco-experience.
Give it a try - take a bath, and see what great ideas rise in the steam and bubbles.
-Heather... off to contemplate a recent comment by a friend: "The can is to men as a bath is to women..."
Of course, somehow, I often find myself unshowered at 4 pm, after a day of laptop-ing from 6 AM onward (where I generally realize I haven't eaten or brushed my teeth)...
Those days, I tend to spend my bathroom time truly BATHING (terribly un-eco of me)... taking time out, relaxing, breathing, taking a pause to halt my day and reconnect with what matters. And what I realize in those precious, steam-filled moments is that my best enviro tip ideas percolate while I marinate, so I tend to view it as a net positive eco-experience.
Give it a try - take a bath, and see what great ideas rise in the steam and bubbles.
-Heather... off to contemplate a recent comment by a friend: "The can is to men as a bath is to women..."
Biter Comments...
thank you for posting tips that are geared to the moderates who are trying to green their lifestyle. being green doesnt mean you have to be radical in every aspect of your life (which can be a daunting and offputting idea to newcomers) and reading your blog has inspired me make changes toward living a greener exsistence. thanks and i will continue to enjoy your emails and blogs.
First, thank you for not printing a retraction, and printing a new tip.
I love this tip! I love bathing. I have considered getting the plumbing redone to reuse the water for flushing, since I take so many baths.
My only issue with bath products is how many of them, even supposedly "natural" ones, use sulfates. I actually make my own bath salts with epsom salts and essential oils.
I am also disappointed by so called "natural" products having synthetic ingredients. I have found this web-site very helpful. http://allnaturalbeauty.us/synthetic_ingredients.htm
It seems that if it foams with no work at all (aka my favorite bubble bath) it probably has synthetic foam boosters...sigh.
I am so highly disappointed in you not posting an apology in your latest Bite. Complaint comments has been posting every few minutes for the offending Zoo bite, you can't say you didn't see them. I am now unsubscribed and advising everyone else to follow suit.
I appreciate your balanced and temperate tips that help me, a person trying to "grow greener, to find way to ease myself into a new way of thinking and lifestyle. I am sorry for all the HARDCORE people who who are so offended they are losing your insites by sticking their self-important noses in the air and leaving.
I isn't my intention to continue this ridiculous nonsense. But I did want you to know I will still be here and I even have a link to you on my blog for "Favorite Websites".
I wanted to share a concern regarding the topic at hand - bath products...
While not definitive as yet (when is anything anyways?) there has been some press about concerns over the effects of lavender and tea tree oil.
There is some evidence that these essential oils can be natural hormone disruptors. As for me, I am trying to eliminate the use of these oils in our home.
Hey Jen & Heather:
I didn't know the best way to contact you, so I thought I'd try here first...
I am working on an Event here in the northeast - the Earth Day GREEN TIE GALA at the Hyatt in Morristown, NJ on Sat., April 21st. We are not only looking for Event Sponsors (would Ideal Bite be interested?)...but we are also looking for lots-n-lots of GREEN businesses with green products who may wish to donate their product(s) to our GREEN EXPO (initially showcased in the Hyatt the day before our event), then get auctioned-off at our GREEN TIE GALA, in the Green Silent Auction, the evening OF the event.
We ONLY want to showcase and auction GREEN and/or eco-friendly products/services/businesses and you gals are "the" gurus when it comes to knowing all the big whig greenies...
...Do ya think Ideal Bite can suggest some businesses that I can approach for our GREEN TIE GALA? Would Ideal Bite like to advertise and/or Sponsor a portion of the Evening's Event (like, say....the Green Silent Auction?) Would you like to offer this opportunity to your Green Chip Showcased businesses?
I think we can do some mean-green partnering here...what do ya say?
Sincerely,
Robin Sidwa
Unity Learning Environments
...local action for global change...
www.communityearth.net, and
Unity Charter School
www.unity-nj.org
A K-8 public school with "sustainability" as its Mission
The California Baby bubble bath has parabens in it, so it definately is not a natural product,it is not safe for anyone, but especially children who tend to ingest their bath water.
FYI. California Baby Bubble Bath lists methylparaben in its ingredients. Thought you ought to know since the Daily Tip specifically mentions avoiding parabens.
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We're aware of the recent study that got a lotta publicity. For those who haven't seen it:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16906552/
We're gonna watch the issue very closely...
THANK YOU Biters for bringing the methylparaben in the Cal Baby bubble bath to our attention - it was an oversight, and another example that we're not (yet) perfect...
OK, if we are really to live in a clean, sustainable way, what about NOT buying a product that is NOT necessary (it is just nice to have) and NOT create more solid waste (bottle) and NOT require shipping from thousands of miles away (likely by burning middle eastern oil) for one's personal consumption.
Doesn't it feel great to pamper yourself while supporting communitiesaround the world?? One of my favorites is the Aloe Comforting Bath Oil from The Body Shop at Home. The aloe is from a community in Guatemala where half of the population earns less than $1 a day. They are paid a fair price for their hard work! The organic soya oil from Brazil provides small-scale farmers with a fair market price for their skin-strengthening product. Check it out at http://www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/smuirhead/products/overview.do?catalogId=tbs25752&attribName=KEYINGREDIENTS#moreDetails To see other great products see www.thebodyshopathome.com/web/smuirhead
The Body Shop at Home products are Made with Passion with the 5 core values: 1. Against animal testing, 2. Support Community Trade, 3. Activate self esteem, 4. Defend human rights, and 4. Protect our planet!
Personally I rather shower and BE READY, but I do understand the comment you have made about not having had a shower/bath before 4PM in the afternoon as you don't realise the time while you are working away. That sounds very familiar to me. My partner who has a number of web businesses has the same issue :-))) Also, I don't think that anyone should judge about bubble bath or 'promoting' animal abuse. We are all in charge here of our own life and what we put into it. So there is no judgement here from my part of the world.
There is nothing natural about a zoo. You want your child to appreciate nature? Take them on a hike, plant an urban garden, tour an organic farm, read about the ecosystem. You don't have to go to Africa to find it, learn about it or appreciate it. Caging animals is abusive and inhumane and I can't believe you so flippantly blew that consideration off with a reference to a report and a "Oh, but the children love it." Another subscriber biting the dust. Bah - bye.
i find all the praise for ideal bite today to be verrry interesting in light of all the "shame on IB" emails yesterday. i can't help but wonder if any of today's homages were, shall we say, solicited.
i am all in favor of easier ways to live more sustainably, but ideal bite has been misinforming its readership, and that is incredibly unprofessional of them. i signed up for "convenient (and sustainable) ideas" and am instead being sent crap.
to that person who writes "i didn't know how to get in touch with heather or jen?" gee, their email addresses are all over the internet. it seems to me that this is a shameless stab at self-promotion and not necessarily a "real" or genuine comment. it is particularly odd that IB posted another blatantly non-eco tip in light of yesterday's comments.
for the writer who described yesterday's readers as "hardcore"-- most of the comments were politely written and were written by people who had been faithful readers up until yesterday. I think that asking ideal bite to refrain from promoting unsustainable tips (not too much to ask, since they are an eco-organization, after all) and requesting accurate information is hardly "hardcore." living up to one's standards is also not hardcore. OF COURSE people are imperfect--but to call oneself the "guru of green" and then promote something that is definitely not green is beyond imperfect--it is irresponsible. calling on IB to recognize this is not "lambasting"--it is democratic and responsive.
IB seems to be saying “let’s not be green, but pretend we are.” Honest mistakes are one thing--promoting ignorance is not. IB can make a website or a company about anything they want—we all can. however, they are pretending to offer truly sustainable alternatives to people who are genuinely interested in better ways to live in harmony with the world--and thereby IB is betraying its readers. what they’re saying is “let’s just SAY this is eco-friendly” when it's not...
and THAT is not cool.
i can't stand this anymore and am not coming back to this blog. anyone can email me with comments.
Hi there averygirl - Just saw your answer on IB and am not really sure what all this is about, but understand that you are 'mad' at the article like MANY others....I feel that even though people have blogs, that they may NOT entirely support their site. Like you I am interested in sustainable living, as natural as it comes and I am also looking to start a community where like minded people get together and also LIVE together on land that is shared. Would you know of anyones interest? Hope that I am not bothering you with my question, as that is not my intention.
I am also posting my request to you on IB. Hope you are ok about it, as I do not want to argue.
with love
Viola
Steam and bubble talk seems to have made people 'crazy'...I am NOT one to take a bath EVER. I have a QUICK shower and do the necessary. It sounds as if there is an issue about the bubbles, but what about the water, that is IF you want to hang in there and argue...
Wow. First of all, my responses are not solicited. There are a lot of people easing into the eco-lifestyle. So wouldn't you rather someone took a bath with stuff that won't pollute the water, rather than stuff filled with dyes/horrible chemicals.
About the water, I own my own home, and am planning on putting in a tank for the bathwater so it can be reused for flushing toilets. I currently use it for things like mopping floors.
For the essential oils, I had not heard that. I suspect that it is because of the popularity of these oils, they've become diluted or contaminated. If you can find a good organic source, you should be ok.
In terms of Monday's tip, I think there are a lot of people who see things like zoos in very black and white terms, and those are the people who all unsubscribed. My own feeling is that the world is shades of grey, and that is what idealbite represents. The shades of grey.
You really need to be consistant about your message. In your bathwater Bite, you mention the dangers of paraben (very valid). But then you recommend products that contain them...?? For example, you list California Baby Bubble Bath, but it contains methylparaben. Don't you check what you reccomend? How can we trust your bites?
This may be a good tip to households who don't have small animals or children - or maybe I have gone off the deep end of the tub. In the winter, I leave the water in the tub (and the dishwater) until it is cold, thereby sucking all the warm, moist air into my dry, cold house. I hope this summer to set up a tank so that the tub can drain into it and I can use the grey water for my garden.
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Posted by: Michelle Short | March 13, 2007 at 08:12 AM