25 Shades of Palm Oil

🌿Meliora is one of my favorite cleaning product brands and one of the most responsible on the market that offers an entire eco-friendly line! It is all plastic-free and they also offer Zero-waste packaging-free options and refills 🎉

Here is their organic, unscented, plastic-free, zero-waste, cruelty-free, single-use plastic-free, vegan and palm oil-free 🌴collection: 

🌿Laundry powder detergent 🌿Oxygen brightener bleach alternative 🌿Soap stick stain remover 🌿Cleaning scrub powder 🌿Dish soap 🌿All-purpose 🌿Foaming hand soap

✅ MADE SAFE 

✅ Certified B Corporation

✅ Women-owned

✅ Plastic-free

✅ Zero Waste

I also appreciate they don’t offer laundry pods or laundry sheets as they release micro-plastic to the environment! 🌎

They are made with fewer ingredients all Made-Safe certified and packed in the most eco-friendly plastic-free packaging!! And do you know what? They not only clean and work well, but they also make my laundry very soft!! 

🌿 Here is their difference: Their products are made with the simplest ingredients possible and they are one of the most transparent brands around, ALL plastic-free packaging which puts them above the competition. All scents are made from Certified Organic essential oils; no fragrance blends that contain undisclosed ingredients. 1% of every sale goes towards environmental causes

INGREDIENTS: Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Carbonate, Vegetable Soap: Sodium Cocoate, Glycerin, Organic Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil, Water

🌎NEW Plastic-free tip:
👉Laundry pods made of biodegradable PVA are still made of plastic and should be labeled as plastic.⚠️
⚠️Laundry Pods and Laundry Sheets that list Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA or PVOH) as an ingredient contain plastic
According to the Meliora Cleaning blog:
👉“Many people using laundry pods and strips think that these products contain zero plastic. Several brands state loudly, and incorrectly, that they contain ‘zero plastic’ while also listing PVA as an ingredient. We aim to clear things up: if there is PVA or PVOH in the ingredients, there is plastic. 
👉Plenty of people know that the outer coating of a laundry pod does in fact contain PVA, but some may not realize that it can also be found in laundry sheets. Both products often contain Polyvinyl Alcohol, which is a water-soluble plastic. 
👉PVA, also called PVOH, is a dissolvable plastic that is used in many applications including laundry and dishwasher pods. A recent study, Polyvinyl Alcohol in US Wastewater Treatment Plants and Subsequent Nationwide Emission Estimate [1], has concluded that the PVA used for these products does not readily biodegrade during wastewater treatment.”
👉About 75% of PVA used does NOT degrade in wastewater treatment plants in the USA[1]. 
👉PVA-based products (laundry pods, dishwashing pacs, laundry strips) release plastic into the environment
🐠💚For this reason I switched to non-pods laundry products.
My current favorite brand is the MELIORA
🌿Not only their products are 100% plastic-free but also their packaging!! I am committed to reducing plastic waste and using Meliora products is so rewarding!👏

💚 This brand not only offers vegan, non-toxic, cruelty-free clean beauty products in eco-friendly packaging, they also offer a refill and recycling program where you can send them back the empty bottles for free. With them, nothing ends up in a landfill!
🍃 This Return Empty Bottles for Reuse is the most eco-friendly way to recycle our empty bottles and a step up to avoid plastic completely
🐠Free of single-use plastic

• Free of sulfates, parabens, phthalates, silicone, and palm oil

• Blended with whole essential oils (instead of synthetic fragrance)

• Vegan and non-GMO ingredients

• Designed to biodegrade

• Baby safe and hypoallergenic

• Cruelty-Free, Leaping Bunny certified

• 🌴 Palm Oil-free

• Carbon Neutral Shipping

✅ Their unique formulas are carefully selected from nature’s most nutrient- and vitamin-rich plants, minerals, and renewable sources. They are blended and manufactured with care in Florida for Plaine Products.
🌟 Their collection offers natural shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion, hand wash, hand sanitizer, hair repair, beauty oil, face wash, face moisturizer, face toner, travel sizes, and the newer unscented version for sensitive skin.
🌸Especially now, we are more prone to embrace companies that make products that satisfy our vision as responsible consumers!

Their approach to sustainable living is an inspiration for all of us and for other companies that are switching to a more eco-friendly production! 

🌿 I support this company and the amazing products!

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✨Organic Nutella is here!✨

Made with organic hazelnut, organic chia seeds, organic cocoa, organic flaxseeds, and organic coconut oil! 🌰 40% less sugar than traditional Nutella, and 450 mg omega-3 with 5g of fiber. This chocolate 🍫hazelnut spread is organic, vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, and fair trade certified! 🌰🥖
Available in classic and dark versions! 🍩💗
🍃NOTE ABOUT PALM OIL:
Nutiva Organic and Fair Trade Certified Red Palm Oil is sustainably sourced from small organic family farms in Ecuador and does not lead to deforestation or harm to orangutans.
The palm kernel oil (conflict palm oil) comes from Indonesia and Malaysia and it is responsible for rainforest destruction and human rights abuses. Conflict Palm Oil is found in cosmetics as well.
According to WWF companies use the conflict palm oil and it is listed under 25 different names such as "vegetable oil", so be sure to read the labels! 💚 💗
To learn more about the conflict palm oil used by the industry, click here.

🎄Who is ready for hot cocoa with organic “Nutella?” 😋Made by  Rigoni Asiago Nocciolata is a delicious organic hazelnut and cocoa spread that tastes better and it is healthier than Nutella! Both are made in Italy, with a big difference:
💚Nocciolata is organic, kosher certified, non-GMOs certified, gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, and vegan. (Nutella is not organic, it has dairy and soy in it). Most importantly, Nocciolata does not have vanillin (an artificial flavor) and NO palm oil; both are in Nutella. (Palm oil is not only unhealthy but is responsible for rainforest deforestation and human rights abuses).
🍃Nocciolata has half the saturated fat, more fiber, and less sugar than Nutella. 
Made with organic hazelnuts, organic cocoa butter, and organic vanilla extract!
Also, it is in a glass jar instead of a plastic container!!
😋 It tastes so good, better than Nutella, perfect for a healthier and more environmentally conscientious hot cocoa! ☕️🌰 

🎃 👻 Delicious organic candies!😋

USDA Certified Organic: at least 95 %organic ingredients, excluding salt and water
Made with Organic ingredients: at least 70 % organically produced ingredients excluding salt and water.
USDA Certified Organic foods are grown and processed according to federal guidelines addressing, among many factors, soil quality, animal raising practices, pest and weed control, and use of additives.

Organic candy companies rely on natural substances and physical, mechanical, or biologically based farming methods to the fullest extent possible. Organic products are inherently non-GMO.

Annie's

Alter Eco

Cocomels
🍭 By choosing certified organic, your candies will be a healthier treat for the kids but also they will not be responsible for the deforestation caused by PALM OIL! Avoid palm oil in food by reading the label!

Palm oil is mentioned in the new, amazing documentary

Before the flood by 🎬  Leonardo di Caprio. A must-see! 🌎

🌎Earth Month Easter Candies
In candies: Besides corn syrup, artificial colorants, char bone sugar, and preservatives, one ingredient, in particular, is also unhealthy for the environment!
🌴CONFLICT PALM KERNEL OIL  is the world’s least expensive vegetable oil, a highly-processed version of crude palm oil that is commonly used as ingredients in the industrially-produced packaged foods.
❌The palm kernel oil (conflict palm oil) comes from Indonesia and Malaysia and it is responsible for rainforest destruction and human rights abuses plus Palm kernel oil is unhealthy for the human body.
👉It goes by many names, including Palm Kernel Oil, Palmitate, Glyceryl Stearate, and Vegetable Oil.
🔎According to Amnesty AFAMSA, ADM, Colgate-Palmolive, Elevance, Kellogg’s, Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, and Unilever are a few Global brands profiting from child and forced labour!
👉Corporate giants like Colgate, Nestlé, and Unilever assure consumers that their products use 'sustainable palm oil', but our findings reveal that the palm oil is anything but.
✅The safest and healthiest Easter candy brands are:
Yum Earth
Lake Champlain 
Smashmallow
Ocho Candy
Smart Sweets
Unreal snacks
Alter Eco
Black Forest
Annies homegrown
Cocomels

Dr. Bronner palm oil

Justins Cups

Chocxo Cups

🏆This is my number one organic Bubble Bath recommendation, made one of the cleanest and safest brands on the market!
💖I am impressed with Stephanie’s dedication and mission to use only the safest and best ingredients available!
🌿I approve all her products including the most organic bubble bath on the market!
✅Made with eco cert certified ingredients and without potassium sorbate or sodium benzoate: 2 preservatives I avoid, found in so many “natural” products!
🌿She instead uses organic citric acid from fruit, the best and highest quality citric acid forms!
✨And her shower gels are also full of organic ingredients made with no controversial or greenwashing ingredients!

In relaxing lavender version is great before sleeping and for helping babies to sleep.

• Palm oil-free
• Vegan
• Gluten-free
• Safe for infant
• Organic ingredients

👉You can’t get cleaner and safer than this!

INGREDIENTS: Saponified organic coconut oil, saponified organic olive oil, saponified organic jojoba oil, organic vegetable glycerin, organic lavender essential oil, organic guar gum, rosemary extract, organic aloe vera.