Crafty in the Kitchen with SodaStream

Do you love soda but want a healthier, greener alternative to high fructose corn syrup and empty bottles and cans that need to be recycled?

SodaStream is the perfect solution. With a SodaStream machine you can quickly and easily make soda right in the comfort of your home.

I received the Fountain Jet SodaStream machine for review. I have shied away from soda machines in the past because I thought they would be complicated. But boy was I wrong.

From out of the box to fresh soda took less than a half hour and that was with washing the bottle and reading the directions. It was so easy the kids could do it.

You can make the sodas exactly how you want them as you control the flavor and the fizz. When you are done rinse the bottle and make a new batch.

There are no bottles to throw away, no cans to recycle. The soda machines carbonates regualr tap water in reusable, BPA-free plastic or glass bottles. The process eliminates the need for plastic bottles and aluminium cans.

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Eco-Friendly Products For a Green Holiday Gift Guide

I am searching for green gift ideas for kids, teens and adults.

Do you have a great eco-friendly product that you'd like to have showcased?

This green product gift guide will be published on several blogs and websites.

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A Review of Great Gals: Inspired Ideas for Living a Kick-Ass Life

This isn’t your typical journal or inspirational workbook.

The Great Gals: Inspired Ideas for Living a Kick-Ass Life by Summer Pierre is a fun and interactive book that can bring back your zest for life and help your creative ideas flow by giving you sneak peeks into the lives of great women like Ani DiFranco, Frida Kahlo, Alice Walker, Joan Jett and Joni Mitchell (just to name a few). The journal provides prompts that inspire, motivate and help create fresh ideas.

Great Gals: Inspired Ideas for Living a Kick-Ass Life is for women who live busy lives. Whether we think they are crazy, chaotic, boring, or quiet, not very many of us think that our lives are amazing. This book asks why not? Why not make our lives amazing?

Great Gals is unique as it is a little bit of everything rolled into one. It is a daily planner, a diary, a place to write down your goals and dreams. You can make plans, experiment and write out your creative ideas.

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Dermazone O-Plex Acne Treatment System

The Dermazone O-PLEX Acne Treatment System is formulated with natural oregano oil and other natural ingredients to help fight acne without harsh chemicals. There are three main products in the acne treatment system- the O-PLEX wash, the O-PLEX mist and the O-PLEX control.


All three harness the power of natural oregano oil to fight acne. Dermazone calls their oregano oil the Origanum complex. The Origanum complex helps inhibit P. acne bacteria while retexturing skin's surface.


The O-PLEX mist and O-PLEX control both use Lyphazomes to deliver the Origanum complex for long lasting hydration.In addition to the oregano oil (Origanum complex) the one or all of the O-PLEX products contain: tea tree oil, sweet orange oil, sweet marjoram oil, Egyptian geranium oil, and salicylic acid.


The O-PLEX wash is simple to use just dampen skin and rub in a circular motion over the entire face then rinse. This will help unclog pores and get rid of acne bacteria without drying skin.


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Unclog Drains Naturally with the Drain Claw

Next time you have a clogged up sink skip the toxic chemicals and reach for The Drain Claw instead.

The Drain Claw is wire tool with a little brush like thing on the end. You can bend and twist the rod inside drains to capture hair and push away other clogs- naturally no harsh chemicals needed. This environmentally friendly claw was developed by a real estate agent so he could keep his bath drains open without using chemicals. Since the number one culprit of clogged drains is hair this handy little claw is a simple solution. The claw is pushed into the drain, twisted and pulled back up- usually with the offensive hair ball attached. If you bend the tip slightly any other drain clog culprits will be pushed away and the clog cleared.

The Drain Claw can be used on bath sinks, kitchen sinks and bath tubs. Just don't use the claw after you've used toxic chemicals. Ditch the chemicals and just use the claw.

I have to admit when I received The Drain Claw for review I was skeptical. It just appeared to be too simple- as in so simple it wouldn't work. However my husband grabbed it and was immediately fascinated. Being a handy man type of guy he is much more aware of tools, gadgets and how they work. He was actually excited by it. So excited it disappeared from my grasp because he ran off to use it.

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