bad hippie adventures

Brief musings on laundry detergent & why commercial detergent is crap

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Brief musings on laundry detergent & why commercial detergent is crap

Now we get to talk about laundry detergent. Say what? What's wrong with my laundry detergent? In short, everything is wrong with your commercial laundry detergent.Going back to why we started our company it was laundry detergent. Skin is our largest organ. It absorbs stuff into your bloodstream and frequently people don't even consider that the detergent and/or fabric softener is full of all sorts of crap that your skin sucks in. The other factor we often don't even consider is what happens to the water that gets washed down the drain? That water is full of all the stuff...

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From heathen to hippie...

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From heathen to hippie...

One of the questions we get on a regular basis...bad hippies? There is no such thing.While I agree I will explain.For me I consider myself an 80/20 hippie. Okay, what the hell does that mean? 80% of the time I do my best to be the best steward to myself, those around me, & mother earth. I use our all natural bad hippies products, recycle, reuse (you should see the garage - I may need an intervention), I am a vegetarian and eat mostly vegan. I try to be aware of the products that I use and how they can...

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What are you doing to your hair? STOP with the shampoo!

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What are you doing to your hair? STOP with the shampoo!

A facebook post got me thinking... The post was about how frequently people wash their hair, something most people don't give much thought to right? You should. You really should. This post will be about shampoo, but I will also talk about all the other crap in future posts.Washing you hair is something we just do...right? But why? For millennium there was no shampoo and people seemed to do just fine. Yes I know there were funny wigs and powdered hair, but most people simply just didn't wash their hair with any regularity if ever. When did it change? Most likely...

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Fake Carpet + Spray Paint = Awesome!

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Fake Carpet + Spray Paint = Awesome!

Getting crafty with indoor/outdoor carpeting Many of you know we are creators and own a couple of businesses. With one we do markets and craft shows and since we are new we are always looking for ways to improve our booth and how we present ourselves to our current and potential customers. Finding ways to differentiate your self from others with similar products can always be a challenge. We know our product is the best, but how do you get people to come in and discover it for themselves. Normally I am always telling people to look up and see...

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From hobby to reality - taking a small business live

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From hobby to reality - taking a small business live

bad hippies becomes a reality... Many moons ago Mark and I talked about all the junk we consume both internally and externally.  Yuck.  Think about any average American on any given day and think about the amount of crap we consume every single day.From fast or pre-made processed food to the shaving lotion, shampoos, conditioners, soaps, styling products, not to mention the crap we wash and dry our clothes in and then put them on our largest organs (our skin people...our skin).  Oh and then we started to think about what happens when you wash all the stuff down the...

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