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How to choose the right (cosmetic) clay?

What is clay? First of all, the term clay refers to all minerals smaller than 2 µm in size in a rock. Clays therefore refer to very fine particles of...

Black soap in the home: from floor to ceiling and garden!

This is a product that makes housekeeping life easier and even more! There are even books on the market that give up to 1300 tips and tricks for using it...

White vinegar: an essential!

  White vinegar is simply a miracle product, non-toxic, that can now be found in bulk! Following the article Alert to household products followed by that on Marseille soap ,...

Everyday green pays off!

We often hear a false belief that making a greener shift in our lives is more expensive than not doing so. Obviously, if the person who says it believes that...

Eco-anxiety: turn it into an asset!

    Join Active Ecologists on Facebook! A group for sharing tips, tricks and environmental news for everyone!     We read it, we hear it everywhere, mainly among young...

Shea butter and its thousand virtues (recipe)

    The shea tree is a tree endemic to the savannah of central Africa. This tree is also called ''butter tree'' or ''women's gold''. Shea butter is extracted from...

The toxicity of cosmetics on the market

  Would you spread hundreds of products on your body daily without knowing what they are made of? Well, that’s what many people do! Is this your case? It seems...

Sodium PERcarbonate: a precious ally

    Are you really put off by the smell and composition of bleach? Are you looking for a healthy solution for you and the environment to whiten your bedding,...

10 practical tools for a zero-waste lunchbox

    It's well known that lunch boxes are often full of single-use packaging products! Oh yes ? Good yes ! We only have to think of Tetra Pack juice...

Clothes soap: 100% free

  Free ? Yes. Yes. 100% free. I know that what I am about to write might provoke a reaction. I didn't discover anything. Quite the contrary. Like many things...

Soda crystals: a household essential

Do you know soda crystals ? Not to be confused with baking soda and even less so with caustic soda, used to make bar soap! Soda crystals are ultra versatile....

Dryer lint as a fire starter: a bad idea!

  We take a few minutes to deny something that is happily circulating on social networks and even on several ecological and zero waste sites. But what is it ?...

Everything you need to know: washable toilet paper

    Consumption of disposable toilet paper It was mainly around the 1950s that single-use toilet paper seemed to have become democratized and become an “essential” everyday object. The Planetoscope...

Washable sanitary products: motivation and subsidies

  Nothing new under the sun, feminine hygiene products are clearly very polluting when they are single-use! Personally, I have been using the menstrual cup and washable sanitary napkins for...

Marseille soap: a must!

  As seen in a previous article warning about household products , there are a multitude of this type of product on the market. With the aim of reducing our...

Household products alert

  In a family and daily approach which aims to reduce waste and the ecological footprint, there is no other choice than to consider household products. Not only today is...