Supernatural Botanicals

Get rid of those Christmas trees responsibly this year….recycle them.  Why recycle?  Christmas trees take up tons of space in landfills, and the decay of the trees are painfully slow due to the lack of oxygen.  Instead, the trees can be ground into wood chips or made into useful compost.

Check with your city’s online website to find if your township is holding a Christmas Tree Recycling day…and most cities do.  You can also check out Earth911 for additional resources to get rid of that tree responsibly.

Start the year off  Green and do the right thing.  Recycle!

With the surge of catalogs and Christmas cards we all receive in December, be mindful to recycle.  Be especially cognizant of your landfill contributions this month by recycling all magazines and catalogs, recycling envelopes from the Christmas cards, and ultimately recycling the cards after Christmas.  If the card is especially beautiful, buy a great frame, put the card in it,  and put it on a bookshelf, desk, or entry table.  That’s recycling too, you know.  Have a Green Christmas this year!

For every 38,000 bills paid online, 5,058 pounds of greenhouse gases are avoided and two tons of trees are preserved, according to NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association, a non-profit. Using direct payment also saves a person about $150 annually in stamp and check costs and late fees, NACHA estimates.

Have your employer pay you through direct deposit to further cut back your paper trail.  If you feel you absolutely must continue to get paper billing, make sure and recycle the paper.  Very simple steps make a huge impact on the environment.  Step up to the plate and do your part.

One of our best sellers is our Beach Spa Soap.  Not only does it smell absolutely amazing, but it works beautifully to create loads of suds to clean and moisturize the skin.  The surf and sand scent is wildly popular with both men and women.  The beautifully scented smell is like a day at the beach, and leaves your skin super-soft.  To see our entire collection of Spa Soaps, click here.

Light bulbs account for 25% of all the electricity we use; 75% of that could be saved by switching from incandescent bulbs to CFLs.  Many local electric companies are even offering free CFLs simply for the asking (so call them and ask them.)  It’s everyone’s responsibility to be eco-responsible, so pick up the ball and get in the game.  It’s the right thing to do. 

We all know the 411 when it comes to recycling, and that’s simply to DO IT.  We know better than to make excuses.  We should also know it’s simply a way of life for us now.  It’s should be a way of life for your children, too.

So lets take it a step further and precycle.  What is precycling?  It’s Proactive meets Recycling.    Here are 10 ways to proactively recycle.

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1. Bring reusable bags to the store with you. Cloth or paper will do!

2. Buy Large Quantities. If you buy products in bulk or in large sizes and quantities, you can put them in smaller containers as you need them and this uses less containers.

3. Buy products with the least amount of packaging or none at all. Items packed in multiple containers may look nice, but they are a waste!

4. Buy products packed in recycled packaging. If you have to use a container, it might as well be green. Additionally, you help support green corporations. (Important: make sure you look for the recycled symbol)

5. Don’t buy disposable items (plates cups, pens, diapers, batteries, etc.) They only fill the landfill more.

6. Buy less paper towels and napkins or none at all. Use cloth ones!

7. Buy long life and concentrated items (batteries, bulks , etc.) This saves on packaging as well as product.

8. Don’t purchase styrofoam. It contains polystyrene, which is the most difficult material to break down in our landfill and is considered a hazardous waste.

9. Buy items in cardboard. aluminum, steel, glass, and plastic containers marked 1 and 2 ( They are stamped on the bottom 1 and 2). These containers can be recycled more easily.

10. Read labels for ingredients. Stay away from chemicals that harm our plant and animal life and poison our land.

Painted floors are an eco-friendly way to freshen up old wood floors without replacing them. Make sure to use an eco low VOC paint, readily available at Home Depot…and places like that.

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Get ready for serious skin indulgence.  Our new Bath and Body Moisturizing oils are here (click on the product above).  Specially formulated to deeply moisturize, and not leave an oily and greasy residue.  You’ll send your perfume bottle packing…wait until you try this.  Crazy-amazing!

Our adorable new Supernatural Baby Collection is now available at Supernatural Botanicals.  Gorgeous retro-esque packaging, this is what every eco-baby needs.  Check out the new collection here.

It’s finally here!  Our much-anticipated Supernatural Botanicals Mama Collection skincare line for expectant mommies (and anyone else who likes to pamper their skin.) 

Check it out here.