Healthy Living, Naturally

Hello MightyNest friends,

This is a bit of a different post from us.  Today we are reaching out to help a young man fighting testicular cancer.

Yesterday we were struck by a random act of kindness through a partnership between our friends at GiveForward and Brad Feld.  Brad has pledged to match the next $5,000 in donations made on GiveForward for a young man named Justin Salcedo.  The funds will help him pay for medical bills tied to treating testicular cancer.  Brad doesn't know Justin (nor do we).  His effort highlights the power of GiveForward's business (crowd-sourced fundraising for family and friends in need) and the potential we all have to help one another.

When we read about this effort we immediately wanted to get involved, we'd like to take this opportunity to "give forward".  We hate cancer and we strongly believe in our ability to help one another.   Read more...

We know most of you have seen a Lifefactory glass beverage bottle. But did you know that you can have fun with color blocking (fancy design term for combining blocks of color together) with the addition of Lifefactory's colorful caps? If you already own a fabulous Lifefactory bottle, here's an opportunity to spiff it up with a splash of additional contrasting color. Otherwise, if you're in the market to outfit your family with new water bottles, maybe you'll consider trading tops!

We have 10 different colors of glass water bottle caps in stock. The Lifefactory non-toxic polypropylene leakproof caps fit both sizes of the Lifefactory adult glass water bottles (16 oz and 22 oz).  The cap closes with a quick twist and the handle can be conveniently clipped to a bag. Both the bottle and the cap are dishwasher safe. In addition to water, we love using these bottles for iced coffee and smoothies too. Read more...

For many people, indulging their moms on Mother's Day is a must. We have the standard list of gifts (flowers, chocolate, etc.) we resort to for quick gestures of love. As much as they are appreciated, they are also fleeting. For this Mother's Day, why not share the love (and being "in the know") that will ultimately lead to a healthier lifestyle?

And for many of us, the simple changes of making a healthy home and living a healthier lifestyle have been a slow steady process. As adults, we have chosen to be more informed about the chemicals that exist in the majority of conventional products sold today. We make decisions to use healthy and real materials in our homes as an effort to reduce the growing levels of toxins that inevitably have accumulated.

We make these choices for our own families but what about for our moms? With that in mind, we've selected 5 thoughtful, important and loving gifts perfect for any mom this Mother's Day. Read more...

Based on popular sellers and MightyNest customer requests, we've put together a few different pre-made BPA-free dishware sets for kids. Most of these sets are only available here at MightyNest, as we've assembled the sets from larger bulk orders. They're all made with safe non-leaching materials (glass and high quality (304) stainless steel) for healthy eating.  

Individual sets are a great way to test out different options before committing to a set of 6 glasses. Also, it's nice to have different materials for different purposes.  We tend to mainly use glass at the table, and use the stainless steel dishes for outdoor dining, or if we have some young rowdy diners visiting! 

Duralex glass dishware is safe, extremely durable and made with tempered glass, which is 2.5 times stronger than ordinary glass.  Microwave, Freezer and Dishwasher Safe. Conveniently designed to stack for space saving storage. Available in 2 sets: Kid and Toddler. Read more...

Trillium Organics doesn't make ordinary skin products. They go up and beyond the norm when making their extraordinary skincare line. Founder Karen Ciesar began Trillium Organics in 1994."I had an urge to do something personally to make things better, not just tell others how they should do it, but try to do things greener, cleaner, better, myself". Since then, she has created an amazing collection of high quality products ranging from body scrubs to infant skincare. As Trillium says, "WHAT GOES ON, GOES IN!"
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Kinderville was born out of frustration. As parents of young children, the founders of Kinderville were amazed that it was so difficult to find safe, non-toxic products for their kids to use while eating. They were equally amazed at the abundance of plastic choices. So, they set out with a very ambitious goal: create high quality and completely non-toxic and safe products for kids to use. And luckily, for all of us, they achieved this goal. 

Kinderville makes food-grade silicone dishware, cups, storage jars, popsicle molds and freezer trays. The cups and storage jars are available in 2 sizes: Little Bites and Bigger Bites for growing kids. Most importantly, these silicone products are free of BPA (found in many plastic products),PVC, phthalates and other toxic chemicals that are harmful to the health of children. All of the silicone products are also safe for the dishwasher and microwave. Read more...

Ok ladies. If you've been thinking or even wondering about doing away with your conventional feminine care (ok... period) products, you may want to take a closer look at why this is a very good idea. For starters, not all feminine care products are created equal. 

Let's start with conventional feminine products. Most common sanitary pads sold today, contain a blend of chlorine-bleached pulp, polypropylene, polyacrylates and plastic. Tampons are manufactured from rayon fibers, viscose and the "leftover" stuff from cotton (stems, leaves and other fibers) called gin trash. Gin trash has concentrated levels of pesticides (cotton is typically sprayed with highly toxic pesticides), making the gin trash illegal to feed to cattle, so....it's used to make tampons!  Read more...

Sometimes all it takes is a nicely organized group of art supplies.....the eye candy to motivate a child towards exploring what they see and imagine. And then transferring it to paper or into a sculpted form. Frankly, who doesn't enjoy an array of beautiful colors in different shapes and forms?

The wooden caddy conveniently and efficiently houses each of the various art materials separately. Of course, spotting freshly sharpened colored pencils will most certainly exact a jolt of artistic energy as well. The added beauty to this aesthetic art supply collection is the peace of mind behind what's actually in it. EVERYTHING is made from natural, safe and quality materials. Natural plant extracts provide gorgeous tints and beeswax allows for smooth flowing marks, not sticky-crumbly-oily ones made from petroleum! Read more...