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Tag: non-toxic

  • getting back to ya: the hairspray!

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    tammy.schmidt
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    A few weeks ago, I shared a link to a video that showed how easy and inexpensive (and non-toxic) it can be to make one’s own hairspray. Shortly after, I went out and bought myself an orange (something that I normally don’t buy) and some rum (another thing I don’t buy… I’m a gin or…

  • henna time

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    A few months back I decided to never dye?ámy hair again. Knowing that the toxic chemicals used in hair dye are linked to cancers, why on earth would I opt to have contact with this stuff? Also,?áwith a bit of white hair coming in, I knew it would only be a matter of time until…

  • Wow! I am going to try this… home-made hairspray!!!

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    From “David Suzuki’s Queen of Green“, comes this Youtube video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzoHAbAaZ3o] I am a fan of hers on Facebook. I love Facebook for the tailored information and priceless international contacts I’ve?ámade. All that aside, though, I am looking forward to buying an orange and a little rum to make my OWN hairspray! Oh, yes!!! ?áNatasha…

  • it is getting to that point

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    tammy.schmidt
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    A Sweeping Epic: An Epic Sweeping. In recent weeks I’ve been feeling a stirring, an urge… and it cannot be denied much longer. Obsession. Thoughts drifting off at highly inappropriate times. Should I do it? Am I ready? I break?áinto a?ánervous sweat.?áGetting ready to… clean. In pre-Spring-cleaning mode, I am thinking about my methods of…

  • Snow Painting Experiments… see us at Nuit Blanche this Saturday!

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    tammy.schmidt
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    Lately, our neighbourhood has been decorated with something like Earth Art crossed with graffiti?ácrossed with scenes from?áan herbalist’s laboratory. We have been practicing and experimenting with “Snow Painting”: using herbs and vegetables as dyes to apply to snow and ice. ?áAs part of an artistic process (similar to dyeing?áfibres, mixing paints from scratch, or crafting…

  • Non-Toxic Art

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    by Natasha Henderson, Montreal As some of you may know, I am a painter. I paint in oils, which are a lush and rich material. Pigment is suspended in oil, it slowly dries, it holds its body and texture and translucency… it is like painting?áwith light. Who wouldn’t want to paint with light? It sounds…