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Your guide to reducing your chemical body load and living a healthier life.

Meet the Better Nail Polish

Meet the Better Nail Polish

Most nail polishes on the market are not only full of major toxins but are also so heavy on the environment. When considering clean beauty products, you must also consider clean and safe nail care options and eliminate nail products that are packed with toxic...

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Winter Relief

Winter Relief

There’s nothing more anyone hates than dry skin … but winter dry skin? Absolutely not! It is no secret that weather can drastically impact our skin. Those of us with dry skin on a normal day, get hit the hardest when the temperature and dry air deplete our skins...

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EDCs in Depth: How You Can Make Healthier Choices

There are many things we cannot control in life. So, why not take advantage of the things you do have control over? What we consume, and what we put onto our body is within our control, and small, healthy changes can add up over time. Dr. Kathleen Valenton, top OBGYN,...

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Lathering Bodies with Chemical Slurries

Lathering Bodies with Chemical Slurries

We Need to Wake Up. The European Union has either restricted or completely banned more than 1,300 chemicals used in personal care products. In the US? Only eleven. The Guardian reports “The pendulum has swung in an extreme way and it’s really going to take a...

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Everyday Toxic Chemicals: How to Protect Your Health

Everyday Toxic Chemicals: How to Protect Your Health

You might have heard about “endocrine disrupting chemicals,” “hormone disrupting chemicals” or “EDCs.” These are all terms for the same thing: toxic chemicals that mess up hormones. BPA (bisphenol A) is a well-known example.  But what exactly are the toxic...

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Hormone Disrupting Environmental Chemicals

Hormone Disrupting Environmental Chemicals

Even Low Dose Exposure Matters. The Endocrine Disruption Organization states that hormone disrupting chemicals (also known as endocrine disrupting chemicals or EDCs) do not have a single potency and, therefore, should not be used to make regulatory decisions. For...

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Chemical Exposure and Pregnancy

Chemical Exposure and Pregnancy

Critical Times Of Development. Exposure to environmental chemicals, especially when the eggs and sperm are being formed, the fetus is developing in the womb, and during early childhood, contribute to the root cause of so many health conditions and diseases....

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From Personal Experience

From Personal Experience

I’m Sara, co-founder of Hugh & Grace. My husband and I created our company based on what we learned during our 14-year struggle with unexplained infertility.

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