UPDATE: CONGRATS TO OUR WINNER, AMANDA!

About two weeks ago I received a sample from Motherlove Herbal Company to test. Motherlove just celebrated their 20th anniversary — they have been making natural, safe and effective products (without toxins!) for women since before any other company thought it was necessary. When you visit your favorite [...]]]>

UPDATE: CONGRATS TO OUR WINNER, AMANDA!

About two weeks ago I received a sample from Motherlove Herbal Company to test. Motherlove just celebrated their 20th anniversary — they have been making natural, safe and effective products (without toxins!) for women since before any other company thought it was necessary. When you visit your favorite store today and see all the less toxic products for pregnancy, thank Motherlove for their vision and commitment to nurturing life! To give you an idea of the history and legacy of this company, Motherlove has been in business over twice as long as any other truly-safe brand. Their products are all rated 0 on Skin Deep for toxicity (zero is the lowest possible rating).

In celebration of summer (bug bites, poison ivy, and bee stings), they sent me a sample of Green Salve. Green Salve also soothes irritated skin and eases the discomforts of eczema. If your family is anything like mine, mosquito bites and sun burns are on each and every kid. With certified organic ingredients including comfrey, calendula, and marshmallow root, the salve will be come a staple in my medicine cabinet.

I find I use it the most on all the little scrapes I get from the zucchini plant when working in the garden. I just apply a little and the stinging stops immediately. By morning, I can’t even tell I was scratched.  I also found myself without any lip balm the other day at the beach. My lips were getting so chapped they were cracking, so I tried the Green Salve and it worked great. It healed my lips completely. Now this is not one of the recommended uses, but I found it very helpful. I have been using it on Ross’ little patch of eczema and it  seems to be helping there too.

I have seen Motherlove products at Whole Foods and many other natural food stores or Co-Ops, or through their website.  If you would like to try Green Salve for free, enter our giveaway by leaving me a comment below. Let me know why you would like to try Green Salve or just simply state that you would like to be entered to win. I am sorry, but this giveaway is only available to those on the continental US.