After hearing about this product and taking a trip to Karen’s Body Beautiful’s store in Brooklyn, NY and WATCHING them make it. I decided to try it.

Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk (Sweet Ambrosia)* $16

Ingredients: Purified Water, Jojoba and Avocado Oils, Vegetable Wax, Panthenol, Arnica, Calendula, Echinacea, Nettle & Horsetail Extracts, Vegetable Glycerin, Wheat Germ Oil, Essential and/or Fragrance Oil, Natural Enzymes & Vitamin E

I’m a big fan of these all-natural ingredients, and I’m an even bigger fan of what this stuff does to my hair! I find that this product works best on dry hair. It is the same consistency as conditioner or lotion and it works really well to moisturize my hair and make it nice and shiny. I like how it makes my twistouts look nice and full, and how my puffs stay nice and soft. . (It does not, however, provide much hold, so you need to use some type of gel for that). The great thing about this product is that

If you’ve followed me on Facebook and Twitter than you’ve probably heard that Savvy Brown has been nominated for a Black Weblog Award in the Best Health or Wellness Blog Category. I was shocked and surprised that this ‘lil blog was even nominated. Although I feel this blog is for everyone, I appreciate the honor. And heck,  the more press the better, because that way I can bring you more great interviews and tasty tidbits about all things green, healthy and frugal!

To vote for Savvy Brown, please click on the Black Weblog Awards logo below and on PAGE 2  scroll down to the “Best Health or Wellness Blog Category”, and click next to Savvy Brown. While you’re there, explore and vote for other blogs as well! (Remember to go all the way to the last page to make sure your vote is counted!)

Thank you! And again, thanks for your support!

- Savvy

Whew! Savvy succumbed to the WordPress kryptonite that was thrown onto GoDaddy’s server. She’s recovered and she’s fine now, and completely safe to navigate. I’ll be running updates and making more behind-the-scenes changes in the next few weeks. Thanks for your patience, support and all of your helpful and thoughtful emails, FB comments and tweets!

- Savvy

Savvy’s makin’ her first video! I’m going to be on momTV on Monday at 8pmEST on the Organic Baby Resource Show with host Erika. For those of you who don’t know, Erika has a great blog called Organic Baby Resource that has wonderful tips and reviews on all things baby, healthy and organic.

(And no…I’m not pregnant…yet.)

I’m going to demonstrate how you can make some of the the body care recipes you’ve seen on the blog, for Mother’s Day! (Or yourself) Among them:

• Homemade Brown Sugar Body Scrub
• Homemade Body Oil
• Homemade Peppermint Foot Soak
• Make Your Own Bath Salts
• Air Freshener/ Linen Spray
• and more!

I know it sounds crazy for me to being saying this on a rather “green” blog, but…

I don’t know what my carbon footprint is or what my greenhouse gas emissions are. I don’t count each and every kilowatt on my electric bill, I didn’t install solar panels on my roof, and I haven’t taken any steps to save the polar bears.

Not that there’s anything wrong with any of those things.

But there just aren’t any polar bears in Brooklyn where I live.

Where I live, the only green that most people are interested in is the kind that you pay bills with. So my perspective on being green is a little bit different. At my house we recycle and we reuse as much as possible. We sell things on ebay and give to goodwill before throwing things out. We no longer use paper towels, we print on both sides of copy paper before we shred them to use as packing material. I plan to start composting next . I make our laundry soap, our dishwashing detergent, our air freshener, our body creams and anything else I can think up and we don’t use bleach or harsh chemicals. We have power strips and dimmers in each room so that we turn electronics off when we’re not using them and we keep the thermostat at around 68 degrees. We use reusable grocery bags and we own energy star appliances. For the second year in a row, I’m growing a container vegetable garden.

BUT

Earth Day was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental day of speeches and events held on April 22, 1970 and is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year. Senator Nelson hand-picked Denis Hayes, a Harvard grad-student, activist and environmentalist to organize the first Earth Day events in the US. It was created to inspire concern and knowledge about nature and expose polluters. Earth Day marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement. Approximately 20 million Americans participated. Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, the loss of wilderness, and the extinction of wildlife. It has grown from a day to be celebrated to an entire week of activities and environmental issues.

In 1989 Hayes created Green Seal, a non-profit group that created science-based environmental standards to help consumers make green choices about products they buy, and to hold manufacturers that list with them to environmental standards. The “Green Seal” is still in use today. Hayes took Earth Day international in 1990 and organized events in 141 nations. Earth Day is now observed each year on April 22 in virtually

If you’re new to Savvy Brown welcome to the party! If you’ve been here for a while, I’m sure things look a little different. After receiving some suggestions from some of you, having code issues, and problems posting, I decided to streamline things a bit.

What’s New at SB

New Buttons – At the top of the page, above the search window you can easily now see where you can email me, subscribe to the blog, become a fan on facebook or follow me on twitter. Just put your cursor over the icons and they’ll tell you what to do!http://savvybrown.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=2999&message=10

Savvy Shop – Also, there’s a bright new button in the sidebar to the right I designed for the Savvy Shop! So if you’ve been wondering where to find a lot of the affordable items I talk about here in the blog, click the big colorful shopping cart and start browsing!

Grab my Badge – And by popular demand you can now grab my badge and put it on your site letting everyone know how Savvy you are! If you have a blog or website, just highlight the code next to the badge and paste it tight into the code for your sidebar or wherever you keep your badges! (Thanks for your help Erica!)

One of my favorite new blogs is All Day Natural. MissLycia teaches about everything from when you should throw out your make up to sweet vegan recipes! So I was truly honored when she asked me to do an interview/guest blog post on her site about the benfits of living green and healthy, and how it’s all connected. Check it out and please comment and show her some Savvy love people!

Savvy Brown, Blogger: Spotlight on a Naturalista

If you’re trying to cut back on using paper towels, then using Handi Wipes, Microfiber cloths and Skoy cloths and even sponges are a good option. However, in the kitchen we all want to reduce germs right? So what I do is every couple of days or so I wet my sink sponge, or cloth or whatever I’ve been using to wipe off the counters and stick it in the microwave on high for 30 seconds. (The item being nuked MUST BE WET , trust me on this.) Then at the end of the week, any cloths or dishtowels get sprayed with Hydrogen peroxide and tossed in the washer. Simple, cheap and..(wait for it) Savvy!