Mindful Momma got a makeover! Three new reasons to follow Mindful Momma – a blog about creating a healthy, natural lifestyle!
If you’re a regular Mindful Momma reader, you’ve probably noticed a brand new look around here. After 10 years, I thought it was time for a little makeover! So I spruced things up with a pretty new logo, and added a nice, new welcome mat on the home page – to make it easier to understand what Mindful Momma is all about.
Behind the scenes, I’ve been making some other changes too – in the types of content I cover and the way I write my posts. All these changes are designed to serve you better – because YOU are why I’m here my friend! I’m hoping you’ll agree with these 3 new reasons to follow Mindful Momma!
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New goal
Ten years ago, when Mindful Momma began, the blog was more like an online diary – sharing my adventures living a green & healthy lifestyle, while raising my 2 young boys. Now I view Mindful Momma as a business and a resource – intended to help others live a more natural, healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle.
My #1 goal at Mindful Momma is to be extremely helpful – specifically to provide well researched information and inspiration to help you live the healthy, natural lifestyle that works for you.I want to solve your biggest problems and help you navigate lifestyle changes that still work within your budget and your crazy busy life! But in order to do that, I need to know what they are! So please let me know – by leaving a comment on this post or sending me a personal email at [email protected]. I’m serious, I want to know!
New blog post format
To make my blog posts more helpful, I’m bringing in some consistency to my format.
For most posts you’ll see a section talking about Why It Matters. This will help you understand the health or environmental risks of doing things the conventional way. Then you’ll find a Solutions Section – how to make changes and what to look for instead. Finally, you’ll often find a section sharing Better Products – these are healthy, non-toxic, eco-friendly products that are a safe & natural solution to the problem. I’ll also be sharing valuable charts, shopping lists and other printables in my Resource Library – for those of you who join my mailing list.
New blog design
The real reason I needed to update my blog design was to be mobile friendly – because I know the majority of you are reading this on your mobile device. Google is now penalizing websites that are not mobile friendly – and I certainly don’t want my content to get buried at the bottom of a search list because my blog wasn’t optimized for mobile.
My new logo and tagline – Simple Solutions for Natural Living – are a better reflection of what Mindful Momma is all about these days. I love the way the design from Jumping Jax Designs turned out!
As long as I was updating the design of my blog, I wanted to make Mindful Momma easier to understand and to navigate. All posts now fit into one of 3 categories – Healthy Food, Non Toxic Beauty and Natural Living. This makes it easier to dig deeper for the information that helps you!
Be sure to check out my Marketplace too! It isn’t new, but I’ve been updating it – and will continue to do whenever I find great new brands to share!
Let’s celebrate with a giveaway (giveaway is now OVER)!
Now for the fun part! I contacted a bunch of my favorite brands and put together an epic giveaway!
Total value of all prizes is $685 – but each prize will go to a separate winner. Winners will be chosen at random but I will try to accommodate your prize preference if possible – so please state your preference in the comments. Enter using the Rafflecopter form at the end of the post!
(*affiliate links ahead)
Goddess Garden
The full Goddess Garden Sun Repair System – includes 7 products (4 for day, 3 for night), designed both to protect and repair skin from sun damage. ($79.99 value)
PACT Organic
A $100 gift certificate for organic cotton underwear, socks and apparel. Maybe you’ve seen this brand popping up in Whole Foods or Target. I’m in love with their organic cotton undergarments and fun, funky socks! ($100 value)
Earth Mama Angel Baby
A Baby Essentials Bundle – including lotion, body wash & shampoo, baby bottom balm, baby oil and organic cotton tote bag. Choose your favorite scent: Orange Vanilla (my fav!), Calming Lavender or Natural Non-Scents. ($59 value)
A very unique Eco-friendly Shoe Care Set- including organic shoe grease, neutral shoe polish, shoe brush and organic flannel shine cloth. Products are ECO-cert certified and free from all the nasty ingredients shoe polish products usually contain. ($88 value)
Akamai
An Essentials Kit including Mineral Toothpaste, Skin Fuel Oil and 2 of the 3-in-1 Soap Bars. All you need for healthy skin, hair and teeth! ($38 value)
Anne Riggs
A roll of Reusable Paper Towels made with printed cotton on one side and cotton terry cloth on the other. Also, Mindful Momma customers get FREE shipping + a free sample pack of 5 reusable cosmetic pads (I love these!) – using code MINDFULMOMMA at checkout (good through 4-30-17). ($45 value)
Goodbeing
A Goodbeing box with assorted natural beauty and wellness products. FYI Mindful Momma readers who place an order get a free bonus product using my affiliate link! ($21 value)
Juice Beauty
The Anti Wrinkles Solutions Kit from the Stem Cellular Collection – including Booster Serum, Moisturizer and Eye Treatment. ($50 value)
A copy of my book, Practically Green: Your Guide to EcoFriendly Decision-Making, along with an assortment of other natural & eco-friendly goodies! ($90 value)
The giveaway will go through Saturday, May 6th at midnight central time. U.S. shipping addresses only. Must be 18 years or older to win.
Good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway(*If you make a purchase through an affiliate link, I may receive a small commission – at no extra charge to you. Thank you for supporting Mindful Momma if you do!)
Micaela Preston is natural living educator and safe and sustainable product activist. She has spoken at conferences and events, has lobbied for safer chemical laws, and has consulted with many brands and businesses. Her book, Practically Green: Your Guide to Eco Friendly Decision Making was published in 2009.
67 Comments
I absolutely love Juice Beauty and use some of their products already, but I think I’m most interested in the Goddess Garden set! I love the new site!
So many of the prizes look great that it’s hard to choose a favorite! My top three would have to be the Goddess Garden, Reusable Paper Towels, and the Juice Beauty products.
I love the reusable paper towels as well as the practically green assortment, I just love all ideas that are more earth friendly than the normal ways of doing things!
If I win, these are my prize preferences:
1. Pact Organic
2. Goddess Garden
3 Earth Mama Angel Baby
4. Anne Riggs
5. Kleen Kanteen
6. Practically Green Assortment
7. Table Grace
any remaining prizes in any order
Congratulations on the new look! I love your website and find your info soooo helpful. I would be thrilled to win the Garden Goddess, Pact, reusable paper towels or the Juice Beauty items. Thanks for all that you do and giving me the opportunity to win some natural and eco-friendly products from wonderful eco-conscious companies.
Thank you for all you do in helping us lead greener lives! Would love to be considered for the Goddess Garden, Pact Organic,and the awesome reusable paper towels.
My faves are the PACT Organic, Earth Mama Angel Baby, Sanre Organic Skinfood, Akamai, Anne Riggs paper towels, Goodbeing box, Juice Beauty and the Practically Green assortment…..I pretty much love it all!!
I would be incredibly grateful to win the Goddess Garden Sun Repair System. With my aging sun-weathered skin I could use all the help I could get. Thanks!
Love reading your blog and getting ideas about new products to try! I would be happy if I won anything… but if I had my choice I would choose the Organic Underwear from Pact Organic or the Sanre Organic Skin Food.
Hello I am a subscriber to your site but am unable to leave a blog comment on the survey. It keeps asking me to subscribe & shows that I left a comment when I tried but couldn’t. Anyone else having problems? I love your organized new focus! Looking forward to more interesting information from you!
Hi Madeline – sorry you are having trouble with your entry. I checked my list and you are a subscriber – so I will be sure to count that for the giveaway!
i’m most excited about the pact organics, the reusable un-paper towels and the practically green assortment! congrats on the new blog layout and thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
I would like to win the Goodbeing box, Earth Mama Angel Baby Essentials Bundle, Goddess Garden Sun Repair System & the $100 Pact Organic gift certificate the most.
How generous! My choices would be, in order, the PACT GC, the practically green assortment, the “paper” towels, and the napkins. I love me some healthy cloth!
Hi! I’m very happy to stumble upon your health blog. As a young lady, I’m most interested in the goddess garden set and the pact organic items. Thanks for offering the items
What an awesome giveaway! I’d love to try the reusable paper towels – I try to not be wasteful, but I can’t seem to get away from using paper towels. Tha S one thing I’d like to do.
Also the practically green assortment and Goddess Garden sun care set look great!
Oh my gosh, I would be thrilled with any of these! I think the kleen kanteen baby bottle would be awesome for our 8 month old. I love eco friendly products, and any way our household can be more eco friendly is great!
Such amazing products. I’m really loving the reusable paper towels. What a great idea to reduce our waste. We need these at my house!! I’ve also hear of Pact clothing and would love to try their products, that would be my second choice. And I’m also very much into the practically green assortment. Thanks for this chance!
I would be so excited to win the reusable paper towels. That’s such a cool concept and paper towels are something we’ve been having a hard time with replacing! Also, the Juice Beauty set would be great.
Thank you for hosting this great giveaway! I’m most interested in the Pact Organic; Sanre Organic Skinfood; the Goodbeing Box; Juice Beauty; and Practically Green Assortment.
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I absolutely love Juice Beauty and use some of their products already, but I think I’m most interested in the Goddess Garden set! I love the new site!
So many of the prizes look great that it’s hard to choose a favorite! My top three would have to be the Goddess Garden, Reusable Paper Towels, and the Juice Beauty products.
Awesome giveaways! I don’t have kids, but I’d love to win items like the paper towels, napkins, pact organic items! I love the new logo. Congrats!
I love the reusable paper towels as well as the practically green assortment, I just love all ideas that are more earth friendly than the normal ways of doing things!
The prizes I’m most interested in are PACT organic, the Practically Green assortment and reusable paper towels.
I’m most interested in the Pact Organic package or the Anne Riggs paper towels. Thanks!
If I win, these are my prize preferences:
1. Pact Organic
2. Goddess Garden
3 Earth Mama Angel Baby
4. Anne Riggs
5. Kleen Kanteen
6. Practically Green Assortment
7. Table Grace
any remaining prizes in any order
I would love any of the products, altho I don’t have kids or babies!
Look forward to seeing more of your “new look” !
Shelly
Would love to win juice beauty or the garden goddess package. Thank you!
Congratulations on the new look! I love your website and find your info soooo helpful. I would be thrilled to win the Garden Goddess, Pact, reusable paper towels or the Juice Beauty items. Thanks for all that you do and giving me the opportunity to win some natural and eco-friendly products from wonderful eco-conscious companies.
The Goddess Garden pack is the best! I LOVE their products on my skin. But honestly, all these prizes are amazing.
Thank you for all you do in helping us lead greener lives! Would love to be considered for the Goddess Garden, Pact Organic,and the awesome reusable paper towels.
The reusable paper towels are my favorite.
My faves are the PACT Organic, Earth Mama Angel Baby, Sanre Organic Skinfood, Akamai, Anne Riggs paper towels, Goodbeing box, Juice Beauty and the Practically Green assortment…..I pretty much love it all!!
Congrats on all the work you’re putting in on your site! It looks great and I’m excited to read more!
I have been wanting to try the reusable paper towels. Thank you.
Love the new logo and the exciting changes you’re introducing! Can’t wait to watch this site grow.
I would be incredibly grateful to win the Goddess Garden Sun Repair System. With my aging sun-weathered skin I could use all the help I could get. Thanks!
I’m most interested in Goddess Garden and PACT Organic!
Love reading your blog and getting ideas about new products to try! I would be happy if I won anything… but if I had my choice I would choose the Organic Underwear from Pact Organic or the Sanre Organic Skin Food.
Love the new look!
Would live to try the Anne Wraps/ reusable paper towels. My kids are past the baby stage but not past the mess making phase.
Hello I am a subscriber to your site but am unable to leave a blog comment on the survey. It keeps asking me to subscribe & shows that I left a comment when I tried but couldn’t. Anyone else having problems? I love your organized new focus! Looking forward to more interesting information from you!
Hi Madeline – sorry you are having trouble with your entry. I checked my list and you are a subscriber – so I will be sure to count that for the giveaway!
Thanks I appreciate it!
The new site looks great!
i’m most excited about the pact organics, the reusable un-paper towels and the practically green assortment! congrats on the new blog layout and thank you for the wonderful giveaway!
oops & i put the wrong username in for my instagram entry- it’s actually sol.tropism instead!
I would like to win the Goodbeing box, Earth Mama Angel Baby Essentials Bundle, Goddess Garden Sun Repair System & the $100 Pact Organic gift certificate the most.
I am most excited about the Goddess Garden Sun Repair System! I live in sunny Florida, so my skin can use all of the protection and repair it can get!
Earth mama baby angel😍
Wow! Everything in this giveaway is awesome! My favourites are Anne Riggs, Goodbeing box and Earth mama angel baby in orange vanilla!
I love them all, especially the Earth Mama Baby Essentials Bundle 🙂
Thank You for the great review and giveaway
I would be most excited to win the EARTH MAMA ANGEL BABY bundle. The reusable paper towels would probably be my second favorite!
Beautiful new look, Micaela! Crossing my fingers to win the Sanre Skin products or the Juice Beauty– so many great options! Hope you are well!
I love, Love, LOVE the reusable paper towels.
How generous! My choices would be, in order, the PACT GC, the practically green assortment, the “paper” towels, and the napkins. I love me some healthy cloth!
All signed up! I would love the Pact Organic. 😊
I love PACT and Earth Mama Angel baby!
I would love to win the reusable paper towel roll or the Practically Green assortment
I like the paper towels
Hi! I’m very happy to stumble upon your health blog. As a young lady, I’m most interested in the goddess garden set and the pact organic items. Thanks for offering the items
I would LOVE the goodbeing box or the Kleen Kanteen giveaway; I am obsessed with all of their products:)
All of these sound wonderful… like the reusable “paper towels” and baby goodies!
Hope it will be a healthy surprise to me..
I’m most excited for the Kaia detox deodorant!! I heard great things!!
What an awesome giveaway! I’d love to try the reusable paper towels – I try to not be wasteful, but I can’t seem to get away from using paper towels. Tha S one thing I’d like to do.
Also the practically green assortment and Goddess Garden sun care set look great!
Have really been wanting to try goodbeing!
1. Pact Organic
2. Goddess Garden
4. Petal & Post
6. Practically Green Assortment
7. Juice Beauty
I’m excited about the PRACTICALLY GREEN ASSORTMENT 🙂
I’m most excited about the Goddess Garden Sun Repair System! And the Juice Beauty!
I’d love to win the PACT ORGANIC gift card.
I am interested in winning The Anti Wrinkles Solutions Kit from the Stem Cellular Collection.
Practically green assortment for me please
I would love the practically green assortment!
The Goodbeingbox loooks amazing, everything included is so wonderful!
Oh my gosh, I would be thrilled with any of these! I think the kleen kanteen baby bottle would be awesome for our 8 month old. I love eco friendly products, and any way our household can be more eco friendly is great!
Such amazing products. I’m really loving the reusable paper towels. What a great idea to reduce our waste. We need these at my house!! I’ve also hear of Pact clothing and would love to try their products, that would be my second choice. And I’m also very much into the practically green assortment. Thanks for this chance!
Such an exciting giveaway! I want the PACT organic prize!! 😍 if that’s taken when I win, I want the Practically Green assortment!
I would be so excited to win the reusable paper towels. That’s such a cool concept and paper towels are something we’ve been having a hard time with replacing! Also, the Juice Beauty set would be great.
Thank you for hosting this great giveaway! I’m most interested in the Pact Organic; Sanre Organic Skinfood; the Goodbeing Box; Juice Beauty; and Practically Green Assortment.
Any prize would be awesome but pact organizes looks great! 🙂 ranks for the opportunity!
I am super excited about the reausable paper towels & the Earth Mama Angel Baby gift pack 🙌🙌🙌 What an awesome giveaway!
Pact Organic & AKAMAI are my picks.
I like all the prizes, but if I had to pick I’d pick the organic cotton underwear!
I would love the GODDESS GARDEN or PACT ORGANIC.
I would love the I would love the GODDESS GARDEN or PACT ORGANIC. (Sorry for 2 comments but used incorrect email with first comment.)
Such great prizes! I especially love the earth Mama Angel Baby, Kleen Kanteen, the unpaper towels and the final prize pack! I love your new design!