Always Look on The Bright Side!

Herban Lifestyle is featured this month in The Bright Side Project! The Bright Side Project was started by Miss B and Miss K as a way of bringing a bit of sunshine into people’s lives. And the lovely design, upbeat clever writing, and generous giveaways on their website do just that!
Every month since the site [...]

The Benefits of Sea Salt Baths

The following post is by guest blogger, Kia Guarino.
Known as Thalassotherapy, the practice of bathing in salt water is not only relaxing, but it also increases blood circulation, and helps the body eliminate toxins. It also activates the body’s own healing mechanisms, strengthening the immune system. Salt water has desirable beauty benefits as well since [...]

Squidfire 2009 Spring Art Mart

Herban Lifestyle will be participating in Squidfire’s 2009 Spring Art Mart! We had a wonderful time vending at their Winter Art Mart, and are looking forward to another fabulous show. Here are the details:
Saturday, May 9, 11am-6pm
Mount Vernon Square (between Charles & Cathedral Streets)
Baltimore, MD 21201
Click here for map
The Art Mart will feature over 50 of [...]

Cosmetics Without Cruelty

The following is a guest blog post by Julia Guarino.
I’ve always been an animal lover. As a (rather precocious) five-year-old, I made the connection between the cute fuzzy animals I loved and the food I was eating, and promptly announced I was becoming a vegetarian. Now in my 20’s, I not only continue to [...]

Thanks, Posh Mom!

I just came across a review of my mint chocolate chip lip balm on the The Posh Mom Life. I was happy to find out about their website, which is a place filled with all sorts of great information on beauty, fashion, health, food and more all geared toward the interests of the hip mom.
They describe [...]

Soul Pancake and Wordle

I just found out about a fun website from my new favorite website, Soul Pancake. Soul Pancake is an interactive community, created by actor Rainn Wilson as a place where people can come together to ask and answer questions about life, spirituality, creativity and more. In their own words, “SoulPancake is, quite simply, the only place [...]

Belated Thanks to Chaptastic

I just came across this post from Chaptastic, which was posted back on January 26th.
Chaptastic is a blog that reviews lip balms of all kinds, but shortly after the inauguration, they expanded their coverage to include balms in general. Well, balms in general if their names happened to play on Obama/Obalma.
The post author, JavaJive, found [...]

Natural Crunchy Hair Solutions

The last couple of hairstylists I’ve visited have said that my hair is coated with minerals, most likely due to hard water — water high in calcium, magnesium and/or iron. I had noticed that my hair had been feeling very “crunchy” and kept conditioning every day in order to try and soften the feel. Both [...]