6 Months “no poo!” This past January I decided to stop using shampoo to wash my hair, often referred to as the “no poo” method, and now, six months later, my hair is the healthiest it has ever been in my life! However, I have had quite the journey to healthy, clean hair, and the…
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Zero Waste Dental Routine
Are you interested in a zero waste dental routine? It is easier than you think! Dental care is an activity that most people do once, if not twice, daily, and often the amount of toxins, chemicals, plastics, and other unpleasant ingredients pass under our radars because it is the “norm” for dental routines. For example,…
3 Things I Learned from 1 Year of Blogging + Top 5 Recipes
Happy one year Blog-iversary! April’s monthly lifestyle post is published today, May 1st, because it has officially been one year since this blog, Shalom Homestead, went live! It is amazing to think that the Shalom Homestead Blog has been active for an entire year, and I am excited for the years to come! With over…
Anti-Inflammatory Dog Food
Fluffie’s Food Jake and I currently feed our little, five pound, purebred Yorkshire Terrier, Fluffie, an anti-inflammatory diet using food made according to the recipe below because she has the beginning stages of arthritis, and I want to keep the inflammation in her joints as minimal as possible. After researching pet nutrition, specifically for Yorkies…
Our Pets Aren’t Vegan
Vegan Pets? I came across an interesting debate among vegans not long after my husband, Jake and I began a vegan lifestyle. The topic made us think hard about how we were caring for our pets, and I believe learning more about this topic taught us how to care for our three fur babies even…
Five Ways to Approach Switching to a Greener, Eco-Friendly Lifestyle
Switching to a greener, eco-friendly lifestyle is becoming increasingly popular because we constantly see information about the good that comes from living in this manner. We hear that health benefits come from eating a plant-based diet, or perhaps, we are shocked by the amount of waste generated daily by the average person. Maybe, we realize…