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Preparing for Baby | Our Non-Toxic Baby Registry
Taking the Stress and Harmful Chemicals out of Baby Registries Preparing for a baby is so exciting but can also be quite overwhelming. With so many products on the market and a million different opinions, making a baby registry quickly becomes a little stressful. We all just want the best for our new baby, but […]
Home Cleanse Guide: How to Detox Your Home
Home is where you’re supposed to feel the most safe. However, when your living spaces are filled with pollutants, you can find threats in every nook and cranny. As part of our Home Cleanse series, we’re going over step-by-step how to detox your home and turn it into your safest space. WHY THE HOME ENVIRONMENT […]
Identifying Tech Toxins and the Easy Ways to Avoid Them for a Healthier, Happier Life.
I’m the first to admit, there is a ton of love to give technology. So many of the things we completely take for granted today, like the luxury of using GPS on our phones while driving places, talking to your kids no matter where they are or being able to get the answer to any […]
Work Day Hacks: How to Make Your Day Healthy and Productive
We’d all like to start the workday bright-eyed, bushy-tailed and ready to take on the world. And yet, some days find us fighting to keep our eyes open and a fire lit under our very sluggish tails. We find our willpower has been crushed under the pile of “to-dos” quickly taking over our workspace. If […]
Detoxifying Clothing and Bedding: A Thorough Guide
Sadly, many people are wearing clothing that has been washed with toxic laundry soaps and fabric softeners. After repeated washings our clothes become incorporated with the chemicals and dyes from the detergents. Since toxins can enter the body not only by inhalation through the respiratory tract, but also by absorption through the skin our bodies receive a double dose from these scented toxic…
O Christmas Tree: Fake or Real? Which Option is Better?
It’s the holiday season. By this point, many of you have selected the crown jewel of your home for the holidays – your beloved Christmas tree. Whether yours was packaged in a questionably small cardboard box or hand-picked and not-so-gracefully brought home on the top of the car, setting up the tree is undeniably one […]
How We are Leading the Industry in End-Product Testing
At Branch Basics, safety was always our number one priority when it came to the creation of our formula. We are passionate about leading the cleaning industry to a higher standard by empowering consumers with transparency and an open door policy when it comes to information on the safety of the products they use in […]
The Importance of End-Product Testing
In the US cosmetics and personal care products, typically mixtures of 5-20 individual ingredients, are generally self-regulated. The United States and Food and Drug Administration’s guidance is limited to advising manufacturers that their products should be “…safe under labeled or customary conditions of use,” although no formal standard exists for this term. Products may be […]
PCOS Natural Treatment: Allison’s Success Story
What is PCOS? My fertility journey began early and abruptly. I had my first and only period at thirteen, so in high school, I sought the help of an OB/GYN fertility specialist. A sonogram revealed cyst-covered ovaries, one of the worst cases of PCOS my doctor had seen. Pregnancy would only be possible with the […]
Tired All the Time? 4 Steps to Get More Sleep Tonight!
We spend about one-third of our lives in bed! So needless to say, sleep is important. In fact, it is much more important than we probably realize. The quality and duration of our sleep schedules affect how we live out the other two-thirds of our day. Quality of sleep translates to quality of life. And […]
Halloween, Meet Health: 4 Ways to Keep Halloween Healthy
As Halloween approaches and with the holidays right around the corner, we believe it is important to educate ourselves on the benefits of maintaining our healthy lifestyles throughout the seasons. In terms of food – especially with kids – we’ve likely established some basic guidelines of nourishment and what we hope to avoid. Then things […]
Ditch Refined Sugar and Reap the Benefits
For some people, even the title of this post incites a little bit of angst. Some healthy changes are easier than others, but sugar seems to be one of those things that everyone can agree on– it’s hard to resist. For starters, refined sugar is in most processed foods making it difficult to avoid when […]
How This Working Mom and Author Prioritizes Self-Care
I incorporate self-cleaning into my life by making space for simple activities that filter out distractions and clear my mind and heart. Between work, raising two tiny humans, maintaining a healthy marriage and burning the midnight oil on passion projects, I have to layer my self-cleaning onto the existing framework of my life. These little […]
3 Ways to Naturally Balance Hormones
Today we are excited to welcome Caroline Potter, NTP, of Flourish to share her healthy lifestyle tips to help naturally balance hormones and ones that you can easily incorporate into your day! Hormones—one word that can bring both joy and despair to many women. I know what it is like to fear the dreaded […]
How Getting Hit by a Truck Saved My Life
When Jules and I were co-creating the Conscious Cleanse we both had our own personal transformations – distinct but equally profound. What became crystal clear to us through our journey was the sheer truth of what’s possible for people when we commit to a process of slowing down and healing ourselves with food. That’s why […]
Stop the Itch! How to Treat Eczema Naturally
Eczema can be a challenging skin condition that is not only uncomfortable (hello, itchy!!) but can also be a window into the body’s elimination process. Did you know that the skin is a primary elimination system of the body and is sometimes called the third kidney? Eczema usually indicates that there is a toxic backup […]
The Branch Basics Smart Guide to Safe School Supplies
Gear Up for School Start with Safe School Supplies Most kids love getting back to school supplies! The new school year provides a perfect opportunity to check out the many safe “attractive to kids” school supply options that are widely available today. This was not always true. Parents in the recent past had no idea […]
Is Branch Basics a Sanitizer or a Disinfectant?
The use of sanitizers and disinfectants is a current hot topic for the following reasons: To be classified as a sanitizer or disinfectant the product must contain an EPA registered pesticide or a high percentage of alcohol – at least 62%. The use of sanitizers with EPA registered pesticides have been shown to contribute to […]
The Ultimate Healthy Snacks Guide
Oh, snack time! For some of us, the struggle is real. In the name of convenience or in hopes of avoiding a tantrum, our healthy efforts can easily be pushed to the wayside. Thankfully, there are plenty of great snack options – even processed ones that are made with real food, healthy ingredients! We put […]
Our Favorite Non-Toxic Personal Care Products
We’ve had a lot of you ask us what our favorite personal care products are, so we thought compiling a list of what we use (along with some other great options) would be helpful! Ensuring that the products you bring into your home are free of harmful chemicals (ex. synthetic fragrance) is crucial to creating […]