I am very much into anything natural -- natural products, natural alternatives, natural make-up (sigh...if only there were more good ones out there). Being the natural fanatic that I am, it made me stay away, as much as possible, from regular, commercial products.

Until now, I am in a constant search for good natural alternatives for the things my family and I use on a daily basis. It hasn't been so easy for me, especially now that the words "natural" and "organic" are showing up on almost every product label and advertisement, most of them having no truth in their claims!

Now, what's a mother to do???

Before I leave tomorrow (for a 5-day vacation, yahoo!), let me just post this list of synthetic/chemical preservatives I found from the web: .

This is a must-read for those who:

• want to go all-natural with their personal care products.
• want to know what ingredients are best avoided.
• want to be sure if the skin care products they buy are safe or not.
• really take time to read the labels.

.This is a pretty long list of ingredients we often see in product labels. It is time we familiarize ourselves with them.

I showed our kids this video of Earth Hour 2009 a while ago, and at the end of the video, the logo of WWF shows. This is what DL2 said pointing at it...

"Oh! Kung Fu Panda!", with his voice all excited! What a comedian (without him knowing it) :D