BotanicGal

BotanicGal Travels: Charleston, SC

June 20, 2016 No Comments

Recently my husband and I took a much-needed vacation down south to the absolute most charming city I’ve ever visited: Charleston, SC. The city is small but is packed with culture, more history than you can take in, utterly fantastic food, shopping, sun, sand, sea and really friendly people who say “ma’am” and “y’all”. We stayed for 5 days and did a ton of wandering and tourist-y adventuring. I was so impressed by everything that I wanted to give a rundown on a few of our favorite finds – especially those that are green/eco-friendly/organic/natural. Food: Husk The most fantastic […]

General, Other, Skincare

Urban Oreganics

May 9, 2016 No Comments

Meet the holy grail of eye make up removers. No seriously, this stuff is the best I’ve ever used. Usually even if I find a product I really like I’ll still be willing to try another because you never know, it could be better. Well the search stops here with Urban Oreganics Makeup Remover. Don’t even try to convince me there’s a better option. Clearly it’s my fave since I order multiple at a time. I just can’t possibly run out without a back up! This eye make up remover is made with organic aloe vera juice, distilled water, alcohol […]

General, Infertility

#StartAsking about Infertility

April 25, 2016 No Comments

It’s National Infertility Awareness Week this week. And since my infertility journey lead me to this place, to going green, and to start this blog I owe it to myself and to everyone else walking this road to raise awareness and to #StartAsking how I can help others ease the heartache and pain. To say this process is a struggle is a huge understatement. It’s not something anyone should have to go at alone. There are good days and there are very bad days, days where you aren’t sure you can face reality, days where you need someone to talk […]

Beauty, Cosmetics, General

Root Beauty

April 20, 2016 No Comments

I’m an Iowa girl at heart so I think it’s only fitting to do my first review on the beauty products brand – Root. (I’m going back to my roots with this one – ha, I’m so clever & punny!). I love Root’s mission and product selection and was even more excited to find out they mix up their natural beauty products right in my home state. How about that?! Us Iowan’s have to stick together you know. 🙂 Anyways, I was first drawn to this company because they have a large, seemingly complete, beauty collection ranging from skincare to […]

General

Toss-it-Tuesday

March 30, 2016 No Comments

Now, I’ve gotten rid of many products over the past few years but, this is my first “official” #TossItTuesday. And while it’s painful to get rid of my old sample stash, it’s got to go. This is actually easier to toss than some products because I’ve never actually tried any of them yet so I don’t even know if I would have liked them anyways. I’ll just assume I would have hated them (ya right). Now don’t get me wrong, I’m starting to have a little FOMO but I know I’ll replace my stash soon enough. 🙂 The first step to […]

General

Welcome to Botanic Gal!

March 21, 2016 1 Comment

Spring is in the air, which means time for new beginnings and change. It makes for a perfect time to start my blog where I hope to bring you all inspiration and encouragement for living a green lifestyle. Read on to find out why I started living green and for what kind of content I’ll be posting. Going green is just the tip of the iceberg in my story. It’s an important component but isn’t the master plan. It’s become a really significant part of my life but I had no idea where it would take me when I bought that first […]