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beeswax, olive oil, lavender and honey

Most make up out there is made out of ingredients that we don't want in our kids body's.

Teens turning green has up to date information about what are in these products, and alternative products that are healthy choices.

Today we made simple lip balm with pure natural ingredients. Because our friend Ashley gave us some organic lavender from Sonoma, we infused it with the olive oil over night, the kids took turns grating local beeswax and we melted it down with a bit of honey and the olive oil and put it into jars, soooo lovely and natural.

We also had a lot of time just to play, the girls went crazy with the fabric in my studio, really great designs they came up with. We had lunch at the creek and took a walk around the neighborhood

Screen printing from Etsy

This post is especially for Youth Making a Difference Eco fashion show in fairfax this June 13th. We want to buy used tees, screen print them and then make them our own for that day. I like this because for years I really didn't get the whole screen print thang. It's pretty good and kind of entertaining.

Youth Making A Difference eco Fashion show at the Fairfax festival June 13 and 14th 2009

Youth Making a Difference first fashion show event at the Fair fax eco festival was wonderful. The girls worked really hard for about three months meeting some times twice a week, and did such a beautiful job on thier designs. I enjoyed so much watching and supporting these girls coming up with such innovative ideas. This show and process was about creating fashion with complete creative freedom. Our guidelines to sustainability was using reclaimed or new organically grown fabric , repurposing used or vintage clothing and playing with several print techniques and plant dye. This event is one of many to come in the future. Please check out slow family to see more pictures of the fashion show.