Oh, Hell...

[silverthorne]

Burt's Bees is being bought out by Clorox.

And just after my budget got stable enough to buy their products. :/

*sigh*

Unlike most of the posters there, I'm not so worried about the 'sell out' to a 'polluter' company so much as worrying about 1) Them following (or not) the original intent/spirit of the letter/actual processes that the compnay originally has/had and 2) Keeping the ingredients natural, consistant in quality and effect, etc.

At this point, we're headed towards another bout of company monopolies--trying to stop the absorbtion of smaller companies by larger ones, especially with an ill economy in full swing, is like trying to stop high tide in a hurricane. It ain't gonna happen. So the worry and focus should be on the rest of it.

I'll probably keep buying for a little while--until the products get 'industrialized' with cheaper-to-make chemicals, and/or they start tearing up the environment. Until then, I'll hope they see more than just dollar signs, blind hope as that may be.

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[skywardprodigal.livejournal.com]

Try oyin (http://www.oyinhandmade.com/).

There's oyinlove on lj too.

[silverthorne.livejournal.com]

Thankies. Will give it a good check out this afternoon at home. :)