Alicia Silverstone's Blog, page 203

my moms empty cosmetic containers...

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During a visit to see my mom for her birthday I'll blog about this soon! I snapped these pictures of her empty cosmetic containers. I've told you before how she always uses every last drop of her makeup and beauty products so I wanted to share these pictures!

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I mean come on! That's incredible right? Does she win the contest for most thorough use of products on the planet or what? Do any of you use your jars as well as this? Very impressive mom. Yay mom!

olivia & laura love the kind diet!!!

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I just got an email from Olivia Wilde that made me sooo happy!  She is currently in Santa Fe working on the film Cowboys and Aliens... Here is what she wrote me:
 
"The catering chef on set here in Santa Fe has been using your book to cook for me...I've been hardcore vegan the whole time without having to compromise due to lack of food. For a snack today he made me your Fried Mochi. To die for. For dessert? Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups! Heaven. Sam Rockwell has been ordering what he calls the...

rats are people too!

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I recently got to play with these adorable rats on the set of Vamps! I know that they are not people in the sense that they are not of our species...but they are super cute and they are such fascinating little creatures. I love that they have five fingers like ours - five fingers on their hind legs and four on the front. They are so sweet when they lick and clean themselves! They deserve respect and should not be harmed.

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The blog Vegan Peace provides some great introductory information...

doug and organic avenue are awesome

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Doug Evans pictured below is this super cool guy who I met when I was having dinner at Pure Food and Wine by myself. Doug came over to my table and asked if I would like to join him and his friend at their table. I was loving my date by myself but he was so nice that I went and joined them for dessert. I'm happy that I did because he's a great guy who is doing great things in this world!

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Organic Avenue is his place that specializes in raw and vegan essentials as well as detoxes and...

kristins gradual transformation

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Kind Lifer Kristin Thayer recently sent me her success story and shared the great attitude she has toward her kind diet. Check it out:

"I just weighed myself and am now 17.5 pounds down.  Tomorrow will be 7 weeks since going vegan and I am just so proud of myself.  I would have in the past been discouraged already because the weight has been coming off at a 'snail-pace' at least that's how I would have viewed it in the past but I now know that the slower weight-loss is the healthy...

vaute couture sample sales & pop-up shops!

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Back in February I posted about a company called Vaute Couture who makes nice winter coats! Vaute is all about making clothing that is cruelty free eco-conscious and high functioning which is great.

This is the first time ever that Vaute Couture will be in California. There will be coats from last season at sample sale prices new coats available for pre-order plus organic hand dyed dresses tank tops and upcycled windbreaker dress jackets.

If you are interested here is the schedule:

LOS...

grow dandelion!

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Growing dandelion is super cheap and is so good for you! Try it in summer salads or stir-fries! When you buy it from a farmer's market or the store it costs something like 2 and it goes bad if you don't eat it in a week. But when you grow it yourself it grows constantly like a weed. It doesn't go bad in the ground so there is no pressure to use it up and you can get the exact amount you want. Plus it looks pretty and it is soooooo good for you!
 
If you haven't eaten dandelion before here...

my sunday recipes...

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A few Sundays ago when I was still in LA we went to the farmer's market. When we got home we cleaned out the fridge – which means that the dogs got lots of stuff to eat! We composted some stuff and ate the stuff that needed to be eaten. On Sunday that was some cabbage the leftover red onions from my garden some leeks a leftover tomato and some of our farmer's market finds including a porcini mushroom look how beautiful it is!. 

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We had a great day  – we cleaned out the fridge started to...

Alima Pure Mineral Makeup for Eco-Fashionistas! - Sponsored Post

I'm honored to have Alima as our sponsor...I'm just so happy they are vegan just watch out for their lip balm which has beeswax in it and eco friendly...and that they work so well! Check out what Vamps makeup artist Kimberly Jones says about Alima:

"It's really nice quality better than many regular cosmetic lines. I love the pigmentation depth quality of color saturation and intensity. And I love how the skin looks - very fresh."

Kim is using the mimosa blush and raven eyeshadow on...

my naughty fun breakfast...

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I get so happy when Sunday rolls around because it's my farmers market day.  But while I was running around preparing to leave for Detroit to shoot Vamps by the way thank you to Wendy Kirchoff Claire and Cheryl Koots for the great restaurant suggestions in Detroit I didn't feel like doing anything and when I went to make breakfast for myself I just didn't feel like it!!  So I had some almonds.  Oh my gosh almonds can be so delicious!  They're like candy!  I have to be careful with almonds...