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Clean Beauty Scene Podcast

Welcome to Clean Beauty Scene, the podcast for clean beauty, eco friendly living, and wellness!

Join me each week as I cover topics to help you green your beauty routine without giving up glamour. We’ll talk about all the latest clean beauty trends, tips, methods, and products to keep you looking gorgeous and at your ideal weight while treating the planet with little more kindness.

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I’m your host, Kelly Bonanno former network television manager turned Eco Friendly Lifestyle and Wellness Coach and mom of 2 teenage boys on a mission to make your cosmetic drawer and the planet a healthier, greener place. 

The green movement is growing. More and more women are realizing that toxins can harm their health but with all the misleading information out there it can be overwhelming and confusing, right? I get it, I’ve been there.

Is clean beauty avoiding toxins and using environmentally conscious products? Absolutely but it’s more than what you’re putting on your body. It’s a lifestyle; beauty from the inside out.

I am a firm believer that when you look better you feel better. On Clean Beauty Scene we delve into every aspect of wellness and holistic beauty.

If you want to live a healthier, more eco friendly lifestyle and avoid being greenwashed without overwhelm this podcast is for you. Listen in for practical tips and methods to reduce your toxic load without going eco freako as my son calls it. Clean beauty and wellness for the real world.

I bring you exclusive interviews with industry leaders, inspiring trendsetters and wellness experts sharing skincare secrets, wellness methods, realistic weight loss, intermittent fasting and nutrition advice as well as quality clean beauty recommendations for all skin types at every price point.

I take a very holistic approach. We’ll illuminate a variety of beauty and wellness topics helping you green your beauty routine, manage stress and anxiety, improve nutrition, lose weight, optimize your well-being and live your healthiest life while being environmentally conscious.

You’ll discover what works for those of us in our 40s, 50s and beyond. 

You have more control over your health and longevity than you can imagine. Let’s go clean, green, and healthy together. Be part of the global green beauty movement.

Subscribe and tune in every Tuesday. You can find Clean Beauty Scene on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any of your favorite podcast apps. You’ll glean helpful takeaways from each episode.  

Be sure to join my free Facebook group, Savvy Girls Organic World for more news, tips, and recommendations.

Have questions or ideas for episode topics? Comment or tag me on Instagram with  #cleanbeautyscenepodcast and… Talk clean to me baby 

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Aspen Apothecary Perfume Giveaway!

A good clean perfume is hard to find so I am thrilled to introduce you to Aspen Apothecary, a brand new niche scent apothecary creating clean, vegan CBD-infused perfume launching this week! Hear all about it on the latest Clean Beauty Scene podcast episode and enter our giveaway below!

Cofounders and BIPOC sisters Keta & Kaja Burke-Williams have set out to become the fresh, diverse face of fragrance and they are on a mission to amplify women of color. A mission I fully support.

These inspiring and impressive sisters had the idea to launch this line last Thanksgiving, barely a year ago! Keta is attending Harvard Business School as she and Kaja build the business.

The line is currently in the Venture Program at the Innovation Lab & the Rock Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Harvard.

Let’s face it, when we smell good we feel sexy and more beautiful. You may have your signature scent that you’ve been loyal to for years but it’s likely filled with hundreds of toxic chemicals.

Branch out and make the switch to clean perfume. Trust me, you can smell beautiful without dousing yourself with carcinogenic, endocrine disrupting substances.

Enter for your chance to win a beautiful bottle of Aspen Apothecary perfume to keep for yourself or gift to a loved one this holiday season, a tote bag and a private 1:1 virtual Wellness & Life Coaching Session with Kelly. This prize is valued at over $200! Use code CBS15 to receive 15% off any Aspen Apothecary item.

Aspen Apothecary is featured in Byrdie and has been selected as a finalist from 300 applicants for Tower 28’s Clean Beauty School. InStyle named them as one of the “Only Luxury CBD Beauty brands I’ll ever shop”!

I was incredibly impressed with Keta, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with her. You will love my interview with her in this episode of Clean Beauty Scene. She explains the benefits of infusing CBD isolates into their vegan, Leaping Bunny Certified perfume and why they chose particular ingredients to create long lasting scents that are free of the harmful toxins found in conventional fragrance lines.

You’ll also discover what they hope to see more of in the beauty industry as ambitious, trendsetting, inspirational women of color.

Enter our giveaway for your chance to win:

Aspen Apothecary Moon Dust perfume is a Palo Santo forward perfume with notes of vetiver, bergamot, cedarwood and sandalwood, among other things! Keta describes it in detail in the podcast interview. 
You Smell Like Love Mini Tote bag $20 value
Canvas tote bag great for carrying books or Ipads and a wallet!
This prize is valued at over $200!
Use code CBS15 to receive 15% off any Aspen Apothecary item.

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Listen to the Clean Beauty Scene podcast episode with Keta on Apple Podcasts,  Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify or any of your favorite podcast apps and be sure to enter our giveaway below!

 

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Eco Friendly Jewelry Designer Bev Feldman Shares Her Savvy Money Saving Eco Tips

One of my latest interviews combines two of my favorite things, eco friendly living and jewelry!

I’m such a girl when it comes to jewelry. I just can’t resist cute earrings, pretty rings, funky bracelets, a great necklace.

Are you a jewelry lover too? What is your style? Fine jewelry… Heirloom… Fancy gems… Statement pieces… Minimalist… Vintage… It’s all fun and completes the outfit!

Bev Feldman​ is an eco friendly jewelry designer whose pieces are not only beautiful, they are sustainable and eco friendly made primarily from recycled sterling silver.

Linkoture, her minimalist jewelry collection is full of gorgeous individually handcrafted earrings, rings, necklaces and bracelets.

With the holidays right around the corner you’re sure to find some wonderful gifts among her Signature and Toula lines.

 

Bev is a busy mom running a business but she has discovered ways to to live an eco friendly lifestyle that are simple and cost efficient dispelling the assumption that an eco friendly lifestyle is time consuming, hard work and expensive. In fact, in our interview, she shares her simple money saving eco lifestyle tips that everyone can easily implement into their routine.  Click here to watch ?

 

​​Another wonderful thing about her earth friendly jewelry is that it’s pure sterling so there’s no nickel or other metals to cause irritation or allergic reactions. Years ago I had a terrible reaction to nickel. I had to stop wearing earring for a few years! Years without earrings! Earrings are my favorite jewelry to wear, I feel naked without them so that bummed me out more than you could imagine. When I finally discovered it was the nickel and learned what metals were fine and hypoallergenic I was beyond thrilled to don my favorite dangly adornments.  

Bev even ships the jewelry in eco-friendly/recycled packaging, and uses recycled/sustainable paper for print materials. Visit her site to see her gorgeous lines & click here to get 10% off your first order!  ​Check out her money saving eco tips Here

 

I’ll be interviewing interesting people each week on Facebook who will be giving us valuable wellness and eco friendly living information, advice and tips so join the free private group today & stay tuned.

Want to learn some easy ways to detox your beauty & personal care routine? Sign up for my FREE webinar:  The Truth About Toxicity ~ Detox Your Beauty Routine In 5 Easy Steps on Thursday, October 19th 4:30pm PST/7:30pm EST.

Learn how to reduce your risk of cancer, autoimmune disease, and various other illnesses caused by common toxins and discover simple strategies to help yourself and your family ensure your bodies and environment are as healthy and non-toxic as possible.

Sign up here!  ?

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Holistic Wellness Coach Brianna Wilkerson Shares Her Top Wellness Tips

If you’re in my Facebook group you’ve probably noticed that I’ve interviewed some pretty interesting and knowledgable people lately. I love introducing you to fellow wellness warriors who can offer sound advice and tips to make living well easier and more accessible.

Brianna Wilkerson, founder of Made Well is a holistic health and success coach who focuses on empowering others to thrive in their health, businesses, purposes and lives. In a recent interview, she shares her top wellness tips to help you live your healthiest life.

Holistic Wellness Coach Brianna Wilkerson

Brianna advocates clean eating and teaches people about the important role gut health plays in keeping our immune system strong.

She says because a weak immune system decreases the body’s ability to fight off foreign bacteria, viruses, and other illnesses the food we eat can can have a big impact on how well our immune system functions as well as our hormones, energy levels, emotions, digestive health, weight, fertility, brain health and much more.

According to Science Daily, there is even a link between gut bacteria and MS. People with MS show lower levels of good gut bacteria. A recent study revealed that MS patients have a different microbiome than people with good health.

I had such a great time chatting with Brianna. We are quite like minded, her valuable advice is right in line with my philosophy on health and well being. If you implement even one of her tips you will reap some healthy benefits!  Watch the full interview here

Brianna’s Whole Woman’s Health Interview Series, offers free training from several wellness experts in various areas of well being including spirituality, finances, career, physical activity, relationships, emotional and mental health.

For more healthy holistic goodness, check out Brianna’s signature program, Whole30 Made Easy, which opens for enrollment soon. It’s a 6-Week nutrition and lifestyle transformation program designed to help individuals who are discouraged with their health feel victorious and empowered, living their healthiest lifestyle. who are discouraged improve their health, which includes gut health!

I’ll be interviewing interesting people each week on Facebook who will be giving us valuable wellness information, advice and tips so join the free private group today & stay tuned.

Have eco lifestyle or wellness questions or concerns? Want to chat wellness? I’m currently offering free 15 minute Wellness Sessions. Schedule yours here ?

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5 Reasons The Optimum Human Podcast Should Be On Your Playlist

Podcasts are having a moment and for good reason. They are entertaining, informative and you can find one on just about any topic you like. Since you’re visiting my site, it’s safe to assume you might be a bit of a health and wellness junkie like me. If you’re looking for a podcast that will help you live a healthier, happier life, The Optimum Human Podcast with Holistic Health Coach Brian McKay and fitness professional Klaud Petrulis is for you.

  • Each episode features a knowledgeable expert such as Chloe Gower​, Dr. Joe Tatta​, JP Sears ​(yes, that JP Sears, you’ve seen his hilarious viral videos!) and Chef Lance Roll​ to name a few.
  • Klaud and Brian have years of experience in lifestyle, health, and fitness
  • You’ll find informative episodes on health, fitness, nutrition, and more
  • They are committed to helping you live your best life with practical, real world advice
  • The episodes are interesting and motivating; you are sure to learn something
  • Brian and Klaud are super sweet, fun & witty! (that’s my bonus reason you should check them out ?)

I recently had a blast chatting with them about detoxing your world. I was very excited to be featured on their show, I’m proud to share the episode with you. We covered several areas of organic and eco friendly living including some of my top recommendations for natural products. It was a great discussion! Check out the episode here:

#038 – Detoxing Your World with Kelly Bonanno

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Free Resources

How to live a truly healthy lifestyle can be confusing, can’t it? It’s not easy to know what to eat, which products to use, what habits to adopt, which methods really work and which resources to trust.

Allow me to help you simplify and alleviate the overwhelm. Say au revoir to confusion and stress with these free resources I created to help you lose weight, increase energy, manage stress, improve nutrition, go green with ease and create a realistic natural lifestyle.

They are full of helpful tips and actionable steps you can start right away to feel better, look better, and be more eco conscious.

You have more control of your health and longevity than you can imagine

Schedule your breakthrough session to gain clarity. I’ll give you a crystal clear plan with key steps to lose and manage weight for good. We’ll uncover hidden challenges that could be sabotaging your weight-loss efforts. You’ll learn sustainable lifestyle habits that create a healthier, energetic, slimmer body. You aren’t meant to go it alone. Let’s about how coaching can best serve and support you. You’ll leave the session renewed, energized and inspired to create consistency to make the changes necessary to implement new healthy habits and fit back into your favorite clothes. REQUEST A CONSULT

5 Steps To Improve Your Metabolism & Kickstart Weight Loss After 40

Are you experiencing perimenopause or menopausal weight gain or weight loss resistance? Do you find that what used to work doesn’t anymore? Download your free toolkit that gives you proven steps to boost your metabolism & get it working efficiently! (Step 5 may shock you, I call it the missing link!)

Clean Beauty Scene Podcast

The green movement is growing. Women are realizing that toxins harm their health and the planet but misleading information makes it overwhelming and confusing. Join me each week as I help you clear the confusion and bring you the latest tips, trends, and advice to help you green your beauty routine without giving up glamour or going eco freako. Clean beauty, wellness and intermittent fasting for the real world with exclusive interviews with industry leaders, inspiring trendsetters and experts sharing secrets, methods and recommendations.

Intro To Intermittent Fasting Email Course

Kickstart Your Intermittent Fasting Program with this free email course. Get ready to stop counting calories and resorting to restrictive diets. Drop the quarantine 15, control cravings and put an end to weight fluctuations while still enjoying some of your favorite foods. Intermittent fasting is easier than you think and saves you time. I’ll show you how!

 

The Savvy Girl’s Guide To Clean Beauty: Look Younger Without Harmful Chemicals

Green your beauty routine without confusion and overwhelm. Did you happen to read the recent Vogue article, “The New Toxic Beauty Documentary Asks: Are Skin-Care Products the New Cigarettes?“? I’ve been saying this for years. I’m passionate about helping women like you go green so you can reduce your body’s toxic burden without giving up glamour. Discover my top clean beauty and wellness tips for glowing skin and more energy. (#7 alone will turn the clock back a few years!)

The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Eco-friendly Living: Detoxify Your Home

It might surprise you to learn that your home has up to 10 times more pollutants than there are outside. Toxicity levels in our system can wreak havoc on our health. This is your personal cheat sheet with simple tips that will not only reduce your family’s carbon footprint, they will also help improve your health by reducing your body’s toxic burden.

The Savvy Girl’s Guide To Healthy Eating On The Go

Are you watching what you eat to look your best but find it challenging and overwhelming planning ahead and eating healthy when you have a hectic schedule? Make it easier for yourself, grab my Healthy Eating On The Go guide with simple tips and several delicious, nutritious options to grab and go when you are pressed for time. This is what works for me!

Clean Your Beauty Routine & Improve Your Metabolism

Did you know that toxins in your beauty & personal care products can lead to: weight gain, Weight loss resistance, bloating, alower Metabolism and many other adverse health effects. Download your free time saving clean beauty quickstart toolkit and discover how to ditch toxins that mess with your health and metabolism and cause dreaded weight fluctuations.

Virtual Self Care Retreat

Are you feeling anxious or out of sorts? It’s completely understandable given the current climate. Sign up for the Virtual Self-Care Retreat for some targeted self-care and stress relief with activities and tips to help you manage anxiety, focus on the silver linings and improve your well-being. Devoting to self-care in the name of self-love will lift your spirits. I’ll share ideas to help you create healthy habits to make this time at home less stressful and more productive, enjoyable and relaxing.

The Savvy Girl’s Top 12 Toxins To Avoid In Beauty & Personal Care

Discover which toxins increase your cancer risk, lead to autoimmune issues and mess your Endocrine system. Toxins impair your immune system. Avoid products with these toxins and you’ll reduce your toxic load which improves your health and boosts your immune system. This checklist is your personal cheat sheet when you shop for cosmetics, beauty and personal care products for you and your family. No need to slather yourself with toxins in the name of glamour.

The Savvy Mom’s Top Toxins To Avoid To Welcome Baby Into A Healthy Home

Babies are born with over 200 toxins in their system before they are even out in the world. You want the very best for your baby. You’re doing all you can to ensure he is healthy, safe, and happy. But you know that environmental toxins pose a serious health threat, especially to a baby’s delicate, developing system. Discover the top toxins to avoid to welcome your precious baby into a healthier, less toxic home.

Savvy Girl’s Organic World Facebook Group

For all things wellness, eco friendly living, and clean beauty with like-minded people You can ask questions and get eco-friendly and clean beauty product recommendations join my free Facebook group. We’re doing a free virtual self-care retreat this week!

 

Clean Beauty Recommendations

The secret to adopting an all natural clean beauty and personal care routine is using products with clean ingredients. But long lists of ingredients are confusing, aren’t they? I’ve done the work for you. This is a comprehensive list of brands that I’ve vetted and researched. No greenwashing. You’ll find fantastic skincare, body care, hair care, makeup, and more.

Eco Friendly Household Recommendations

You don’t have to resort to using toxic chemicals to keep your home sparkling clean! Transitioning to eco friendly household products will greatly improve the environment inside of your home which will help reduce your body’s toxic burden as well as your carbon footprint. Transition to using clean household products and you will be one less person contributing to harmful chemicals swirling down your drain and out into the waterways. This is a comprehensive list of cleaners, water filters, mattresses, clothing, accessories, candles and more.

“Earth is not a platform for human life. It’s a living being. We’re not on it but part of it. Its health is our health” ~Thomas Moore

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I Was Featured On The PassionBlueprint Podcast!

Ever since discovering the beauty of the podcast, I have fallen in love. I’ve fallen so hard that I will be starting my own organic beauty and wellness podcast very soon! Driving, jogging, on the elliptical, folding laundry? Grab your phone or iPod, pop one on. You’ll be entertained, discover interesting new people and you’ll likely learn something too.

I was excited and honored to be interviewed by Derrick Kwa on his fantastic podcast, The PassionBlueprint. I am happy to have the opportunity to share my journey from network TV manager to mom and wellness coach. You can listen to the full interview here.

Episode 5: Kelly Bonanno

Each month on the Passion Blueprint podcast, Derrick interviews different entrepreneurs who share their tips, tricks and insight to inspire and help you pursue your passion. His interview technique was very natural, he asked questions that got to the heart of my ‘why’ as a wellness warrior.

Now that I have found my purpose and am following my dreams, it feels amazing; it just feels right. I’m in my wheelhouse. We all have dreams we want to see come to fruition.

Derrick is offering a 2-day interactive virtual workshop this weekend, January 21 – 22 to help you follow your dreams.

The Bucket List Bootcamp will help you get started on the path to following your dreams. He has a line up of amazing guest speakers including Ailene Xu, Rachel Pederson, Arne Giske and more to inspire and help you hone in on skills to make 2017 the year you fulfill your dreams. Check it out here.

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Savvy Suburban Is Named eCycle Best’s Green Guardian!

I was pleasantly surprised and incredibly honored when Aldrin Nepomuceno from the acclaimed eCycle Best asked to feature me as their Green Guardian for March 2015.Kelly Bonanno

It truly is an honor to be named among other inspiring green influencers bringing awareness and education to eco issues including the esteemed Stacy Malkan, Sophie Uliano, Gabriel Dishaw, Lori Popkewitz Alper, Reena Kazmann and more.   

If you’d like to learn a little more about me check out the interview…

FROM CITY GIRL TO SUBURBANITE: MEET WELLNESS ENTHUSIAST AND GREEN GUARDIAN, KELLY BONANNO!

We’ve named Kelly Bonanno of SavvySuburban our Green Guardian for the influence she’s made in her passion and pursuit of sustainable living. She’s written for various magazines and websites. Kelly is on a mission to make the world a greener place by enlightening people about the risks that toxic chemicals pose while teaching them healthy alternatives.
She is a jack-of-all-trades in her passion and pursuit of living sustainably. She maintains her website as a way to share her knowledge on a multitude of topics like green parenting, healthy diet and food, safe cosmetics, and 100% toxic-free products. She relates her green living stories and dream from the standpoint of her transition from a city girl to a suburban super mom.

Kelly left her career in network television to raise her kids. Savvy Suburban was born out of Kelly’s undying thirst for knowledge, especially about health, wellness, and an eco-friendly lifestyle. Although she has written for various magazines and websites, she wanted to build a content platform that was more personal and the right avenue to share what she has learned so far.

Growing up in California, she was provided a fairly healthy lifestyle by her parents. That’s why being health-conscious comes naturally to her. She decided to amp the ante as a greener person when she finally became a mother. With loved ones to protect and nurture, she learned that green living is not just a buzzword. She realized its importance of embracing the eco-lifestyle – not just for our health and our well-being, but also for our planet.

She is on a mission to make the world a greener place by educating people about the risks one takes with beauty products laced with toxic chemicals. These chemicals in our everyday products pose hazards to our health and the environment. Kelly also provides her followers with some healthy alternatives.

Kelly begrudges the fact that there exists no regulation on personal care and beauty products, which is why manufacturers are free to put anything they want in their formulations, regardless if it’s a known carcinogen or endocrine disruptor. 

The prevalent use of the words ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ when the products themselves contain toxins. These are marketing claptraps that companies are allowed to use however they want. Kelly advocates consumer vigilance by carefully reading the labels and knowing which ingredients they need to avoid. She believes there are safe lines out there.

People have difficulty adopting a sustainable lifestyle because they tend to be afraid of what they don’t know and are fundamentally resistant to change.

She says: “Many environmental issues are complex and making changes can be daunting but knowledge is power. It’s actually far easier than people think and even small changes can make a big difference.”

The key is educating yourself by learning how to read labels and avoid toxic products.

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Savvy Suburban Has Been Featured on The Sunday Sip!

Janene and Christine at More Than Mommies have featured Savvy Suburban along with some other great blogs this week on the Sunday Sip Rewind edition! They interviewed me earlier this year and I’m so happy that they have asked to catch up with me again. One of the best things about blogging is connecting with other bloggers. Janene and Christine are 2 girls that I am honestly happy to have ‘met’ in the cyber world. They each have 4 children, yes, 4! So motherhood is clearly a huge part of their lives but their blog also focuses on being much more. If you’d like to learn a little more about me, check out the original interview at More Than Mommies and tell them I say “hi!” If you are more than a mommy (and we all are!), they may want to feature you and your blog in the new year!