A tiny addition to the family tends to be a new adventure, and a new opportunity to introduce clean living. As we all know, clean living extends beyond consumables, and the choices we make can rebound for generations. An item seemingly as simple as organic cotton is...
Parenthood
5 Ways to Teach Your Children About Climate Change
The generation growing up today has more knowledge and power at its fingertips than any before it. With great power comes great responsibility. Our children are living at a precarious moment in the Earth's history. A tipping point that could prove fatal for the Earth...
5 Ways to Cope with PostPartum Depression during Covid-19
Motherhood is a miracle, but in the first few weeks after giving birth, many women will suffer from hormonal imbalances that can cause or exacerbate depression and anxiety. Feeling sad, empty, anxious or disconnected from your baby isn't abnormal -- many physicians...
5 Ways to Instill Body Positivity in Your Child
Loving your body is harder than it sounds -- perfection is subjective and it's a goal we're all constantly vying for. Around 70% of women between the ages of 18-30 dislike their bodies. Men aren’t an exception -- 45% of the men surveyed said they were dissatisfied...
8 Halloween Costume Ideas to Commemorate the Year 2020
Do not fear -- the end of 2020 is almost near! If the year 2020 was a costume, what would it be? A coronavirus molecule? A giant diaper to hold our shit together?! The choices are endless, but in the spirit of being hopeful and thankful, here are four costume...
Four Ways Your Body Changes Through the Seasons
A woman's body definitely changes throughout the cycle of a month, but did you know our bodies change throughout the year as well? A recent study in Nature Communications found that as many as one-fifth of the genes in our blood cells undergo seasonal changes in...
Four Care Tips for New Moms & their Babies
Being a new mother brings elation, but with it comes an endless number of challenges. Not only do you have to take care of yourself and new issues like chapped nipples, pumping, and night leaks, but you also have a new human being whose entire survival depends on you!...
Why Using Organic Cotton Matters
What is Organic Cotton? Simply put, organic cotton is non-genetically modified and is grown without any synthetic agricultural chemicals, such as pesticides. Organic cotton farming methods maintain healthy soil ecosystems, and people, by using natural processes...
5 Girl Empowerment Gifts for the Holidays
Whether you need a holiday gift for your niece or a birthday gift for someone's daughter, we're encouraging you to think outside the box and give girl empowerment gifts. Gifts like makeup, clothes, and toys that are traditionally targeted towards girls are largely...
5 Ways to Make Upcycled Holiday Decorations
There is a unique beauty that comes with upcycled products -- is it knowing the story from where they came? The joy of creation involved in turning these recyclables and trash items into things of beauty? Or knowing that you are literally saving the planet, piece by...
5 Ways to Create A More Eco-Friendly + Sustainable Thanksgiving
As the Thanksgiving feast descends upon us, we at Maxim Hygiene urge you to give thanks to Mother Earth this year and think about the long term effects of our practices around this holiday. Try and celebrate in a way that minimizes your carbon footprint and honors the...