20% Discount Code For KYI (Know Your Ingredients) Chemical Free Vegan Beauty Products

Here at ChiIL Mama, we're all about natural ingredients and avoiding harsh chemicals. I want the best health for my family, and that means being informed as a mom, and keeping toxins to a minimum. That's why I'm excited to check out KYI beauty products. I haven't sampled them, yet, but these vegan softening oils, masks, and serums sound amazing and I can't wait to try them. 

What you put on your body is just as important as what you put in it! 

Know Your Ingredients or KYI creates, whole food skincare. It is dedicated to providing consumers with simple but incredibly effective products at a reasonable costs. It is also dedicated to raising consumer awareness regarding the health benefits of selecting skincare products that are good for you. KYI wants everyone to "know your ingredients". KYI's products are aimed at keeping skin protected, soft and supple in the most healthy way possible - without additives and preservatives. KYI products are perfect to people of all ages who want to use safe products with no chemicals. KYI products also aim to help aging skin and has specifically developed its products to fight the signs of aging and the dryness that plagues skin as it ages.  



Sometimes it's hard to make great choices for your family. Labels can be misleading. That's why it's crucial to Know Your Ingredients. 

KYI's flagship products are: 



KYI's Sweet Almond Softening Oil is guaranteed to make your skin soft, silky and smooth. No more dry patches or rough spots. Choose from 3 amazing scents or select unscented and go "au naturelle"! Available in relaxing Chamomile Lavender, refreshing Orange Mandarin, uplifting Litsea Cubeba, feminine Jasmine, a manly Lime Basil and an invigorating Peppermint Rosemary. Also available unscented for those sensitive to scent. 



KYI's Whipped Shea Butter Mask has natural emollient and conditioning agents that act to erase fine lines overnight. By morning, skin is noticeably softer and smoother! It is like spackle for your face! KYI's shea butter mask can also be used to banish sand paper rough spots on elbows and feet! Available in relaxing Chamomile Lavender, refreshing Orange Mandarin, uplifting Litsea Cubeba, feminine Jasmine, a manly Lime Basil and an invigorating Peppermint Rosemary. Also available unscented for those sensitive to scent.

KYI's Argan Oil Serum with Vitamin C uses a specially formulated vitamin c that is oil-soluble (other forms of vitamin c are water soluble). Because it is more easily absorbed and used by skin, it boosts collagen production over 50% better than other vitamin c products. With daily use, the result is a noticeable decrease in fine lines! Available in Orange Grapefruit or unscented.




Click HERE for more information and to use your 20% discount code (good through 12/31/18!

ChiIL Mama's Readers Get 20% off any KYI product with the code MomDiscount2018. The offer is good anytime until the end of 2018.

PRODUCT REVIEW: Give The Gift of Health With Naturopath Approved HealTop Products

Here at ChiIL Mama, we start with the healthiest, gentlest solution first, when faced with healing. So I was thrilled when healtop reached out via US Family Bloggers and asked us to do a review. We were sent a complimentary trio of samples for review purposes.



They have sets for all ages from infants to adults as well as individual products to boost immune systems, eliminate acne, detox, and more. 

Healtop products are great for gifting to friends or giving yourself and your family the gift of healing with 100% natural products that are naturopath approved. Go beyond candy for stocking stuffers, Hanukkah gifts, and advent count downs with a healthy gift that will last.



My kids are now 14 & 16, and acne is an ongoing struggle, so we opted to try the Teenagers Package. All 3 samples we were sent in the teenagers bundle smell fabulous and work wonders. The fewer chemicals and harsh medicines on my teens' skin, the better. If we can get great results with natural products, then I'm in. I'll admit, my husband and I still get acne sometimes, too, even though we're well past the teen years, so I tried these out as well and liked the results. The clear skin spray is simple to apply and smells terrific, as does the sweet feet oil blend, that's migrated to my gym bag. The skin repair oil is thicker and slicker, so we were only applying that one at night. It also has a more pungent scent my kids bulked at a bit, but they couldn't argue with the outcome. We all had noticeably clearer skin in just a few days. This terrific trio lives up to their labels. After incorporating these natural products into our skin care routines we did "feel great" indeed. 



Click here to check out the Teenagers Package 
This is a bundle of 3 natural amazing products for teenagers. 2 products for treating acne and oily irritated skin and one for athlete foot. Products under a major discount so buy now and save.

Price as configured: $48.75

CLEAR SKIN
clear skin - 100% herbal spray to calm and rejuvinate red skin   +$11.45

SKIN REPAIR
skin repair - special serum for irritated red skin   +$28.01

SWEET FEET
sweet feet - 100% natural serum for athlete foot   +$9.29




These are simple to order via Amazon and products I can feel confident letting my kids use. Don't get fooled by cheap, ineffective imitations full of impurities and additives. Healtop is the real deal.

Want to learn more about healtop? Click here to check out the faces behind the brand, along with their beliefs and core values.

Disclosure: It's our pleasure to partner up with healtop via US Family Guide. Once again, we were sent a complimentary trio of products for review purposes. As always, all opinions are my own. 

PHOTO FEATURE: ChiIL Mama's Adventures at The Dill Pickle Food Co-Op Grand Opening Celebration

What's green and new and next to the blue? 

The Dill Pickle Food Co-Op's excellent expanded home! 

Yes, there's a newcomer next to the Logan Square Blue Line "L" stop that's bike friendly, neighborhoody, and full of loads of fresh local finds, organic goodies, bulk buys, and more. It's locally owned by your neighbors, but anyone can shop there, not just co-op members. Have you stopped in yet? You can see the cheerful, bright green roof from blocks away, and the inside is just as colorful and welcoming.

October was an exciting month for The Dill Pickle Co-Op. They've been around since 2009, in a much smaller space on Fullerton, but their new Milwaukee Avenue home will allow them to grow and really come into their own. Here's our photo recap of the first hours of their grand opening party in the new space earlier this month. 



They had a day long celebration packed with live music, dance, martial arts, bounce house fun and crafts for the littles, and loads of vendor samples/coupons/demos. We were lucky to catch a fantastic Capoeira demo.

Check out our full photo feature in the slideshow here and more favorites below:

Back in the day, when I heard the word food co-op, it conjured up dusty images of wholesome hippies stocking barrels of grains and aisles of bulk bins, with 20 types of granola. 





The Dill Pickle Co-Op is so much more. Sure, they have great bulk bin deals, but also a host of fabulous vegan, vegetarian, and carnivore finds, and eco-friendly non food items too. They have plenty of frozen items that are quick to fix. They also have loads of love for the locals, stocking a plethora of fresh produce, dairy and meat from farms in the region. And their homemade hummus is to die for.



This spot is sure to be an "L" commuter hit, on the way to or from work. They have a liquor license, a gorgeous salad bar, coffee bar, ready made sandwiches and lots of great grab n go items. They even have kombucha machines, in case keeping a kombucha scoby alive to DIY seems like a daunting task.







Family Friendly:
My kids are teens now, but it wasn't long ago that both were in tow, just about every time I went shopping. The Dill Pickle Food Co-Op loves littles, and has kid sized carts, goodies and a club, to make shopping with your offspring less stress.










The Dill Pickle Food Co-Op also has coupons and rockin' specials. They've joined with a collective of other co-ops for bulk purchasing power and better discounts. And they pass on the savings locally. The profits stay in our neighborhood, too.







Come on by and check it out! All are welcome. We bought a $250 share as owners, at a very reasonable $10 a month. This gives my family extra coupons, discounts and the chance for even deeper discounts with a work/barter program of a couple hours a week as a HOO (Hands On Owner). Here's their website, so you can keep up with happenings, sales, and more. Also follow them on social media on Facebook and Twitter.






Welcome to the neighborhood, Dill Pickle Co-Op! We'll be in to shop like we vote in Chi, IL... early and often!

 Click image to check out current specials, join, or see more info 

More Photo Favorites: