Before you stock up at Target, try Etsy!

You're running low on cotton pads for your daily beauty routine (if you run out, you might be sleeping in your eye make-up), and your kitchen floor has started to look a bit sketchy ever since you ran out of Swiffer pads. Time for a trip to Target, you think. But wait--before you rummage for your keys, you might consider etsy, the hippest online shopping resource around.

Etsy brings you handmade goods from talented individuals around the country who would otherwise go unnoticed. Case in point: Picnic Basket Crafts, an eco-friendly etsy shop that offers "Down to Earth Decadence," sells eco-conscious alternatives to the round cotton pads that you probably use to remove your make-up and apply face toner on a daily basis. As if the waste wasn't problem enough, standard cotton pads--unlike their organic cousins--are made from cotton that's treated with toxic chemicals.

Picnic Basket Crafts offers cotton rounds made from materials like bamboo or flannel. Usually sold by the dozen, they are machine-washable. Since they're so small, you can toss them in with whatever load you happen to be doing next. As an added bonus, bamboo is anti-microbial--a perfect characteristic for anything you're putting on your face. While they cost more than a pack of disposable cotton rounds (Approximately $11 for a pack of twelve), you'll save in the end if you take care of them and use them for years to come.



While you're at it, you can pick up some reusable Dry or Damp Mopping Pads to Fit Your Standard Swiffer Sweeper. You just soak your pad with your cleaner of choice (hopefully it's eco-friendly and non-toxic) and attach it to your Swiffer sweeper.