pur alternatives (1903 Barrington Street, 407-3660) in the lower level of the Barrington Place Shops cares about you and your health. That’s why they’re offering a product swap: From May 20-22, if you bring in a used or unused and unnatural personal care product from home such as a deodorant, perfume, moisturizer or soap, and they will replace it with a comparable natural product at 40 percent off the retail price. Natural products is what they do: everything they sell they’ve “personally read every ingredient label for you and guarantee no green-washing. Products must be sustainable, 100 percent cruelty-free, and they will not contain anything even suspected of causing harm or irritation.”
This article appears in May 6-12, 2010.