Archive for the ‘Fashion & Beauty’ Category

• How to Make Bodycare Products

  Photo credit: yearofthegurl In my last post about giving green gifts, I suggested homemade bodycare products as a great gift. As an update to that, here are some recipes and suggestions to help get you started! The wonderful thing about …

• How to Reuse or Repurpose Old Clothes

  What do you do with your old clothes? You can donate them or use them for rags… but if you are like many people who “trash” them – maybe you should consider reusing them. Finding new uses for out-dated clothes …

• Better Organic Standards for Cosmetics

  Though the US may not regulate the cosmetics industry as rigorously as Europe, things are moving in the right direction.  On November 5th the USDA National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) voted 12 to 1 in favor of heavier scrutiny by …

• Revolution Organics Hot New Beauty Balms

  The perfect cosmetic product is conveniently packaged, versatile, comes in a variety of gorgeous colors and, of course, is good for you and your skin.  Well, Revolution Organics has created such a creature with their Freedom Collection. Beauty Balms ($33.95) …

• Rare El’ements Healthy Hair Care

  Switching to nontoxic skin care, body care, even makeup is easy enough.  With plenty of truly exceptional all natural product lines on the market today, you can swap out your moisturizer, body wash and mascara with no trouble at all.  …

• One Ingredient at a Time

  Photo credit: schoschie You know there are certain ingredients that you don’t want in your cosmetic products.  But you may not know all of the name variations or even exactly why certain ingredients are harmful. Well, leave it to Stephanie …

• Conscientious Spending – Make Your Dollars Count

  Photo credit: Unhindered by Talent Okay, so the economy is bad.  And, yes, we have all had to make changes and/or sacrifices in the name of saving a buck.  But can this whole mess be put to good use?  Yes …

• eos Certified Organic Lip Balms

  Want a super cool summer treat for your lips?  eos lip balms are the way to go.  These cute and colorfully packaged balms come in traditional sticks and the highly innovative spheres, a variety of flavors and all are USDA …

• PETA crowns world’s sexiest vegetarian

  PETA, an animal rights organization based in USA, has named this year’s “Sexiest Vegetarians Next Door“. Over 200,000 people took part in the voting process which involved 32 finalists. The voters selected Amber, from Minnesota, and Monty, from California, as …

• Vivesana a Safer Sunscreen

  It is definitely time to get the sunscreen out, but with so many chemical and not-so-natural versions on the market it can be very difficult to choose one that is safe.  In the past natural sunscreen product manufacturers used zinc …