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DIY Winter Skincare Tips
Remember when you were a kid and played outdoors or made snowmen for countless hours? Our faces were red, our skin was scaly, and our toes burnt, but we had great fun! You may not be playing outdoors for hours now, but you still expose your skin to the cold and wind. Even indoors, your skin is bombarded by dry air, overheated rooms and pollution. Today, we’re going to talk about what you can do to help your skin combat…
Tagged with: anti-aging, beauty, DIY Winter Skincare Tips, Dry Winter Skin, essential oils, Exfoliation, natural beauty, natural skin care, non toxic, non toxic beauty, organic skin care, Winter Hot Shower, Winter Moisturizer
Posted in Anti Aging, DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care
Posted in Anti Aging, DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care
What the Frick’ Is In My Lipstick??
Turn on your TV or open a fashion magazine, and chances are that one of the first ads you’ll see is a gorgeous young model with fabulous pouty red lips. We want those! We know you do too, so let’s take a look at what’s on those pouty lips.
Lead-ing Me On
Most consumers are shocked to find that the majority of lipstick brands, drug store and department store alike, contain lead. The FDA has even released a detailed report…
Is Plastic Not So Fantastic? Beauty Product Packaging; What You Need To Know!
If you’re reading this blog, you already know that not all beauty products are created equal – there are the natural, honest products and the toxic BS that craps up your skin with all kinds of nasty additives. However, it turns out that there are some big disparities in the packaging used to contain beauty products as well. Plastic packaging screws up the products it contains, and can even be hazardous to your health. Glass provides a better option, but…
Tagged with: amber glass packaging, beauty ingredients, beauty products, essential oils, glass packaging, natural beauty, natural cosmetics, non toxic beauty, plastic bpa, plastic packaging, plastic packaing essential oils, skin care ingredients, toxins
Posted in Beauty Products, Earth Friendly, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients
Posted in Beauty Products, Earth Friendly, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients
Grapefruit Seed Extract, Natural Preservative or Not So Conservative?
Do a quick web search on grapefruit seed extract, or GSE, and you’ll find multiple infomercial-style articles touting its benefits. All natural anti-bacterial and anti-fungal! Natural medicinal properties! What your search might not disclose is the fact that this “all natural” product may not be all that natural.
GSE’s Dirty Little Secret
What your “all natural” GSE may be hiding are some really nasty chemicals, such as diphenol chloride and benzethonium chloride. Look these babies up! You’ll find numerous scholarly…
Tagged with: beauty ingredients, beauty products, Grapefruit Extract, GSE, GSE diphenol hydroxybenzene, Natural Preservatives, natural skin care, non toxic beauty, organic, organic skin care, safe cosmetics, skin care products, toxins
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Toxic Beauty Products Keep Funkin’ Things Up Even After They’re Flushed!
We have long known that using natural beauty products isn’t just important for your precious skin, it’s important for the planet too.
What we flush down the drain matters!
The toxic beauty products we wash off our skin and hair don’t cease to exist just because they’re gone from our specific shower, sink, or toilet (yes, toxins from crappy beauty products are absorbed and, thankfully, often secreted in our number 1s and number 2s.). They often have quite a long…
Tagged with: beauty products, earth friendly, microbeads, Mother Jones, natural skin care, non toxic beauty
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Beauty Products, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
5 Natural Remedies for Toenail Fungus: There’s a Fungus Among-Us! Rid Yourself of Toenail Funk and Gunk
There are tons of natural remedies for toenail fungus, and even though this nasty funk can be caused by a variety of things, there are just as many remedies out there.
Here are just a few you can try at home!
1. Give Your Piggies a Soak: This toenail disorder can be helped by a simple soak. Get to the root of foot fungus with a combination of apple cider vinegar, and Epsom salt. This combo great for reducing stress,…
Tagged with: DIY beauty, fungus, non toxic beauty, recipes, toenail
Posted in DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty
Posted in DIY Natural Beauty Recipes, Natural Beauty Tips, Non Toxic Beauty
Firming Face Creams, A Bunch of Bull?
Getting older often means inevitable tiny wrinkles and some areas of sagging skin. From just general aging, to excessive sun exposure and even facial expressions, there are many reasons why these wrinkles appear. Firming face creams seem like a good solution, but are they all just a bunch of bull?
Some anti-aging creams make claims they simply cannot fulfill. Expecting to get the skin of your early teen years is impractical, c’mon now. Your goal should be to attain…
Tagged with: anti aging, firming face creams, natural skin care, non toxic beauty
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Anti Aging, Beauty Ingredients, Non Toxic Beauty, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Cosmetic Versus Cosmeceutical
In today’s beauty world, the terms cosmetic and cosmeceutical are used intermittently. Few buyers really understand the full meaning of each term. Knowing their definitions and what criteria needs to be met make you a smarter consumer.
Cosmetic ingredients and products do not require FDA approval before they go on the market unlike pharmaceutical drugs. Cosmetics are different from over-the-counter (OTC) drugs used in skin care and beauty products, such as bogus benzoyl peroxide (that can be harmful….hence the bogus)…
Is Greenwashing Another Term for Hogwash?
With greenwashing running rampant, we like to call out bull when we spot it. Sometimes it hides behind flowery terms but we can smell the crap a mile away. In the corporate world, they refer to this marketing tactic as whitewashing. Here, we refer to greenwashing as hogwash.
Greenwashing refers to corporations that attempt to go green by changing their labels, packaging and marketing. They realize consumers are concerned about their health and the environment. Their goal is to improve…
Tagged with: greenwashing, natural, non toxic beauty, organic, safe cosmetics
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Makeup, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
Posted in Beauty Ingredients, Makeup, Non Toxic Beauty, Organic Skin Care, Skin care ingredients, Skin Care Products
