Factory Girl
Date: April 7, 2010 | Category: Body Care, Fragrance, Home Furnishings, The Home
The prettiest of packaging to house the sweetest of scents. The Soap & Paper Factory (a merging of Brickhouse Soap & Dewey Howard Paper) has created a line of exquisitely beautiful, environmentally conscious home and body products with uplifting fragrances like orange blossom and cinnamon clove. (more…)
The New Wine Bar
Date: March 24, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care
You’ve long been promoting red wine as a heart-healthy evening necessity. But what about getting your fix in the shower? We recently discovered Napa Soap Company’s Cabernet Soapignon, a bar blend of Napa Valley grapeseed oil, coconut, palm and sweet almond oils, cocoa butter and a gracious portion of Napa Valley red wine (the soap has a delicious berry scent). (more…)
One Tin to “Salve” All Your Problems
Date: March 22, 2010 | Category: Body Care, Care, Lifestyle
Sometimes life assaults us with an arsenal of ailments - from sunburns to bug bites to headaches and joint pain. What if you could turn to one product to “salve” all these problems? With W.S. Badger Company’s line of all-natural soothing, healing balms designed to treat every imaginable ache and affliction, this tiny tin has become a handbag staple. (more…)
Face The Facts
Date: February 23, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Hair Care, Makeup, Skin Care
At-home facial treatments aren’t really your thing, but having someone else make your chocolate face mask from hand? Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. (more…)
For Your Baby Mama
Date: February 18, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Care, Skin Care
Stretch marks, morning sickness, back pain and all, let us not forget who brought us into this world (not like mom would ever let you!). This time around, along with not having to walk to school uphill (both ways) in the snow, there have also been some incredible developments in natural, organic skincare specifically designed for mommies and mommies-to-be. (more…)
Beauty and The Brain
Date: February 11, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Fragrance, Hair Care, Skin Care
When smart design meets style and substance, the combination can be unstoppable. Such is the case with Intelligent Nutrients, the new certified organic health and beauty product line from Horst Rechelbacher (you may recognize the name as the original founder of The Aveda Corporation). (more…)
Va-Va-(La)Vanila
Date: December 28, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Fragrance
You’ve made the switch to organic food, you carry your reusable bottle and To-Go Ware with you at all times, and you’re even making conscious fashion purchases. But when it come to a lady’s, er… scent, it can be hard to make the switch to natural deodorant.
No More Waiting Online for Green Beauty
Date: October 16, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Fragrance, Hair Care, Makeup, Skin Care
Green beauty counters are few and far between, even at prominent department stores. Because we choose to eschew lead in our lipstick, we make a point of seeking out product lines that are guilt-free, cruelty-free, and that will gloss, highlight, and blush us just as well as their non-natural counterparts. Ordering online is quick and easy, but why should us eco girls be excluded from the fun of testing and blending different colors in person? (more…)
Weleda’s New Pomegranate Line + Giveaway!
Date: October 13, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Skin Care
We’ve got good news if you’re a fruit fanatic! The pomegranate has long been celebrated as a nutritional powerhouse: those crunchy, juicy little seeds are packed with antioxidants, vitamins, and other cancer fighting properties. But leave it to the holistic geniuses at Weleda to harness the power of the pomegranate and turn it into a highly decadent, highly effective skin care line. (more…)
Get Bare with Beekman
Date: October 7, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care
Everyone wants to smell sensational after a steamy shower, but who wants to use soap with a toxic scent? The facts don’t lie: artificial fragrances rank among mankind’s top five allergens, and most soaps on the market can contain any of 3,000 different synthetic chemicals. Be sure to protect yourself and the environment with Beekman 1802′s line of handmade, chemical-free, artisanal bath products. (more…)
