Room to Glow
Date: May 31, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care
“One’s energy is best spent on what you truly care about.” Great words to live by from Stem Organics founder, Lara Deutsch. Not surprisingly, Lara cares about holistic, natural and organic skincare, evidenced by the personal passion she has infused into the business. (more…)
Vine Arts
Date: May 25, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care
Grapes are a glorious fruit - not sure if we’re able to technically count wine as one of our daily servings, but we sure can try! Delicious to drink? Absolutely. But who would have thought that little grape, with its tiny seed, would contain such powerful antioxidant properties, perfect for creating beautiful, healthy skin? The brains behind SEED Power Body Care have an entire line dedicated to the benefits of this little wonder, with grape seed oil enriched lotions, body bars and even a shampoo bar! (more…)
Farm to Face
Date: May 18, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care
The newest thing in organic farming is a shoot-off of the farm-to-table movement… we’re calling it the farm-to-face movement, and it’s being pioneered by the lovely Tata Harper. After all, 60% of what you put on your skin gets absorbed into your blood stream, so it’s equally important that we nourish our epidermis with the same quality ingredients that we use to feed our bodies. Tata’s skincare line is the result of a five year global quest to create an exquisitely natural skincare line that provides powerful results without any of the harmful side effects. (more…)
Lavishly Natural
Date: May 13, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care
Want in on a dirty little secret? Studies show that many antibacterial soaps contain pesticides (like triclosan) that are used to kill bacteria. Research shows that all you need to do is get rid of the germs on your hands, not kill them - so there’s no reason to be using such toxic chemicals so close to your skin (not to mention the fact that antibacterial soaps aren’t any more effective at killing the viruses that actually make you sick!). What’s the solution? Good old soap and water. (more…)
I Love Lucy
Date: May 5, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Fragrance, Suncare
Looking for that healthy, sun-kissed glow? Attempting a perfectly smooth, natural-looking, sun-goddess bronze can often be a challenge, especially considering most self-tanners stocked at your local beauty store are chock full of toxic synthetic chemicals, making that “healthy glow” anything but. In fact, the EWG states that sunless tanning creams are some of the worst offenders in the skin category. Yikes! At ecofabulous headquarters, we swapped synthetics for plant-based bronzers long ago, but admit that few produced the golden results we’ve seen from Lucy B.’s Organic Bronzing Shimmer Oil. (more…)
In Living Nature
Date: May 3, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Hair Care, Makeup, Skin Care
Established in 1987 and distributed in Europe, Asia and many other parts of the world, we’ve just stumbled upon the pot of gold skincare at the end of the rainbow (hint: the arc ended right in the luscious New Zealand countryside). Living Nature is produced exclusively with ingredients found in New Zealand - and since over 80% of the country’s plants are found nowhere else in the world, it’s no wonder this line is truly unique to what exists on the market today. (more…)
Living in a Soaptopian World
Date: April 30, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care
Soaps can contain really nasty stuff. Many bar soaps are made using harsh chemicals, like ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid (aka EDTA) - an amino acid that binds to heavy metals, like mercury. We’re not sure what it’s doing there, but we’re pretty worried about it. The EPA reports that when this stuff gets rinsed down the drain it eventually ends up contaminating our waterways and poisoning the fish we eat. Solution? The easiest way is to go the all-natural route (which solves a host of other toxic dilemmas, too). (more…)
Sunnier Days to Come
Date: April 26, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Suncare
Spring’s making its way to summer quicker than ever this year, so it’s time to start stocking up on sunscreen for outdoor hikes, days at the beach and lazy afternoon napping in the park. But as Environmental Working Group’s Vice President of Research Jane Houlihan stated back in 2007 with the release of their safe sunscreen database, “Always use sunscreen, but not all sunscreens are created equal.” That’s why we’ll be sporting Vivesana sunscreen while soaking up the rays this year. (more…)
Hippie Tested. Diva Approved.
Date: April 13, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Makeup, Skin Care
Such is the mantra behind the “chemical free, karma rich” cosmetic line, W3LL People. The collection boasts small batch products (because healthy makeup truly shouldn’t be able to sit on a shelf for years) chock full of bioactive, natural and organic ingredients. (more…)
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…)
