VIDEO: The Story of Cosmetics
Date: July 27, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Resources, Videos
At ecofab headquarters, we’ll be the first to agree with Annie Leonard’s analysis of the mammoth cosmetic industry – “Toxics in, toxics out.” From the maker of the incredible Story of Stuff movie about our society’s intertwined economic, social and environmental concerns comes the latest in a series of short films that have succeeded in poignantly boiling complex debates down to the real issue at hand, whether it be our consumerist society or the truth behind bottled water. In The Story of Cosmetics, Leonard clues us in to cosmetic’s implications on the consumer, the worker and the environment and explains why it is that we don’t have enough adequate choices on the supermarket shelf. (more…)
“Into the Green” with Weleda
Date: July 14, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Resources, Skin Care
We’re reporting from Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany where we’re off to visit Weleda Naturals Biodynamic Gardens (all 135 acres of them) to learn how Weleda products are grown right from the earth – not a lab. We’ll be harvesting calendula, one of the main ingredients in Weleda’s Calendula Baby Care products, as well as learning about biodynamic gardening, and treating farms as complete, self-sustaining organisms. (more…)
It’s Coming Up Primrose
Date: January 18, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Hair Care, Resources, Stores & Resources
When we first walked into Los Angeles salon Primrose Organics, the sweet aroma of botanicals immediately put us at ease, as did the sunny demeanor of its co-owners, Felicia Howe and Melissa Tornay.
Los Angeles is rife with glitzy hair salons, most of which tend toward a cold aesthetic and factory-like treatment of clients. Not so at Primrose, where a light-filled interior decorated with vintage vanities, painted with VOC-free paint, and stylists’ inscrutable attention to your – yes, your – needs make for a warm ambiance. (more…)
Project Green Dorm: Too Cool For School
Date: August 11, 2009 | Category: Bags, Events, Home Furnishings, Lifestyle, Resources, Skin Care, Stores & Resources, Teens for Safe Cosmetics
From the motivating and inspiring teens that brought us Project Green Prom comes the next incredible endeavor on their list – greening dorm rooms across America. The Project Green Dorm initiative is a multi-faceted effort to encourage teens around the country to make eco informed purchases as they head off to higher learning. The initiative has three separate elements to help educate the community (while still keeping college-bound kids looking cool for school). (more…)
The Art of ARCONA
Date: August 10, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Hair Care, Resources, Skin Care
Hollywood has relied on luxury spa, The ARCONA Studio, as the natural alternative to cosmetic surgery since 1989. Though relatively new to the ecofab team, we can see why – and have become immediate lifelong devotees! After careful review of your skin care history at the upscale Santa Monica Spa, you are given customized treatments and taken care of as if in the hands of a trusted family doctor. And the results are inspiring! (more…)
Coveting Coco: The Resort Issue!
Date: August 6, 2009 | Category: Accessories, Bags, Body Care, Hair Care, Lifestyle, Makeup, Media, Resources, Skin Care, Women
Last month’s Coco Eco was such a smash hit (of course, we were huge fans of the eco-chic guide to San Francisco!) it’s hard to imagine how each issue keeps getting better and better! Now live with their sixth issue – The Resort Issue – cover girl Rachael Leigh Cook is stunning, and super down-to-earth. (more…)
Eco-Beautiful, Hollywood Style
Date: June 19, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Makeup, Resources, Skin Care, Stores & Resources, ecoMan
There was a point in time when no one thought that “eco,” “beautiful,” “hollywood,” and “style” would ever appear in the same sentence. But alas, the time has come and Lina Hanson’s new book, Eco-Beautiful: The Ultimate Guide to Natural Beauty and Wellness, has arrived chock full of insider tips and step-by-step guides to a variety of beauty looks – from “business chic” to “green carpet ready.” (more…)
LaBelle of the Ball
Date: May 26, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Resources, Skin Care
Primping and pampering before a big night out? Or simply long overdue for a little TLC? If you’re Bay area based, then make sure to book yourself in to the new eco-friendly LaBelle Day Spa in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village center. (more…)
Afternoon Coffee with Zem
Date: April 27, 2009 | Category: Green Building, Home Furnishings, Lifestyle, Media, Resources, Stores & Resources
Jess Chamberlain, home and design writer for Sunset Magazine, and Sunset’s blog Home by Sunset, was guest blogging all last week for Design Sponge, a daily website devoted to home and design, led by the lovely Grace Bonney. (more…)
Stop and Smell the Blunda
Date: March 23, 2009 | Category: Beauty, Events, Fragrance, Resources
The romantic days of perfumery are alive and well at Blunda Aromatics, a cozy studio nestled right off of one of L.A.’s most stellar shopping destinations, West Third Street. Founder Persephenie, whose warm demeanor immediately puts one at ease, sought to make the perfume making process personal again, and she’s succeeded in spades.
