Basic Elements
Date: August 20, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care, Suncare
After your first time using one of the products from the diverse, organically-grown, plant-based Elemental Herbs line, you’ll quickly realize how practical and effective they are. The All Good Goop ($13.50 for a 2oz. jar) works on everything from cuts, burns, bites, blisters, super dry hands, and even a baby’s bum! (more…)
Glow and Behold
Date: August 13, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Skin Care
As a company with roots dating back to 1958, Eminence Organic Skin Care definitely has eco street cred. From sustainable farming to utilizing wind energy, geothermal heating and solar power energy to printing with vegetable-based inks on FSC certified post consumer recycled paper. Did we mention the products are ah-mazing? (more…)
Facing the Day
Date: August 4, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Skin Care
From girlhood onward, Tilvee Skincare CEO and Founder Kristie McNamara set out on a mission to beautify the world. As a precocious tween, she cultivated plants and other natural ingredients to devise beauty treatments for family and friends—a one-time hobby that has turned into a full-fledged career. (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…)
Love Life. Live Clean.
Date: July 13, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Skin Care
Life can be messy – no one knows this more than moms. But what if the products you use to clean delicate skin with are even dirtier than the dirt you’re trying to scrub off? Conventional soaps and hand sanitizers contain toxic chemicals that can actually do more harm than good. So when looking to clean and care for your body, look no further than longtime ecofab fave EO (which stands for essential oils – like the ones used in their products, steam distilled directly from flowers, leaves, bark and wood). (more…)
Natural Beauty, Hold the Parabens
Date: July 9, 2010 | Category: Beauty, Body Care, Skin Care
The difference between The Body Deli and less eco-conscious beauty lines is the same as the divide between organic cuisine and fast food. The former makes you feel whole and satiated, the latter, sluggish and ill-fed. (more…)
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…)
