Launching worldwide and online this week (Saturday, July 21st to be exact), LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics takes a step in a colorful direction with the launch of Emotional Brilliance,which bases which colors you should wear on your current psychological needs. Stop in a LUSH location to spin the Emotional Brilliance Color Wheel, and select the three colors that most stand out to you; each color is associated with a symbolic word — the first is your strength or weakness, the second is your subconscious need, and the third is your talent to fulfill your subconscious need. Continue reading…
July 19, 2012
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics Shows Its Colorful Side With the New Emotional Brilliance Launch
April 24, 2012
Melissa Joy Manning for Anthropologie!
[Image via Anthropologie.com]
Baubles that give back!
Sustainable jewelry designer Melissa Joy Manning is Anthropologie‘s freshest recruit for designing a spectacular collection of one-of-a-kind jewelry. Crafted from purely recycled metals and organic stones, Manning’s jewelry will take your breath away.
Available as of April 1st, this is certainly a collection worthy of admiration. Top off any ensemble with the dangling Stalactite and Silver Drops ($868), pictured above. If the hefty price points intimidate, praise from afar the new ways to explore our earth’s natural beauty.
-Alana Quagliariello
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April 20, 2012
Be Eco-Conscious for Earth Day 2012!
With Earth Day approaching on April 22nd, 2012, we are glad to say that “going green” has never looked so good.
H&M Red Carpet Conscious Collection
Yes, they already have an awesome range of organic cotton, but now H&M has created a Conscious Red Carpet Collection. We applaud this fast fashion chain for its effort to blump up the fashion quotient on eco-friendly fashion! Complete with feminine frocks and dramatic gowns, the line is manufactured with organic cotton, hemp, and recycled polyester.
Celebrities like Amanda Seyfried, Michelle Williams (seen above), and Viola Davis have already been seen in these earthy ensembles! We hope to see other brands jump aboard the sustainable ship soon because being conscious is always cool. Prices range from about $30 for a top and $299 for a limited edition evening dress.
The line is available at 100 H&M’s stores nationwide with select styles online at hm.com.
[The Body Shop’s Earth Lovers Pear & Lemongrass Shower Gel, $10]
The Body Shop
The Body Shop’s Community Fair Trade Program works to create sustainable relationships with disadvantaged communities worldwide providing an income to more than 25,000 people. Let’s help support the Body Shop by exploring their fantastic line of products.
Some highlights include the Shower Gels for Earth Lovers (above, $10), a 100% biodegradable shower gel featuring herbs and fruit extracts from the Community Fair Trade program. Also, dive into the Limited Edition Summer Fragrance Collection ($25), launching April 30th, with each scent designed to capture that heightened summer divinity. Again, each fragrance contains 50% Community Fair Trade alcohol from Ecuador.
L’OREAL PROFESSIONNEL
L’Oréal Professionnel Serie Nature collection, is the first eco-friendly hair care collection, including all natural ingredients, fragrances, and packaging. Available at www.LPsalons.com, the line of high performance products includes:
For all hair types: Pureté Naturelle shampoo and masque, for dry hair: Source de Richesse, sulfate-free shampoo and masque, for rebellious, unruly hair: Douceur d’Huiles, shampoo and masque, and for fine hair: Abondance de Cacao shampoo and masque.The Série Nature Shampoo retails for $23 and the Série Nature Masque retails for $33.
[Image via AlternativeApparel.com]
Alternative Apparel: Buy a Tee, Plant a Tree
It’s cute, catchy, and too simple to pass up. For every Alternative Earth item sold on the website or in their flagship Abbot Kinney store from now until April 22, they will plant a tree. Make a difference in sustainable style!
John Masters
If you want to pamper yourself this Earth Day (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?), why not indulge with the John Masters Cacao and Cupuacu Hand & Body Butter ($32)? It is deliciously intensive and works to hydrate even the driest of skins, anywhere on the body. Ingredients like cranberry seed oil function as a powerful anti-oxidant, while cacao butter will help fade blemishes and stretch marks. Available at www.johnmasters.com along with a multitude of other green beauty products.
-Alana Quagliariello
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April 17, 2012
Our Latest Natural Beauty Finds: Kanshi, Repechage, Dickinson’s
Since 1980, Repêchage has been on the beauty scene with the mission to include the best, most pure, natural ingredients to address a variety of skin concerns. Today, the company has grown to a large manufacturing facility and lab in nearby Secaucus, NJ, and continues to live up to it’s mission with an expanded line of offerings that include makeup, body, and facial care.
A very verbal lover of all things olive oil-related, I tested Rêpechage’s Hydra 4 Day Protection Cream, $38, which includes Olive Oil and Olive Leaf Extracts, Quinoa Oil, Carrageenan, amongst other ingredients, to deliver moisture and protection from free radical damage, as well as to soothe, regenerate and oxygenates cells. Nice! I liked the way it lightly went onto the skin and was absorbed, yet seemed to quell my sensitive, reactive skin without any issue.
I also ditched my usual face wash for the brand’s T-Zone Balance Cleansing Complex, $27, which includes St. John’s Wort and Green Tea Extract for purifying, soothing and toning properties alongside anti-inflammatory benefits. Practically as gentle as my Cetaphil, it adds a few extra nourishing skin components to my usual regimen.
Paraben-free and not tested on animals, I can really get behind the Kanshi line of products, a brand started by Rêpechage, based on traditional African ingredients that are as wonderfully aromatic as they are effective. I tested the Kanshi Deep Cleansing Cucumber Facial Masque with Peppermint, $25, made of cucumber oil, sea silt, kaolin clay, and peppermint, for a rejuvenating and relaxing skin treatment that resulted in a luminous, oil-free complexion.
Although the masque was certainly my favorite, I also tried the Kanshi Instantly Refreshing Foot Spray, $10, post-soak, and found it to hit the spot! It soothed my tied feet with its Triple Mint without making my feet too tingly, while the Horse Chestnut ingredients works to improve circulation, and the Lemon Myrtle finishes the job for natural anti-microbial effects.

Dickinson’s Original Witch Hazel Oil Controlling Astringent, $4.99, might be something you remember from seeing in your childhood or bathroom cabinet (I sure do); it’s one of those products that you can pretty much use to treat anything and everything. The Dickinson’s brand, which was established in the late 19th century, brings the dilution of the witch-hazel shrub to cleanse, treat, tone, and refresh skin. Deep clean your skin, remove excess oils residue, and feel great without overly drying yourself out, and avoid bad chemmies and ingredients that can cause an adverse reaction. The brand also has a Foaming Face Wash, which has the witch-hazel to cleanse and regulate skin in a non-irritating fashion, makeup it great for all skin types.

[image via Cosmopolitan.com]










