Stephanie Rogers
Stephanie Rogers is a fashion- and beauty-obsessed freelance writer with an abiding love for kale and organic wine, living in Asheville, North Carolina.
WebEcoist: Sustainable Living, Green Design and Environmental Oddities
One of the latest additions to the green blogosphere comes to us from the creators of visually breathtaking, fascinating web magazine WebUrbanist. It’s called 10 Breathtaking Natural Cloud and Color Formations’. It’s part of a four-week four-elements series, which also includes sublime airborne disasters and weather patterns. From
Beware of Greenwashing: Natural Beauty Products Flooding the Market
A study released by Mintel last week showed that the number of beauty products labeled ‘natural’ and ‘organic’ are at an all-time high, up 23% from 2007. This is great news for anyone who’s been frustrated in the past by the lack of ethical, healthy, natural options. While there are…
Top 5 Fave Natural Beauty Products for Fall
Now that we’re deep into October and cool weather has dominated for over a month here in the mountains of Western North Carolina where I live, I’ve had a chance to try out some fantastic products that evoke the spirit of the season in scent, color and texture. Some are…
Scare up a Green Halloween with These 6 Tips
It’s finally October, my favorite month of the year – and that means Halloween is right around the corner. Like many other holidays, Halloween can be pretty wasteful. There’s a lot of trash left behind once the holiday is over including candy wrappers and flimsy plastic costumes, not to mention…
Go Recycled & Non-Toxic: Green Up Your Arts & Crafts
Whether you’re a professional artist, a hobbyist or just like to make crafts with your kids every now and then, if you’re environmentally conscious you’ve probably wondered how you can make your creative activities greener. Arts and crafts can definitely be a bit hard on the environment if you’re not…
‘Teens Turning Green’ Eco Body Care Now Available at Whole Foods
Most teenage girls experiment with a lot of different cosmetics and body care products, trying out different brands, colors and scents. But concern about what’s in those products isn’t just limited to adults, and that’s how ‘Teens for Safe Cosmetics website: “Our goal is to affect change in a positive…
Make Your Own Soothing, Natural Bath Salts
Now that the weather is getting colder, hot baths are even more enticing after a long, hard day of work. Sometimes, there’s nothing you want more than to sink into a soothing, steamy bath full of scented bath salts. Of course, those bath salts sold at most stores are usually…
What’s So Wrong with Human Breast Milk Ice Cream?
PETA – never one to shy away from controversy – stirred the pot yet again this week when the animal rights organization wrote a letter to Ben & Jerry’s asking them to use human breast milk instead of cow’s milk in their ice cream. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment…
Allure Magazine Rates ‘Best of the Best’ Natural Beauty Products
It’s so encouraging to see eco-friendly beauty and fashion appearing more often in mainstream media! Allure Magazine, which has long rated hundreds of products for their annual ‘Best of the Best’ list, now has a category called ‘Natural Selections’ for natural and organic products. Editor-in-chief Linda Wells told the AP,…
Eco-Beauty Review: Saaf Organic Complexion Boosting Serum
I started using Saaf Organic Complexion Boosting Serum about two months ago, during the hot late summer months when my skin is normally an oil slick no matter what I do. In the past I’ve tried all kinds of different products to battle the summer breakouts, from astringents to oil-controlling…
