How I Wear Eco Fashion: Clothes Swapper Extraordinaire Rachel Avalon
Rachel Avalon at an Environmental Working Group Event in her swapped and ethical ensemble. Rachel Avalon is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist & Eco Expert, which means that on any given day she’s busy seeing clients, attending evening parties and functions, and ferreting out the latest ways to live as healthfully…
Jewelry for Eyebrows: Highbrow's Haute Recyclage Looks Up
Accessories for eyebrows? Alicia Lubowski-Jahn says ‘Yes!’ Photo by: Kevin Kwan With so many fashion and accessories designers working with recycled materials, it comes as a surprise that we’ve all ignored something right before our eyes…or I should say directly up above them. Therein comes the designer Jessica Sapick, who…
Susan Harris Recycled Textiles Offer One-of-A-Kind Style
I first met Susan Harris four years ago at her studio in Toronto, and I was like a kid in a candy store as I sorted through recycled sweaters, gorgeous-pieced sweater sleeves (one of my favorite accessories of all-time), cashmere/woolen wraps, and cozy leg warmers. Susan’s effortless style and chic…
How I Wear Eco Fashion: Greenest New Yorker Kaity Tsui
On the heels of apparel giant H&M stating, “There aren’t any specific trends anymore. It’s more just personal style and how you put it together,” I contacted a number of my friends and colleagues about contributing to this new column on Eco Chick, “How I Wear Eco Fashion.” The response…
Westport Connecticut's Kaia Yoga: For a New Year Filled with Health and Peace
Recently, I had the chance to check out the newest Kaia Yoga in Westport, Connecticut (there’s two locations in Greenwich too), and walked away from my visit with the wonderful post-yoga calm and a pleasantly full belly. The former was due to an invigorating Vinyasa class in a gorgeously lit…
Honoring Natural New Year's Resolutions: Home Made Bath Scrub
With New Year’s resolutions sometimes come a sense of failure. By mid-January, you have two donuts instead of one. You can’t believe she did that! You could’ve made a better choice. Don’t torture yourself! You can make easier, less abusive, and more beneficial resolutions that will bear better results for…
Madecasse Chocolate: Deliciously Ethical from Madagascar
I don’t really consider chocolate an indulgence- more like a part of my daily diet (I’m so not kidding about that!). And that means I eat a lot of chocolate; probably about a bar a week. And seeing that I enjoy it so much I def look for high quality,…
Team Eco Chick's Favorite Natural Beauty Products for a Healthy (Skin) New Year!
I know plenty of progressive, conscious ladies who eat organic, work out regularly, and even choose eco fashions over conventionally-made clothes when they can, but get stymied when it comes to makeup and beauty products. We all have our go-to’s, those tried-and-true products that will do what we want, when…
Abhyanga: The Ancient Art of Self Healing Massage
One of my favorite new body beauty wellness routines is to practice an Ayurvedic massage called Abhyanga (“ahhhh-buy-anga,” because it feels so good!) Abhyanga is a practice of self-massage that entails, in simple terms, annointing one’s body with oil. Now, this might sound a bit much: “Won’t it get on…
Budhi Teen Care: Foundation for Healthier Skin
I’m obsessed with washing my face. I never go a night without it. No matter how exhausted, or what a late night I’ve had, I go to the sink and take all my makeup off, and make sure to put on a ton of moisturizer. I don’t do it just…
