Best Natural and Organic Oils for Gorgeously Healthy Winter Skin (and Hair)
I’ve written before about my love for skin and hair oils, and that’s because they work better than any other treatments I have tried. I have moderately dry skin, and in all seasons I go nuts for delicious-smelling, ultramoisturizing (and always all-natural and organic if possible) oils, for everything from…
Summer Skin Savior: Tatcha Facial Blotting Sheets (Aburatorigami)
Last month, my personalized Goodebox sampler included one of the best beauty products I’ve ever used. Tatcha’s Original Aburatorigami are largeish sheets of abaca paper that perfectly absorb oil from the skin without drying it at all. Ideal for summer, you can use both sides of these sheets to remove…
Heroines for the Planet: Model and Skincare Chef May Lindstrom
Photo by Larry White May Lindstrom is a self-professed explorer, skin chef and conscious epicurean. Her deep connection to the earth seeps into every facet of her work as a successful model, green makeup artist, painter and now, entrepreneur. May’s new, artisanal skincare line, May Lindstrom Skin, is a collection…
Jane's Flower Oil: Handmixed Loveliness for What Ails You from the Owner of Grace Heaven Salon
Jane Webb runs the supergreen hair salon Grace Heaven in the East Village of Manhattan (or by appointment in LA), and I see her regularly to keep my crazy-curly tresses red and glowing. She uses only the most natural and toxin-free colors and hair products, and she’s extremely serious about…
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…
Fall Eco Fashion Beats the Chill In Style with Keds, Loomstate and Eileen Fisher Organics!
It’s official. Fall is off to a cool start! The best part about fall is the chance to start anew: new initiatives (turn off that a.c. and switch to eco-bulbs), new motivations (make lunch), and new clothes! You want to look street smart even when it is cold and this…
Eco Fashion Basics: An Ode to the Perfect Little Black Dress
Wearing my Carol Young LBD at the Mini Exhibit at the Go Green Expo in LA. It is only this year, my 32nd, that I have truly understood the value of the Little Black Dress. Of course I have heard the legend; what woman hasn’t? This mythical raiment could be…
Behind the Scenes of the Project Green Search Model Competition Finals
Project Green Search, the first-ever green model competition, has a winner! Rachel Avalon hails from Los Angeles, California, and beat out over 130 other serious contenders for her new title as Green It Girl (read more about Rachel and her plans here). But before the winner was chosen, there were…
People Won't Change for the Environment (on my campus)
A recent article outlines a pretty simplistic poll conducted in London about people’s willingness to change their behaviour for the good of the planet. A straw poll of 15 British men and 15 British women between the ages of 25-75 in central London, showed all were willing to make small…
Bubi Baby Butter
Bubi baby butter is soothing for babes and moms alike. The handmade combination of organic shea butter, coconut oil, calendula, and chamomile leaves skin hydrated during this cold, dry time of year. The butter is free of petroleum by-products, fragrance, lanolin, and surprisingly, zinc-oxide. I have yet to find a…
