10 Steps to a Homemade, Toxin-Free Manicure This Summer
July 5, 2012
By Guest Blogger
We all know how harmful the products we use can be for our general health, and nail polish is one of the worst offenders. Not to mention the preservatives and additional chemicals in the lotions and scrubs we use to keep our nails looking sexy. Fortunately, when we make products ourselves, we know exactly what is in them and can stay away from known carcinogens and other harmful chemicals. Try out this step-by-step guide to… Read More >
Love List: Luscious Skin Care
March 30, 2011
Hi Radiant Queen, From time to time I love to update my favorite organic beauty products. A few months ago I got the best gift ever! Annmarie Gianni sent me a slew of her healthy potions and lotions from her new skincare line. Ya know why I say it was “the best gift ever”? One: Because her products blew my mind (not easy to do). Annmarie harnesses the power of Mother Nature in a bottle.… Read More >
Love List: Hot & Healthy Beauty Products
October 13, 2010
Hello Gorgeous! You are what you eat, but you’re also what you put on your skin. Everything we lather on our pores is absorbed into our bloodstream! So if you wouldn’t gobble it up, think twice about rubbing it on your beautiful bod. Have you ever looked at the ingredients in your beauty products? Can you even pronounce half the words in the ingredient list? My pal, Stacy Malkan at the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics,… Read More >
Dear Cover Girl: We Want Non-Toxic Products
April 8, 2010
By Stacy Malkan
I love to wear makeup, feel sexy and look my best—I just want to do it without rubbing cancer-causing chemicals on my body. Does that make me a stick in the mud? Am I anti-beauty? Cover Girl (by Procter & Gamble) seems to think so. The mega makeup brand has launched a new “Dare to be Beautiful” ad campaign, complete with $50,000 cash prize and a host of celebrities led by Drew Barrymore (see my… Read More >
Why I’m a Beauty School Drop-In
March 19, 2010
By Guest Blogger
By Virginia I soap my hands up with cleanser and hover over Stephanie’s face. “Go on, get in there!” says our teacher, Miss Jenny. “You won’t hurt her.” I press on Stephanie’s shoulders and start stroking up her neck and over her chin and cheeks. That shoulder move is key; we learned that if you touch your client’s face right off the bat, they’ll jump out of the bed. Next I start circling into the… Read More >
To Color or Not to Color…
September 23, 2009
By Kristen Suzanne
I’m now choosing NOT to color my hair… not anymore. For the past year or so, I’ve begun cleaning out every possible source of toxin in my world, in order to create an ideal body and environment for getting pregnant. I switched to all organic bedding. I threw out chemical-laden cosmetics and body care products. I bought the best-rated water purifier I could afford. I eat an extremely healthy organic, all vegan, high raw diet.… Read More >
Spotlight on Mountain Spirit Botanicals
August 14, 2009
By Guest Blogger
We’ve learned about the risks associated with being uneducated about personal care products from Stacy Malkan and Mia Davis. Today we’re shining a spotlight on a company we love because of the time, care, and mindfulness they put into their products. We wanted to pull back the curtain and give Mountain Spirit Botanicals the chance to share what goes into their wonderful creations, some of which are now featured in our Crazy Sexy Shop! Take… Read More >
Feeling Beautiful (and Safe) Inside and Out
August 11, 2009
By Guest Blogger
Mia Davis, Campaign for Safe Cosmetics People deserve to feel beautiful, inside and out. Feeling good about how you look increases confidence, thereby creating opportunities which can lead to constructive change, more energy, and even a more vibrant community. And then you feel even better, and the cycle continues. Word! To make yourself look/smell/feel lovely, you probably use cosmetics (creams, makeup, deodorant, etc). Most of us do- on average, American women use 10 a day,… Read More >
What’s Really in Your Beauty Products?
July 9, 2009
By Stacy Malkan
Penis deformation? I don’t like those two words together. It’s not easy to make fun of deformed genitalia, but Stephen Colbert gave it a valiant try when he interviewed NYT columnist Nick Kristof about the bizarre plight of fish in the Potomac River (and the humans that drink it). As Kristof explained, hormone-disrupting chemicals are causing strange genital malformations in the wild kingdom — frogs, fish and salamanders with mixed-up sex organs. In the Potomac,… Read More >
