The Green Beauty Guide

Musk, a popular perfume fixative since ancient times, was traditionally obtained from the gland of the male musk deer, Moschus moschiferus. The animal was usually killed in the process.

Between thirty and fifty deer would die to provide two pounds of musk grains. Due to the high demand of musk and indiscriminate hunting, populations of musk [...]

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I am extremely proud to confirm that a long-awaited sequel to THE GREEN BEAUTY GUIDE is coming soon, well, relatively soon. In November, actually. It’s going to be a practical, easy to use book containing 200+ recipes (more than any similar book on the green market!) and precious tips and lessons I have learned while [...]

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Woman’s exposure to synthetic fibers and certain oil byproducts before mid-thirties triples a woman’s risk of breast cancer after menopause, Canadian study says.

France Labreche of the National Institute of Public Health in Montreal found a strong link between higher rates of risk and exposure to several common synthetic materials, found in textile factories and other [...]

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REPRINTED FROM: The Toronto Star, Fri Mar 5 2010, Page: L03, Section: Ontario. Byline: Vivian Song
I feel this article is so important, I could not resist to add my effort in spreading the word about cancer prevention and vitamin D.

Rhonda Abrams sees the sun in a new light. For years she was afraid of it. Skin [...]

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Sometimes it’s tempting to ditch the no-paraben rule, especially if that pretty pink lip gloss is just what’s doctor ordered on a gloomy day. But even if the gloss is pretty, parabens themselves are perhaps the ugliest ingredients out there.

It was once believed that parabens, known as esters of para-hydroxybenzoic acid, are not stored in [...]

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               In winter time, our skin requires gentle cleansing, and that’s when plant-based, low foaming cleansers come handy.

                All cleansing products, whether they are meant for use on the face, body, or hair, are based on one of three types of cleansing agents: detergents, plant soaps, and saponins.

                Detergents are the most ubiquitous type [...]

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What they claim: Shine Refined.

Full list of ingredients:
Polybutene, pentaerythrityl tetraisostearate, C18-36 acid triglyceride, tridecyl trimellitate, bis-diglyceryl polyacyladipate-2, silica dimethyl silylate, linalool, geranoil, calcium aluminum borosilicate, calcium sodium borosilicate, eugenol, sodium saccharin, silica, limonene, citral, synthetic fluorphlogopite, polyethylene terephthalate, polymethyl methacrylate, benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, benzyl salicylate, alpha-isomethyl oilone, hexyl cinnamal, isobutylparaben, isopropylparaben, butylparaben, bht, fragrance.

Beware:

Along [...]

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The current European legislation requires all cosmetic manufacturers using essential oils to list all constituents of essential oils such as limonene, linalool etc on the label.

However, conventional cosmetic makers can simply put “fragrance” or “perfume”, and that’s it. But if you really look into the ugly stuff that goes into some of the most popular [...]

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A young woman in England was rushed to the hospital with agonizing burns following an extreme reaction to a home hair dye kit.
Zoe Vernon, 22, was told by the doctors she had some of the worst allergic reaction they had ever seen caused by hair dye.
The poor girl said she had dyed her hair previously [...]

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After 2 days of using skincare products by Nutriganics (The Body Shop) I am utterly disappointed.
Let’s begin with the better products. The mask is OK. For the clay mask, it dries to invisibility which is weird. Normally, clay masks dry to bright white/gray/yellow/pink. This mask dried and became invisible. Lookes unusual, weird, but all right [...]

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