The Green Beauty Guide

               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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Lavender belongs to the mint family of Labiatae. It’s fresh, floral, slightly woodsy scent has abilities to rebalance emotions, calm and harmonize during periods of stress. Lavender is helpful when you have problems sleeping, but beware using too much lavender in order to get to sleep faster: instead of calming, too much lavender has invigorating [...]

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As I am looking for a reliable yet completely natural blend of preservatives to keep my Petite Marie Organics products fresh and pure for longer, I couldn’t help but explore the benefits (and darker sides) of rosemary oil.
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a sturdy, hardy perennial herb that for some reason grows abundantly on poor, stony [...]

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Q: I just read two of your books, first on acne and the second The Green Beauty Guide! I got really interested in your Petite Marie skincare, but there is one thing that made me cautious and it’s the colloidal silver as preservative in acne skincare. After seeing those scary photos in Google with those [...]

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In my book, The Green Beauty Guide, I talk quite a lot about clays. I must admit, I am a bit reprehensive when it comes to aluminum-containing clays such as bentonite but then again, these clays are so ubiquitous, it’s nearly impossible to find a decent mask or scrub without them.
And finding an alternative [...]

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It’s well known that drinking red wine in moderation can have some health benefits, mainly thanks to a compound called resveratrol. Now, scientists have discovered how.
Resveratrol is an antioxidant found in a number of plants, including grape skins, raspberries, mulberries and peanuts. Its job in nature is to fight fungus during the rainy season, and [...]

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PABA, or para-amino-benzoic acid, is a popular additive to many “organic” beauty products, but it’s not as harmless as it seems. Not many of us are aware that PABA is chemically related to parabens, which are esters of para-hydroxy-benzoic acid.
PABA has traditionally been used as a sunscreen; however, Swiss researchers found that PABA increases [...]

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I’ve just gotten off the air. This was an amazing interview with The Diva Success Network, based in Georgia, and while I was musing on the benefits of going green when it comes to your beauty, an amazingly simple recipe came to my mind.
My Mom used to do it in the summertime to erase [...]

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Winter is here, even in Southeastern England. As a homesick Torontonian who used to wrap her skin in insulating layers of beeswax, olive oil, and occasional mineral oil, I instinctively reach for my rich cleanser and moisturizer when the temperature drops below +5 Celsius. At night. Which is the lowest you can get here.
(Boy, do [...]

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To me, copper will always be something that makes some of the most gorgeous (and ridiculously expensive) pots and pans. It appears, though, that copper bound with proteins, can become a mighty anti-aging agent. Copper peptides, which are made of copper atoms bound together with proteins, can literally turn back the aging process. 
First reports [...]

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