The Green Beauty Guide

            Great to meet you! I am Julie Gabriel, a dedicated green advocate, accomplished journalist, holistic nutritionist and a new mom. I combine my passion for all things green with my degrees in Journalism with a training as a Holistic Nutrition at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. I have nearly ten years of beauty [...]

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All hail to the lipstick revolution!  Today, our world can’t afford beauty without a conscience.   Even our daily shopping habits that seem as mundane as our cosmetic and personal care product choices now have an enormous influence on our future.  When shoppers read The Green Beauty Guide and put Julie Gabriel’s insightful green beauty tips [...]

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             Where does the sunscreen go after it’s soaked up by the skin? What’s the connection between lavender and skin cancer? What is so special about organic beauty products? How do you go green without going broke? Green living coach and holistic nutritionist Julie Gabriel answers these questions and more in The Green Beauty Guide: Your [...]

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            Whenever we buy a beauty product, we scan the ingredient list. Most of us know the difference between olive and mineral oil, and we know we’d better shun paraben preservatives and most FD&C colors. Unfortunately, product labels cannot provide us with full information regarding toxicity of the beauty product.
            In March 2008, the [...]

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Solid waste from plastic and paper packaging is a serious issue. Cosmetics and tobacco packaging is 100 percent virgin bleached paperboard. And we all know how cosmetic industry loves over-packaging: the 1-ounce glass jar of Crème De La Mer resides in a heavy plastic container (weighing 10 oz) covered by another container made of stiff cardboard (another 12 oz) and is sold in an elegant paper bag (3 oz). All but the jar ends in the waste bin…

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“The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind.” - Gaylord Nelson
Sustainable Development is… “development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs…” - World Commission On Environment and Development’s report, Our Common Future (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987)
“Future generation [...]

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