The Green Beauty Guide

As I head toward launching The Green Beauty Guide in October, I’ve checked out most ideas of online book promotion, and I failed to invent a bicycle.
It seems like the most effective strategies rely on good content (or knowing where to get good content and how to do it right) and good connections (knowing [...]

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I believe that a well-maintained, glossy silver mane is incredibly attractive and can tell a lot of good things about a woman. Yet, most women I know would prefer toxic dye jobs than letting their hair age gracefully. Unfortunately, the only way to reliably cover gray hair is to use permanent hair dye, and if [...]

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Going green? Start with your face. Using non-toxic beauty products made with organically grown ingredients is the most rewarding and pleasant way to care about the environment and prevent many health risks.
Here are ten reasons why you should opt for organic when it comes to beauty products:
Organic benefits our health. Organic greatly reduces and [...]

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Some of the most popular lipsticks sold in Canada contain excessive amounts of lead.
However, Health Canada claims there’s no health risk for consumers.
Twenty-one of 26 samples tested at Health Canada’s product safety laboratories contained lead levels of 0.079 parts per million to 0.84 parts per million. One lipstick sample had 6.3 parts per million. “It [...]

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Not Just a Pretty Face paints a disturbing picture of conventional beauty industry that exposes millions of women to toxic hazards that accumulate in the body triggering autoimmune diseases and making us age prematurely.

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Phenoxyethanol, glycol ether often derived from natural sources, is a popular antibacterial and preservative chemical. It also contains in many vaccines and bug repellants.
Even some of the greenest beauty brands use phenoxyethanol as a preservative, noting that it is derived from grapefruit. Well, cocamide DEA is derived from coconut but this doesn’t make it [...]

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Body skin rarely gets the same attention as the skin on our face or hands, which is rather sad. Rarely do we venture further than cleansing the body with hopefully SLS-free shower gels and applying some sunscreen or moisturizer. I am guilty of body discrimination, too.
Let’s make body scrub a regular step in our [...]

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I am reconsidering my love for mineral makeup. I am now looking for mineral makeup in pressed or fluid form because many studies released in 2008 show that micronized titanium oxide and other minerals can penetrate into bloodstream and be carried around the body, accumulating in lungs, brain, and kidneys. If you use mineral powder makeup, avoid bismuth oxychloride and silica. Bare Escentuals has launched an anti-acne makeup with barium and silica. So far, scientific studies failed to show any benefits of using topical barium on inflamed skin, but both ingredients have a proven track record of toxicity.

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Attorney General of California has filed a major lawsuit against natural personal care manufacturers whose products recently tested highest for the carcinogenic contaminant 1,4-Dioxane. The lawsuits seeks injunction and penalties for companies that failed to “warn consumers that cleaning products such as body washes and gels and liquid dish soaps containing l ,4-dioxane sold by [...]

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Each time I performed that obligatory “tap, swirl and buff” technique I could feel the powder coating inside of my nose and scratching my throat. I am not sensitive to any chemicals and I am not prone to allergies. So maybe inhaling mineral foundation isn’t really good for us?

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