The Green Beauty Guide

It’s impossible – and actually harmful - to avoid the sun completely. A light tan is more than enough to maintain healthy levels of vital vitamin D, but sun protection today is more important than ever. Sunburns are directly linked to a higher risk of developing the most disastrous skin cancer, melanoma, and it’s much [...]

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I am back from an ill-conceived holiday that coincided with my baby’s merciless period of teething. I will now post new stories every day.
We all want youthful, smooth hands and flawless nails. Freshly manicured hands for many of us symbolize social status that allows for lots of free time and zero house chores. Yet the [...]

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Just in time to combat the scorching sun rays and the inevitable risk of UV-induced premature aging, Aveda has launched Green Science, a 4-step product line that is “clinically proven” to give skin lifted appearance in as little as 4 weeks. The products work by stimulating the production of collagen at the same time as [...]

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The statistics on skin cancer should make you grab the sun screen and a hat before you head outdoors, or perhaps cancel that appointment at the tanning salon.
Mayo Clinic Health Letter has some ugly facts to scare the freshly tanned crap out of you:

Half of all new cancers in the United States are skin cancers.
One [...]

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Have a red, sore itchy rash after wearing that new bracelet? It could result from allergic contact dermatitis, a skin reaction to something — jewelry, fragrance or other substances — with which you’ve had contact.
Mayo Clinic Health Letter lists the top 10 causes of contact dermatitis that were recently identified by Mayo Clinic researchers: [...]

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They say that beauty doesn’t come in a bottle, but it surely does come in a lab tube.
Scientists created synthetic lipids called pseudoceramides. This new substance is involved in skin cell growth and could be used in treating skin diseases in which skin cells grow abnormally.
Ceramides are lipids found in the outermost skin [...]

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Men don’t fear wrinkles as much as women do. Our society is much more tolerant to men’s signs of aging, such as thinning hair, wrinkled, leathery skin, and less-than-flawless physique. But men, too, suffer from dry skin, acne, eczema, allergies and sun damage, and it doesn’t make them any happier. 
            Good gentle grooming routines [...]

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It’s easy to adopt a green skin care routine if a) your morning grooming ritual consists of three products; and b) you are naturally inclined to pay extreme attention (I am not using words “obsessed” or “fearful” here) to the health of the humankind in general and your health in particular. Tell a guy he [...]

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A few years ago, if you were looking for less toxic cleaning supplies, you ended up buying sleek bottles of METHOD all-purpose washes and cleansers. The bottles looked stylish. The claims looked important. The messages were whimsical. And the guys behind the brand were everywhere, positioning themselves as pioneers of non-toxic, crusaders for safe and [...]

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Taking a shower is perhaps the least green experience in your beauty routine. No, wait, hair dying is worse. But consider this: you are wasting 20 gallons of water, rinsing down the drain about three tablespoons of petrochemicals, endocrine disruptors, fragrance compounds, and detergents, and end up with skin and hair that were washed squeaky [...]

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