The Green Beauty Guide

Spring is in full bloom, and after three years of nail polish ban (first, getting ready to pregnancy, then being pregnant, then breastfeeding, then downright too busy) I got carried away and gave myself a lovely red pedicure. My red nail polish was phthalate-free, toluene-free, formaldehyde-free very pretty shade of true red by Zoya, a [...]

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When strolling along shelves at our local Space NK (UK’s little and perhaps greener sister of Sephora) I couldn’t help but pick the jar of my old time favorite, Eve Lom’s Rescue mask.
What never ceases to amaze me is the marketing genius who can take a couple tablespoons of clay, mix it with water, [...]

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Just a few clicks ago I was checking out a lovely Pink Grapefruit Organic Bath Oil by a Brit spa line NaturallyThinking. The core of the “organic” bath oil was sunflower oil - not organic. The word “organic” on the label was justified by the use of organic essential oils  - mere a drop or [...]

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My early childhood memories bring back a queer image of my Mom with a ghostly white face covered with thick layer of chopped salad greens. She could show up with a face that seemingly dripped blood (which appeared to be mashed strawberries or raspberries) or even black and crusty (on a particular good year, a [...]

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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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