The Green Beauty Guide

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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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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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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Attorney General alleges that Whole Foods, Avalon Organics, and other companies mentioned in the lawsuit should have put warning labels on products containing high levels of 1,4-Dioxane, stating that they may cause cancer.

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I have a weird scalp. Whenever I skip a daily shampooing, it itches in two very distinct spots. As someone who hadn’t colored her hair in three years (not even with henna), I enjoy a laidback approach to my hairstyle: I let it airdry 99% of the time (I only blow-dry if I go out), [...]

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High levels of cancer-causing chemical have been found in dozens of bestselling children’s bath products and adults’ personal care products.
In July 2007 laboratory tests revealed the presence of this petroleum-derived contaminant in popular baby products as Hello Kitty Bubble Bath, Huggies Baby Wash, Johnson’s Baby Wash, Scooby-Doo Bubble Bath and Sesame Street Bubble Bath. The [...]

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