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Smoky Sixties Eyes

Submitted by British Beauty Blogger

Thanks to my vampy lash extensions, I’m now totally into sixties eyes - blackish, or dark at least - with plenty of liner, but without the heavy handedness of the authentic Biba/Mary Quant look. I’m teaming dark eyes with creamy pale lips in nude-toned pinks and peaches from Bobbi Brown (Pink [...]

Summer may be over, but the fruit is ripe at Zia Skincare

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Zia Natural Skincare still has fruit for your face… thankfully for your skin!
Apple Refining Mask, $24.95
Organic apple juice, plantain and firming pectin are combined in this clarifying treatment to help heal sun-damage, fine lines and clogged pores. Apple Refining Mask helps eliminate toxins and impurities, while minimizing the [...]

A natural scalpel-free facelift? Marie Claire UK highlights NY surgeon Dr. Yan Trokel

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Using hyaluronic acid, a substance found naturally in the body and used for years to help relieve joint pain, Dr. Yan Trokel has been “plumping up” faces and offering a no downtime alternative to facelifts.
His scalpel-free procedure is showcased in the November issue of Marie Claire UK Edition below. What [...]

LUSH says bring on the bubbles; win bubble bars for a year!

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Bring out your best bubble beard!  Nobody does bubble baths better than LUSH Cosmetics. And that’s why they are challenging you to an online bubble beard photo contest for a chance to win an entire year’s worth of solid bubble bars! 
Next time you soak in suds, mold a massive beard [...]

Tarte Cosmetics:: As eco as it gets

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Tarte Cosmetic’s 2009 Fall Collection is kicking eco booty with their innovative packaging “… made with resin-additive EcoPure. The packaging boasts indefinite shelf life, but facilitates plastic biodegradation within five years in microbial environments, i.e., landfills.” (from article)
Add that to the long list of products NOT included and Tarte is [...]

Recession Proof Beauty:: Montagne Jeunesse Masques

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert

Usually when I get a pitch for inexpensive products I’m instantly on guard to be disappointed. Believing they highlight the natural ingredients that are just simply blended in with a bunch of crap. So how shocked was I once I hunted down the ingredients for Montagne Jeunesse to find [...]

Get your holiday shop on with H20 Plus: Sea Pure Natural Skincare

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
H20 Plus recenly launched the Sea Pure Natural Skincare Collection which offers 100% natural products that are vegan and biodegradable (not sure if that’s the jars & bottles, cause I’m not clear on the biodegradable-ness of beauty products). The products are made without synthetic fragrance, parabens, petrochemicals or sulfates.
For the [...]

Award-winning author Michael Pollan speaks candidly about organic; Organic Gardening magazine

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
Award-winning author Michael Pollan speaks candidly about what’s truly organic, First Lady Michelle Obama, and what he sees for the future beyond organic in an exclusive interview in the November/December/January 2009-2010 issue of Organic Gardening magazine now on newsstands.
 
Pollan sat down with Organic Gardening Managing Editor Therese Ciesinski for [...]

Have you discovered Vapour Organic Beauty cosmetics?

Submitted by The Organic Beauty Expert
It seems like mineral cosmetics companies are popping up everyday! Can barely keep track of them all. I’ve not tried this line, but here’s a bit info for ya’ll who like discovering new lines.
According to the company:
“The Vapour difference begins with its signature therapeutic treatment base of certified organic, light, [...]

Smoky Sixties Eyes

Submitted by British Beauty Blogger
 

Thanks to my vampy lash extensions, I’m now totally into sixties eyes - blackish, or dark at least - with plenty of liner, but without the heavy handedness of the authentic Biba/Mary Quant look. I’m teaming dark eyes with creamy pale lips in nude-toned pinks and peaches from Bobbi Brown (Pink [...]

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