It’s quite unbelievable to find yet another completely mainstream brand put out a 100% natural pressed powder.  Even among big brands you’d have to agree that WetnWild is low down on the totem pole for quality cosmetics. They’re the type of thing you buy for a teenager, an 80’s retro party or Continue Reading »

I love the scent of lavender and cannot get enough of all-natural lavender products. So, this Toms of Maine Natural Lavender Moisturizing Body Wash seemed perfect for me. Even the simple label with a picture of Continue Reading »

Buying organic has often been portrayed as only for the elite or trendy. And the higher prices on a lot of natural products certainly contribute to this image. Lately, I’ve really been on the lookout for affordable eco products that are easily found at the local big box store or drugstore. I’m talking $10 or under, ideally in the $6-7 range.

Today, I was blown away to find an amazing product at Continue Reading »

Do you find yourself skipping the organic products when it comes to anti-aging “help”? For a long time I thought that there was no way anything natural could compete with the retinols of this world. But I was misguided in that assumption. I’ve been trying out several products in the Juice Beauty line recently and have Continue Reading »

Most days, I wear very little makeup but I almost always use powder. I’ve been looking for an eco and natural version and kept coming up across the Bare Escentuals line. So I decided to give their bareMinerals Multi-Tasking Face Powder a try, in a color ironically (or sarcastically) named Well Rested.

These mineral products are natural and made without Continue Reading »

This sounded good on paper. A lip gloss made without all the icky stuff. According to their web site, the products in the Sephora brand Pure line are all formulated without: Parabens, Sulfates, Petrochemicals, Phthalates, GMOs, Triclosan, PPGs, MEA, DEA,TEAs, Formaldehyde Donors and Animal Testing. These products contain at least Continue Reading »

Now gather round children…once upon a time, there was a wonderful new store with an entirely different way of doing things. All of the products were made from natural ingredients, sourced from around the world, fairly traded, not tested on animals and sold in very simple entirely recyclable containers. You could even Continue Reading »

Wow, Weleda. It’s been a long time since some stuff in a tube has made me this excited. Wild Rose night cream is part of a range of products designed for “prematurely aging” skin. Well, that part is a bit off-putting but Continue Reading »

I’m an old-fashioned gal and gravitate towards very simple skin-care products, or formulas that rely on pure and basic ingredients. The name of this hand and body lotion “Glycerine and Rosewater” promises something that my grandmother might have used. Rosewater has been an ingredient in beauty lotions for centuries and Continue Reading »

I have a love-hate relationship with Burts Bees. Back in the day, they were one of the pioneering companies in natural and eco-friendly products. But, since they were bought by Unilever, I’ve had an uneasy feeling about them and rarely buy their products. But they are readily available in every drugstore and grocery these days, so I decided to give them another try.

Before I ditched my mainstream products I was a Carmex junkie. It’s the only lip balm I Continue Reading »