Style | 07/01/2009 11:00 am
The Simple Green Guide to Beauty
These eco-friendly beauty tips will help you – and Mother Earth – maintain your charm.
Since we first applied our mother’s lipstick in grade school, most of us have spent a small part of every day applying – and re-applying – an array of beauty products. What we don’t know is that every time we polish our nails or secure our hair with hairspray, we might be doing damage not just to Mother Earth, but to our own health. So, to help maintain our looks – as well as the beauty of Mother Earth – here is wowOwow’s simple green guide to beauty.
Have more green beauty tips? Tell us your eco-friendly advice below and we’ll feature it in a future slide show.
Have more green beauty tips? Tell us your eco-friendly advice below and we’ll feature it in a future slide show.
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"sounds like" Aveda, huh, Kerm??
Thank you, Kermie … Aveda is an all natural line of hair and skin products, incl. permanents. I had long hair (red!) for eyars, and would only have an Aveda body perm annually - it kept my hair perfect the rest of the year.
I’ll check out Sephora, though. I’m looking for Jean Louis Scherrer perfume, too. ;-))
Hugs@ya!
Hi C jay,
Perhaps you’ve already checked, but Amazon has a nice selection of Jean Louis Scherrer perfumes available. I have purchased perfumes from Amazon (when there was a fragrance I could not get in the states), and was very pleased with the transactions. Hope this helps. By the way, any special olive oil you would suggest? - I’m intrigued with the idea of trying it out as a moisturizer. Love that idea. Best,
Thank you, N P. In the past, I have done a Search for it, but never thought of Amazon. I’ve been on the warpath with them for not shipping in a decent time, then charging so much for shipping and "handling" (how much do handlers cost?).
It is time to restore my supply, that is for sure. Now, about Olive Oil - for topical application any one will do just fine, in fact I used to use Canola Oil. I wouldn’t purchase the EVOO for topical use, or cooking though. I do "taste test" it (it’s lovely and varied) for non-cooking purposes, but the less expensive ones are fine otherwise. Overall, I’m adamant that it comes from Spain, but most do now, anyway; some from Cypress, etc. though. Italy’s crops have not done well, and it is obvious.
If you decide to "check" the taste, try this: Sip about a tablespoon full into your mouth, and at the same time "inhale" it, over the lower teeth, lips partially pursed, and suck in slowly, and evenly, until it sprays into the back of your mouth, bursting into flavor on the front of your soft palate (behind the hard palate on the top of your mouth).
You’ll notice the notes in each differnt type you do this with, some more "peppery," some frutier, on and on. What’s tragic, is finding one you fall head over heels in love with and not being able to fine it again. :-( Like every great food, it is sensual.
Enjoy, and thank you.
N P, by the way, applying oils, cremes (lotions are disfavored to me due to their water content) are best to moisurize on wet skin - nothing passes into the cells (except by advertisers); however, applying an oil-base product to wet skin helps to keep the moisure on the skin, and cells can benefit from w-a-t-e-r (notice the wrinking of skin when swimming a long time). So, stroking oils on the skin after bathing or showering (or merely applied to wet skin) does the trick. Adulterated oils (perfumed, or with other compounds added) are a waste of money, and a loss of luxury - IMHO.
C jay,
Thank you for your two posts here. Very kind and so generous of you. I really appreciate it.
I’m on the hunt for olive oil now! I know I’ll enjoy it - both the hunt and using it. Best,
Amy, one of the things I adore still about Spain was learning more about olive oil. In fact, I learned a great deal about other luxurious items while traveling there (4 wondrous weeks on my own). One was a talc that only emits its scent on pure linens, made from an impenetrable fruit grown in Spain - and processed into the talc. It’s sold to regal families around the wold, and is delightful - a truly velvet hammer of scents (requiring linen!).
My bathroom has a lovely dark, airtight jug of olive oil (and kitchen). For years, that is all I used after bathing, on wet skin…
Nice to ‘meet’ you, Amy.
Oh, Elizabeth, I just posted to Joan my longing for Spain!
Firstly, a great body scrub with olive oil is also with sugar!
Secondly, the fruit - it is grown throughout Spain but I witnessed the preparation in a small village between Madrid and Malaga. During my time in Spain, I took the train everywhere (no porters, and was loaded down with 6 tins of newsreel!!!), and disembarked in every hamlet along my route. This small village harvested this stone hard fruit, and rather like Conch, cooked it down, then pulverized it into a very expensive talc. They gave some to me after showing me that it does not emit a scent on anything but pure linen. Lovely! Needless to say, I purchased more linen pillowcases on that trip, and later in France, too.
Since then I’ve learned the same talc is made in Mexico, again for the exclusive clients worldwide. We must research this.
It is wonderful "meeting" you - and remember, mi casa en su casa.
Buena salud.