Article #00001 | Harmful Beauty Ingredients
Daily exposure to toxic ingredients can weaken cells and your immune system and over time. Many brands claim to be natural, botanical or even organic, yet contain a multitude of damaging ingredients. Learn about harmful personal care ingredients, the threats they cause, and common terms used in labeling...
Article #00002 | Probing Parabens
Why paraben-free lines are the best (only) way to go.
Article #00003 | Phthalates
Phthalates, why they are all over the media, and what you need to know...
Article #00004 | [Quote] Hypo-allergenic [Unquote]
This seemingly harmless word - even evoking feelings that you are making a wiser buying decision – means nothing. Hypo-allergenic: meaningless... a sort of generic way to say that products are “made for the skin.”
Article #00005 | Bizarre Beauty Treatments!
How far would you go for beauty? Would you let an expert work bird excrement into your pores... or dunk your feet into a pool of flesh eating fish? Okay, so this sounds a bit absurd, almost morbid, but when professionals of beauty charge high prices for obscure treatments, fanatics of the newest trends go running...
Article #00006 | Scent and Memory - Make it Healthy!
Researchers know that odors don’t trigger memories that are any more accurate than the memories triggered by other stimuli, but odors do trigger memories that are more emotional...
Article #00007 | "Green Washing"... Marketing for the Honey or Just for the Money?
Okay – it is officially time for “green washing” the consumers of the world - consumers of the world beware!!! ...you can’t turn on the television without noticing the obvious overtake of products that are green, green, green! Buy “green” and save the world!!! Let’s separate the truth from the trend.
Article #00008 | A Little Vegan Goes a Long Way
Sustaining a vegan lifestyle is a very personal decision and it is not for everybody. However, going vegan when possible can lend tremendous positive impact to our environment.
Article #00009 | Shopping for Sustainability
Have you vowed to contribute to eco-friendly purchases in ’09? Are you, like millions of others, glued to the zillions of “go green” articles and broadcasts that sweep the web, TV, and newspapers daily?
Article #00010 | Glossary of Skincare Terminology
A descriptive list of skin care terms.
