Sustainable Soap

Maggie Hanus has been erasing her carbon footprint far before green became a fad. In 1995, she started the Austin-area small business, A Wild Soap Bar, making soap and other person care products, without using harmful chemicals such as parabens, sulfates and phthalates. She went further, and excluded filler ingredients such as petroleum products, preservatives [...]

Life Imitating Art

Spotted: Sunnyside, Queens Name: Kerry-Jo Age: 23 Hometown: East Village Current ‘hood: Sunnyside First language: English Job: Actress Ethnicity: Irish/Polish/Italian Favorite Condiment: Mustard Religion: Buddhism On Your iPod Now: Ladytron, Queen of the Stone Age Favorite Movies: Marie Antoinette Grooming Products: Mac makeup Dream Job: To be a full-time actress, anything creative or artistic What [...]

The Good Caffeine

Tammy Olsson and Anne Yeo were acquaintances until a chance conversation led to a new business idea. Both Vancouver residents, Olsson worked in a tea shop and Yeo was in advertising. The duo joined forces and created a Matcha tea product, Domo Tea, which they push as a way for coffee addicts to get used [...]

Exotic Home Scents What: Go global with two fabulous candle and home fragrance companies with creative scents.

The Dirt: Though candles are the ultimate in ambience, some brands offer decorations and home fragrance options in one item. Seda France is our new obsession, partially for the fabulous packaging. When we sought out Seda, we were impressed by the many options, but we settled on Taj and Bouganville Sapote. Taj comes packaged in [...]

Body Anti-Aging

Years ago, we predicted that soon there would be anti-aging products for the body and the mane. Now we see packaging promising preventative care for the body and hair. We were not surprised. While much may be creative packaging and marketing, we have a few new favorites. The truth, though, is that we must care [...]

Ethereal Electronica SongstressWhat: Britain’s Bat for Lashes is sure to continue making waves in the U.S. once mainstream discovers her.

The Dirt:We admin our nightly perusal of gossip sites was what alerted us to this budding British talent. Sometimes there are known stories a writer just has to cover, there’s no choice, and this is one of them. It’s time America learned about Bat for Lashes. She is a category unto herself, some amalgamation of [...]

PepsiCo Embraces Earth Day

PepsiCo is working hard at its goal to cut water and energy use through new bottling and vending options and a brand new orange juice with 50% less sugar and calories. Enter Trop50, a new group of three Tropicana orange juice varieties that use stevia brand Pure Via to sweeten. Thanks to the use of [...]

International News March 29-April 4

Teen Hacker Hired To Consult On Cyber Crime Owen Thor Walker, an 18-year-old teenager hacker, was just hired as a cyber security consultant by New Zealand’s second largest telecommunications company, The Los Angeles Times reports. Walker had helped a criminal network either skimming bank accounts or damaging computer systems or infiltrating some 1.3 million computers. [...]

SFO Ramps Up Eco Initiative What: San Francisco International Airport adds an eco element to car rentals as part of its green program.

The Dirt: How many airports have bamboo trees growing inside? It’s not surprising to hear that such trees are growing inside the airy open edifice that is San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Neither is it surprising that the airport has added a green element to its car rental operations. In the New Year, SFO announced [...]

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