Agri Giants Team Up For Sustainable Sourcing

Send to KindleTweet Customers apparently can change the way big business operates. A handful of agricultural giants have inked a partnership to sustainably source coconut oil. BASF, Cargill and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) have joined forces, alongside the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), who helped finance the initiative, which [...]

Beauty Emergency : Stolen Moisturizer

Send to KindleTweet I’m not lying when I say the low point of this week was finding out someone stole my first Gilt Group purchase, a $25 starter kit of products from Jessica Simpon‘s line, BeautyMint. The Lipstick Effect truly is solid economic theory; months ago I came home to a Staples delivery to find [...]

Food Distribution Giant Reveals Nutrition Trends

Send to KindleTweet One of the biggest distributors of organic and natural foods, UNFI or United Natural Foods Inc., released its 3rd quarter roundup of trends, both existing and upcoming. The video below is geared at those that manage or own health food stores. Among the products hot listed are “super seeds,” non-dairy spreads and [...]

Bright Eyes: A Roundup Of Eye Creams

Send to KindleTweet When a man that’s never worn moisturizer tells you that you need more sleep, you ask said man, a relative, “do I have lines around my eyes?” No, he says, they’re just, you need more sleep, he says choosing his words carefully. “They’re purple,” I question, fear and vanity taking over me. [...]

Safe Soap

Send to KindleTweet Keeping your family germ-free while reducing your dependence on petroleum- and chemical-filled products is a difficult endeavor. Lately it seems as though petroleum byproducts and corn syrup derivatives are in most products, even when they don’t seem necessary. Petroleum is often found in various fuel types, plastics, detergent and many other daily household products. The [...]

Beauty for Peace

Send to KindleTweet Kiss My Face has demonstrated that every company need not wait until Breast Cancer awareness month to get involved in the global community and support worthy causes. The launch of Peace Soap shows KMF is not only a trendsetter in the beauty business, but it is also a socially conscious company. KMF had natural products on [...]

Aussie & Kiwi Beauty

Send to KindleTweet The giant hole in the ozone layer over Australia is likely the main reason Australian sunscreen brands are superior to most found in the United States. So, it came as no surprise that some of my favorite beauty finds on my trip to New Zealand and Australia were sunscreen products. In addition, I also [...]

Eco-Friendly Inside & Out

Send to KindleTweet Named after its founder, Lafe Larson, this small-business deserves a gold star for bringing the safe plastic movement to the world of cosmetics. Most mommies and camping folks know the growing prevalence of metal water bottles is thanks to the debate over the possible harmful effects that can come from an element [...]