Safe Soap

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 effort to shrink [...]

Aussie & Kiwi Beauty

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 discovered products with a few local [...]

Eyes on the Prize: Our search For Effective Eye Creams

The perfect pair of vintage Levi’s, a non-clumping mascara and an eye cream that masks exhaustion—these are our the items we will always be searching for. As such, we usher in summer with our picks of some great eye creams, with a selection to suit every personality. ORGANIC Sometimes the brands you’ve never heard of [...]

Nourishing Neroli

The oil of the bitter orange appears a safe and nourishing natural essential oil that continues to creep into the cosmetics sector. According to the U.S. government unit National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, topical uses of neroli, the oil derived from the bitter orange flower, include fungal infections such as ringworm and athlete’s [...]

Beauty From The Vine

Caviar, peptides, and retinol are of the many popular skincare ingredients, but The Plaza chose the wine-based skincare company Caudalie to run a 8,000-square-foot spa at the luxury locale. While many have joined the vinotherapy skincare scene and researchers continue to uncover data suggesting wellness properties, the French family-run Caudalie operation was early on the [...]

Spa Skincare Collections: Hospitality & Spa Branding Through Skincare

Three spas in small East Coast states are building brand power by creating tailored offerings and their own skincare collections. Our favorite comes from a historic spot; enter Virginia’s The Spa of Colonial Williamsburg. The 20,000-square-foot spa is focused on wellness and offers treatments influenced by global cultures, from African healing treatments to Native American [...]

Kid-Friendly Sanitizers A Natural Alternative To Alcohol-Based Germ GelsWhat: A Bay Area company enters the sanitation sector with an all-natural proprietary blend.

Kid-Friendly Sanitizers A Natural Alternative To Alcohol-Based Germ Gels What: A Bay Area company enters the sanitation sector with an all-natural proprietary blend. The Dirt: CleanWell is a natural hand sanitizer and soap collection that was not tested on animals, is biodegradable, and kills about 99.99% of germs, including Staphylococcus, E. Coli and Salmonella, through [...]