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. [...]

Photoshop-Inspired Beauty: Cellulite Creams

Send to KindleTweet The baby boomer generation of women don’t understand why generation X cares so much about cellulite. I guess that’s because they weren’t dating in the age of Photoshop. We are supposed to feel like men appreciate women with curves but everyone prefers firm to flabby. Genes do ultimately define our shape but [...]

Seventh Generation Debuts Paper Bottle

Send to KindleTweet Condensed formulas, reusable bags, and recycling have been, to date, the best options most Americans have when it comes to cutting plastic consumption. Non-paper compostable packaging gets tricky because the result can be more harm than good if it ultimately ends up in a land fill. But, that is set to change [...]

Tar Sands Money Could Pay For Electric Cars

Send to KindleTweet A joint Co-operative Group/WWF report says that investments in oil by way of tar sands will divert money away from renewable energy investments. According to The Ecologist, BP is committing $12.5 billion to tar sands projects and infrastructure, and plans to acquire a major stake in a Canadian oil sands company. Shell [...]

Green Affiliate Marketing

Send to KindleTweet ZipGoesGreen.com is the epitome of the inspirational quote, “Think Globally, Act Locally.” President Michael Aaron caught our attention at a green tech event with his Green Pride Flag, an earth-friendly variation on the gay pride flag. Aaron’s site fuses the concepts of online affiliate marketing and the push to adopt reusable containers [...]

Green 3.0

The green movement is progressing to another level, one that could bring composting and earth-friendly plastic to the mainstream.

Sustainable Soap

Send to KindleTweet 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 [...]

The Latest For Locks

Send to KindleTweet As early as twenty years ago, curly hair was fixed by being relaxed or straightened. These days, there are salons and products galore to help define curls and keep frizz at bay. Some people are even wearing extensions and weaves by choice, after many spent hours in the salon and many a [...]

European Beauty: Where Quality And Quantity Unite

Send to KindleTweet The sustainability that many American cosmetic companies adopt for sales and trend purposes is one that seems a genuine mission in the European community. Translation: it is quite rare to find a large, established cosmetic company in America that is creating products without harmful chemicals, in a sustainable manufacturing setting, simply because [...]