This beauty must-have list is sure to help you kick off the season on the right foot.
Eminence Handmade & Organic Skin Care Of Hungary
The Hungarian women of the world have been known to have some of the most treasured secrets of ancient beauty since times of old. This legend of Hungarian beauty has lived through-out history. Royalty would travel through Europe with hopes of absorbing the techniques of the Hungarians, bathing in thermal springs and eating the nutrient-abundant agriculture of Hungary. It is this rich soil that continues to create potent elixirs, cosmetics, lotions and potions today in the Eminence formulas. Organic living has always been a way of life in Hungary and this creates the nutrient-dense soil that spills over into the crops. Eminence continues this tradition by following the age old techniques of our Hungarian ancestors to achieve the prized results.
The soil and tender loving care given to the ingredients life cycle is a big reason why Eminence products are so potent. A lot of love and wisdom goes into each and every batch, every step along the way.
Handmade in Hungary, Eminence is truly a treasure and in a class all its own. Powerful in results, Eminence products are used in top spas around the world and continues to win the favorite skin care line by spa professionals, year after year.
I love using Eminence products. They are colorful and smell delicious, bursting with fruit pulp and juices. Eminence products are so organic that you could actually eat them. I could not make products this fabulous myself, unless of course I traveled to Hungary, learned their secrets and used ingredients from the soil, tended in traditional loving ways. I am pretty sure I would also need the blessings of a Hungarian also.
Eminence is green, natural and organic. For more information about Éminence Organic Skin Care please visit eminenceorganics.
Pros
- Handmade
- Used in top spas
- Award-winning
- Organic
- 100% Natural
- Green
- Expensive
Batiste Dry Shampoo is a top pick for me because put simply "I Love this stuff." I have been hooked since I began using it for camping and festivals to stay "fresh and desirable", falling in love with the convenience of dry shampoo and the the way it gives my hair volume seemingly effortless. Effortless is good, especially when you are living in a tent or motor home for a day or two, or for even an afternoon. Music festivals and campgrounds are so much funner when you feel gorgeous. Now-a-days, festival season or not, I carry a can, no matter where I go.
Dry shampoo, if you haven't guessed it, is a powdered shampoo that is designed to work without water. Dry shampoo makes your hair look and smell clean, even when its not. It also gives your hair more volume. Over washing your hair can strip it of the natural oils your body provides and when it comes to hair washing less can actually be more. I have definitely noticed a difference in the condition of my hair since I stopped washing it so much. Although many companies have there own version of dry shampoo, Batiste is my favorite. Batiste is the #1 dry shampoo brand in the UK. It is inexpensive and works really well for me. If your hair is really dark, however you might find that this product leaves a gray cast in your hair. Be sure to follow the directions to avoid this from happening. For more information please visit Batiste Dry Shampoo at batistehair.
Pros
- Add immediate volume to hair
- Low-cost
- Nice scent
- #1 brand in UK
- If hair is really dark, product might make hair appear grey
- Although inexpensive, product goes fast
Viviscal is a vitamin supplement specifically formulated to help regrow and strengthen hair. This all natural vitamin helps to promote hair growth and at the same time improving hair quality. When I heard about this product I was both excited and skeptical. I always thought it would be so fabulous to have a vitamin for the hair that actually showed results. Viviscal's special blend of ArminoM Marine Complex polysaccharides is derived from deep-sea fish.
You take two tablets a day and results begin to show within a few months. I could see results within two months of using this product. My hair appeared stronger and with less breakage. Although I am really uncertain if this will work for everyone, it worked quite well for me. The cost of a monthly 60 tablet box of Viviscal is $33.33. To learn more about Viviscal please visit viviscal.com.
Pros
- All natural, vitamin supplement
- Reasonably priced, bordering pricey
- Strengthen and regrow healthier hair from the inside, rather than topically
- Does not show results for 2-3 months
- You must continue to take this supplement
I have been obsessed with natural, real soap ever since my first time around the block in college, when I made a batch myself. Did you know that most so called "soap" is not soap at all, rather detergent that usually contains harmful chemicals. I consider myself a connoisseur of natural, real soap, having used many in my days. A wild soapbar soaps are handmade with 100% certified organic vegetable oils, real essential oils and organic herbs making them safe for us, our unborn children and the planet. They also work great, smell intoxicating and are beautifully crafted in design. Wild soapbar soaps make great gifts, especially for yourself.
I am spellbound by the captivating scent of the black willow bark wild soapbar. I especially love the juniper berry shampoo and body bar. The idea of washing my hair and body with the same soap never fails to get my attention. The prickly pear with aloe and clay bar smells exotic and spicy, and is used to treat scrapes, rashes, boils and burns on the skin. A wild soapbar soaps are cruelty free, organic, natural, green and non-toxic biodegradable. Abar of the soap does not go as fast as some of the other real soaps I have tried, which is important if you are on a soap budget. Yes, I said soap budget. My husband insisted. Hey, I love real soap. These soaps retail around $6.00, I would pay $10.00. To learn more about A wild soapbar please visit a Wild Soapbar at awildsoapbar.com. For additional questions contact the soap bartender, Maggie Hanus.
Pros
- High-end soap
- Unique blends
- Non-toxic, biodegradable
- Organic
- Green
- Natural
- Reasonable priced
- Intoxicating scents
- Bars go extremely fast
One word to describe Sumbody - Wow! Earth friendly and people friendly, Sumbody will always be my allie. I haven't had the pleasure to try there soaps yet, the budget and all, but I have smothered myself silly in the vitamin c face serum and the lucky lips lip balm. My husband now calls me lucky lips. He is extremely picky about what i wear on my lips, because he ends up wearing it too. He likes Sumbody's lip products and that does make my lips lucky. This growing line of skincare products has me excited as to what they will whip up next. Designed to feed the entire "sum" of a person, Sumbody is a natural skincare line, free of synthetic chemicals and preservatives. Sumbody CEO and co-founder, Deborah Burnes, says "let's make it pure and let's make it work". She is doing a great job sticking with this philosophy. For more information please visit Sumbody, the company that is, at sumbody.com.
Pros
- Earth-friendly
- Holistic philosophy
- Pure
- Natural
- No synthetic chemicals or preservatives
- Pricey for some
Benecos Natural Beauty Mineral Make-up
Make-up Junkie? Not quite, but I must admit I cannot get enough five-star natural and mineral make-up in my collection. Benecos products are made with high-quality natural ingredients and designed for purity and safety. They are cruelty free and 100% Free of paraffin, parabens, silicones, PEG and synthetic dyes, fragrances and preservatives. All are BDIH Certified Natural in Germany. They offer a wide-assortment of makeup products for face, eyes and lips. Benecos is known for there affordability when standing head-to-head with competitors. Everyone deserves safe make-up products, you know? I wish everyone thought this way.
Benecos is Europe's fastest growing natural beauty brands and once you try a few of there products, you will easily see why. Mineral make-up has its ups and downs, with Benecos natural mineral powder ($17.99), I always look polished and feel great. It gives me light coverage and never looks caked-on or causes any skin irritation. I also love the Benecos natural sweethart kit. The kit contains Natural Lipstick Pink Rose ($13.99), Natural Lip Liner - Pink ($8.99) and Natural Blush- Red Terracotta ($15.99) all for the lucky dollar amount of 33 honey smacks. I am licking my lips just thinking about it. For more information please visit LoveTrueNatural.
Pros
- Cruelty-free
- Free of paraffin, parabens, silicones, PEG and synthetic dyes, fragrances and preservatives
- BDIH Certified Natural in Germany
- Huge selection
- Affordable
- Difficult to find unless ordering online
Garden of Eve products are food for the skin. This is necessary to balance and replenish on a cellular level, without any build-up to clog pores or prevent the skin from breathing. Eve Stahl, the founder and mastermind of Garden of Eve Skin Care is a nutritional consultant and skin care expert. Her passion for purity motivated Eve to create a safe and natural skincare line, after discovering that toxic chemicals were making her extremely ill. She searched the shelves for a 100% all natural skincare line with no avail and so she decided to make her own products. After a desire to test a theory about clean cosmetics on her clients of her nutritional consultation she began to make her products outside of her own personal use and Garden of Eve was born.
Eve is just as selective with what she puts on her body, as what she puts into her body. Eve feels strongly about health, producing organic skin care products that resonate with a love of nature and the environment. No chemicals get past Eve or her products. Just amazing ingredients that are good for you such as natural, organic and wild crafted botanicals. As a proud signer of The Compact for Safe Cosmetics, Garden of Eve manufactures and provides a safe alternative to products that contain harsh chemicals that can seriously harm a person’s health. Eve is committed to offering state of the art, organic skin care products. Eve's products received the best score at skin deep website.
Eve's skincare products are perfect if you have sensitive skin, are detoxing your body, are pregnant of nursing or just want to have some of the cleanest cosmetics possible. My favorite products by Eve are the clearly lovely face cream, facial cleansing nectar, the mud party and the wise woman emollient. My skin glows when I use her products. For more information visit Eve at Garden of Eve.
Pros
- Designed and formulated by a skin expert and nutritional consultant
- Safe and natural skinline
- No toxic chemicals
- 100% Natural
- Signed the Compact for Safe Cosmetics
- Best Score at Skin Deep website
- Perfect for sensitive skin
- Safe to use while pregnant or nursing
- Difficult to find without internet connection
In case you missed the beauty train the last decade, natural, organic and green no longer means "the Winnebago is in the driveway, clothing is optional and the granola is packed. Did I mention Dr Bronners?" I myself have always been a proud hippie, listening to the greats like Led Zepplen, Lynard Skynard, the Beatles and CCR while enjoying the company of the neighborhood weeds. Most people do not know the treasures that grow in their own backyard. Wildcrafting is the official name, but to everyone else, they call them weeds and when I talk to them I am a nature loving, tree hugging hippie. I love the wild too much to care and I must admit the name of this company is where the initial attraction was. Not sure what to expect I awaited my Mad Hippie face cream and Mad Hippie vitamin C serum. I love vitamin c serum and am on a secret mission to create my own some day ...
As a natural and organic beauty product junkie, I can never have enough healthy cosmetics. I am happy with both products that I received, especially the face cream. It is not too heavy, nor does it break my skin out the way some face creams do. It contains soenzyme Q10, resveratrol, green tea and matrixyl 3000. The full ingredient list is provided on the website. For more information please visit Mad Hippie at madhippie.com.
Pros
- Natural, organic beauty line
- Full ingredient list available
- Does not have as rich of a story as many of the others in this article
- Pricey for some
Kelly Teegarden, the founder of this extra-ordinary line is an inspiration. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer after the sixth sense of her intuitive mother sent her to her doctor to get checked out for an abnormality that only she noticed at the time. "She spotted the erroneous tumor on my throat; she is the angel that saved my life.", Kelly says about her mom who so adamantly told her she must get her neck checked out even though the doctors said everything was fine. As Kelly Teegarden says, "Everyone is fallible, even the doctors." Her courage, determination and strength in her fight against cancer is heart touching. A mother of three young children and near death, Kelly prayed to God, asking for a second chance at life. She made a deal with the divine stating that if she came through the horrific suffering, with another opportunity at life she would do something incredible, something amazing to give back to the world ... and she did. This story never fails to create such a stir of emotion in me. I have deep respect for this woman whose suffering she transformed into a miracle that touches the hearts of many.
Kelly Teegarden has created an affordable line of products that is completely chemical free. She created KTO when she learned that the cause of her cancer and the cancer of so many others is from chronic stress and toxic chemicals. Her mission is to create a safe line of products that nourish, protect and work great. I am completely addicted to her rose water. This is my favorite brand of rose water ever. Once you try it you will know why. There are absolutely no cancer causing ingredients, no hormone disruptors, no organ toxicity and no toxic levels of ingredients in any of these products. I cannot wait to try this entire line. For more information please visit Kelly Teegarden Organics.
Pros
- Created by a women who understands why safe cosmetics are so important
- Safe products
- Affordable
- Completely chemical free
- Rose scent is one of my favorite ever
- Difficult to find without internet connection
LIna Hanson, make-up artist and author of Eco-Beautiful: The Ultimate Guide to Natural Beauty and Wellness, work has taken her all around the globe. In her travels she began to research, study and collect beauty secrets and anti-aging ingredients from all around the world. With this wisdom and her stock of oils gathered from countries such as South Africa, Morocco, Brazil and India LIna created an extra-ordinary, unique and exotic face serum. The global face serum reduces inflammation, diminish lines and wrinkles, restore elasticity, refines, tightens, erases dark spots, protects, and minimizes lines and wrinkles, fights inflammation. It works! and improve your complexion. Lina's serum helps promote a glowing complexion no matter what your skin type or your age. I found that this serum made a big difference in my skin in just a few days. The results are dramatic. My skin looks more balanced, younger with an improved skin texture, glowing all day long without any make-up on. I feel so spoiled with this serum because it was created combining the ingredients and wisdom cherished by women for centuries and it works like a miracle. It has an aromatic scent that I adore, a combination of the essential oils. Lina says that the aromatherapy benefits of the serum are to relieve anxiety and uplift the mood. My husband likes it and that uplifts my mood ...
At $85.00 for 30ml/1 fl oz. this serum is definitely a splurge, but to me it is well worth it. Fair trade, green, eco-friendly, cruelty-free and handmade with 100% natural and organic ingredients, the Global face serum is completely free of synthetic fragrances, petrochemicals, artificial fragrance, parabens, silicone or any other chemical ingredient. Several of the ingredients are harvested by women world wide to promote their economic growth and to give them a sense of empowerment. Empowering the woman of the world, this I like ... For more information and to take a peak at the ingredients list, please visit Lina Hanson at linahanson.com.
Pros
- Earth-friendly
- Animal-friendly
- 100% natural
- Organic
- Multi-purpose
- Aromatic, exotic scent
- Difficult to find without internet connection
- Expensive
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