As you probably know, April is Earth Month—and while that certainly seems like a pretty apt time to highlight the very best in green beauty, Byrdie's Eco Beauty Awards are pretty timely for more than that one reason. In the past year or two alone, we've ... ( read original story ...)
How Natural Beauty Brand Gaffer & Child is Making Farm-to-Face Skin Care a Thing
"Using the freshest possible ingredients and sources from local, sustainable growers is what we're all about." Natural beauty products are increasingly abundant — and increasingly murky and confusing. Since the beauty industry is largely unregulated in ... ( read original story ...)
Not such a natural beauty: what the cosmetic companies aren’t telling you
What would you do if you discovered the organic vegetables you’d been eating for years were actually laced with chemicals? Or that your organic eggs were from battery hens? The word “organic” usually brings with it peace of mind, but major beauty ... ( read original story ...)
In India, skincare is a work in progress, says André Joseph Hoffmann
New Delhi: André Joseph Hoffmann, executive director and vice-chairman of global luxury spa and natural skincare brand L’Occitane en Provence, is bullish about the Indian market. Hoffmann, who is also L’Occitane (Far East) Ltd’s managing director ... ( read original story ...)
How to Shop For Natural Skin-Care Products
A simple tutorial from a pro. Beauty tutorials are big on YouTube — a search for "makeup tutorial" and "hair tutorial" yields more than five million videos. In this weekly series, we put a mix of popular and under-the-radar tutorials to the test and show ... ( read original story ...)
Juice Beauty: Skin care in the raw
Behnke admits the revelation turned into a bit of an obsession. “I became obsessed with the idea of creating organic and natural formulations that perform as well as conventional beauty products,” she explains. “Most people mistakenly believe that ... ( read original story ...)
7 Totally Exotic Anti-Aging Skincare Ingredients You Need in Your Life Right Now
If there were a Hall of Fame for natural ingredients, carrot, rosehip, and sea buckthorn would be like Louis Armstrong — inducted early and forever cherished. But thanks to the ever-curious, plant-loving whizzes in anti-aging skincare these days ... ( read original story ...)
Artist seeking landscapes for Canada 150
Allison Robin Smith is looking for landscape pictures of Canada to help create 13 paintings of Canada's natural beauty in a project she's calling Canada East to West. Smith said the idea was originally to travel across Canada herself, something she's ... ( read original story ...)
Unusual Natural beauty Craze Has Thai Gals Shaping Their Lips Like Buffalo Horns | Oddity Central
A weird magnificence trend has been sweeping Thailand for the last 5 years, with women of all ages paying thousands of dollars to have their upper lip reshaped as buffalo horns. Recognised as “krachap lips”, the beauty procedure is evidently only ... ( read original story ...)