Remember when you were 12 and you’d stop into Walgreens to pick up a $2 tub of some funky colored face mask to use at your next slumber party? Those masks rarely did much for us other than provide some great girlie entertainment. That’s pretty much the position I’ve always taken on face masks – […]
Green Beauty
Beauty March Day Four: Kiss My Face Obsessively Organic
Don’t look now but that lady is following us. We’ve seen her at the mall, our local coffee haunt, in line at the grocery store. She’s dressed to the nines (in her mind anyway). She carries the loudest designer knockoff handbag. She leaves a trail of Channel No. 3.5 in her wake. And her feet […]
Beauty March Hump Day: Nature Girl
Last Saturday morning, I plodded over to the front window of my house and yanked open the shade. “Good Gravy, ” I gurgled to myself, spilling coffee down my Vickie’s Pink PJs. About 12 feet in front of me, sauntering across the street was a huge bobcat. He had the telltale pointed ears and stumpy […]
Beauty March Day Two: EO Products
They had me at the shampoo. Looking for a hair treatment to wake up my dulling locks, I first discovered the EO product line at my local Wild Oats Market. The Chamomile & Honey Shampoo and Conditioner have been staples ever since. The duo leaves your hair shiny, clean and laced with an intoxicating natural […]
Day One in Our Earth Day March: Pangea Organics
Back in the dark ages when I was an naive English major at N.C. State University, Ralph Nader came to our campus and gave a rousing speech to kick off an Earth Day celebration. After which, me, my sprightly Jack Russell Terrier, George, and a cluster of my hippie friends marched from our campus to […]
In Tata We Trust: Tata Harper 100% Natural Skincare
She has 10 dogs, a couple goats and a serious passion for truth in beauty. Tata Harper made it her mission to develop a skincare line that lived up to its all-natural claims and spent five years researching, testing, working side by side with scientists and creating her product line from the ground up – […]
Cool Aid: LATHER Toning Eye Gel with Vitamin K
Um, yeah, in case you haven’t noticed, summer is here – with a vengeance. If your current eye cream is sliding down your face like a melting ice cream cone, reach for LATHER’s new Toning Eye Gel with Vitamin K. This cooling, lime green gel is no ordinary eye potion. Extracts of royal jelly, aloe, […]
Holiday Gifts of Bliss and Beauty Guide: For the Eco Girl
She’s the friend who actually remembers to take her reusable shopping bags with her to the grocery store and reminds you to breathe when the stress hits the fan. Give her a lift with these pure and practical gifts. YogaWorks DVDs. If she’s been bumming about having to give up her gym membership, bring the […]
Jungle Love: Lush Soaps up for a Good Cause with New Limited-Edition Goodies
Have we told you lately that we love Lush? Oh, well then, let us give ya a few more reasons to put Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics on your list of happy, good karma things. As part of its global public awareness campaign on palm oil and the devastation caused by its production, Vancouver-based Lush Cosmetics […]
Product Review: Nude Skincare Cleansing Facial Oil
One look at this facial cleansing oil and we all shook our heads simultaneously. “I’m not gonna try it. You try it….” rang out across the SpaGirl office. So we (generously) passed along our sample to friend and fellow blogger Carrie Wheeler of crackinggood.com. Now we’re kicking ourselves for not being doughty enough to try […]
Green Cuisine for Skin, Bod, and Hair at LUSH
What’s all the buzz about this thing called green? We recycle, we try to turn off lights when we leave a room and only one car in our garage is a gas-guzzling SUV. Come on, isn’t that enough to save the planet and fulfill our green obligations? Even though every little thing we do to […]
Bag Lady: Reusable Grocery Bags Make a Pretty Statement
I’m obsessed with bags lately. Not the chi-chi designer totes peddled at the department stores. Nope, I’m on the hunt for something cheap, chic and reusable that I can cram with milk, eggs and chardonnay on my grocery store excursions. I won’t preach. You can find the stats. The bottom line is that plastic and […]
