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Eco-Lux Hair Care with SexyHairOrganics
I’ve tried a number of different eco-friendly hair products on my wavy-easier-to-just-throw-in-a-ponytail hair. Now it’s become a bit of an obsession. Like the search for some holy grail. Really, all I want is to get rid of frizz and create body ...
ALEX\'S HOLIDAY BEAUTY BAG
You know what I love about December in Los Angeles? First, it’s finally cold enough for the sweaters and coats that disappear 11 months out of the year. Second, between Chanukah, Christmas, New Years and an insane number of Sagittarius friends and ...
WASHING UP: Eco Soaps from Wembe
Kim Carlson of EarthSmartConsumer says that a simple step towards eco-awareness is to buy soap and other skincare products in bars because they require little to no packaging and disappear as you use them leaving no footprint. Pretty genius, right? T...
tarte+Sephora = the gift that keeps on giving
As I wrote last week, tarte has come up with some brilliant holiday gift sets. And here’s the most spectacular one of all, the treasure chest. Their annual gift palette is back but this time with 30% more green goodness. Not only would it make a fa...
Cyber Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday....
I’m not a Black Friday kind of girl…I prefer retail therapy to retail frenzy. But I love the idea of Cyber Monday where you can find fabulous deals online. Two of Beauty Banter’s favorite eco-beauty retailers have HUGE discounts this week, one ...
Cyber Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday....
I’m not a Black Friday kind of girl…I prefer retail therapy to retail frenzy. But I love the idea of Cyber Monday where you can find fabulous deals online. Two of Beauty Banter’s favorite eco-beauty retailers have HUGE discounts this week, one ...
BLACK FRIDAY PAMPERING at The Organic Pharmacy
From London to Los Angeles, The Organic Pharmacy has set up shop in Beverly Hills and invites Beauty Banter readers to indulge post-feast at their Black Friday shopping event. Incredible gifts with purchase, mini treatments and 10% off treatments boo...
holiday shop and share with tarte
Sometimes holiday shopping can lose a bit of it’s luster when you find yourself with too many people on your list and a budget that can’t match it. tarte to the rescue! I love giving gifts I would want to receive myself and tarte has read my mind...
SEEING GREEN: liiv botanicals eye cream
Yesterday I got an email from my cousin Louise asking if I knew of a good eco-friendly eye cream. I wrote back to tell her not only had I found something new but I was planning to post about it today. Green beauty minds think alike.Eye creams have ne...
KORRES GETS IN THE SPIRIT
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…have you noticed? Everywhere I look storefronts are filled with glitter and coffee table-sized holiday catalogs are arriving unable to fit in my mailbox. Getting into the holiday spirit, KORRES has a sp...
LINERS and LASHES from KORRES
My loves of KORRES began with their products for body, specifically Yoghurt Body Butter and Watermelon Body Scrub. With their commitment to eco-consciousness from concept to packaging, I am forever impressed by their selection. From haircare to skinc...
eco-style sanitizers from jamar labs
I’m not a fan of hand sanitizers or antibacterial products because most of them contain some pretty toxic chemicals (studies have actually shown that washing your hands with plain old soap does the same job). I normally steer clear of germ-fighting...
ECO-FINDS FROM FRIENDS: suki® organic cystic acne treatment
I’m not sure what I like most about this site: the beauty or the banter. What I love is when the two intersect and comments introduce me to new ways to use hair products or when someone recommends a lip gloss I’d seen but was on the fence about t...
BCA Think Pink - Pt. 4
October is not quite halfway over but the opportunities to shop in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month keep coming. There are so many ways to shop pink (I’ve even stocked up on my favorite pink Sharpies for the cause) and I am thrilled to fin...
THINK PINK - Part Three
Okay, so I thought this would be my final post on eco-friendly Breast Cancer Awareness Month greatness but there is simply so much out there I'll be back with a few more posts next week. Today I have a fabulous collection of organizations to share, a...
Think Pink - Shopping to Support BCA Pt. 2
As I said the other day, I have found so many wonderful products in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month it will take more than one post to share them all. Today I’m focusing on those benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Check in w...
Think Pink - Shopping to Support BCA Pt. 1
Because breast cancer has affected so many women I know, these next few weeks I’ll be sharing a number of the fabulous, eco-gorgeous products that are available in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Paul Mitchell has partnered with Cancer Sch...
LIGHTER THAN AIR: Vapour Organic Beauty
Making an eco-overhaul of my skincare favorites was an easier task than letting go of the makeup I loved. But after an impromptu makeup session by my 6-year-old cousin, I realized that I didn’t want her covering her face in toxic chemicals or harsh...
EVERYDAY BEAUTY with Everyday Minerals
Greening your beauty routine is something few can take on in one swoop. Not only is it hard to part with old favorites, it’s also expensive to start from scratch. That’s why I was intrigued when I read about Everyday Minerals’s eco-friendly, hi...
the look: tarte + hayden-harnett
You know we heart tarte at Beauty Banter, and we also happen to love fashion. So when I found out that tarte was working behind the scenes during Fashion Week for the Hayden-Harnett show, I wanted to get the details. Held at The Gabarron Foundation C...
GET SMART: Eco-Beauty with EarthSmart's Kim Carlson
I love sharing my eco-beauty finds and helping people understand why it’s so important to green your beauty routine. But I am definitely not alone in this and continue to be inspired by those who were championing the cause way before me, like Sophi...
GOOD HAIR DAY
I saw an article today about the hottest hairstyles for fall and the first one was “the messy ponytail.” I’ve got that one down, I just had no clue it was a style. They say we wear 20% of our wardrobe 80% of the time, and I tend to do the same ...
HEAD TO TOE BEAUTY
Some days sharing one great new find just doesn’t seem like enough. And with the number of wonderful products hitting the eco-beauty shelves, it’s hard to decide which ones to share first. So, why not share two in one post?In my ongoing quest to ...
we heart tarte
Not long ago I wrote about greening your lipgloss routine. With the staggering reality that we’ll ingest about four pounds of lipstick and gloss in our lifetime, it would make sense to start the eco-beauty movement there. And while eco-consciousnes...
UN-PETROLEUM JELLY
Vaseline is a fabulous multi-purpose product for skin and beauty. Sarah recently wrote about how versatile it is and I agree. But I try to stay away from mineral oils and petrochemicals and well, petroleum jelly is exactly what is says it is. What's...
IN THE BAG
Several years ago I replaced the paper or plastic habit with reusable shopping totes. From Anya Hindmarch bags to my own line that sold at an L.A. store, I’ve tried many styles but time and again returned to BAGGU bags. I loved the concept: A mothe...
30% off KORRES for Beauty Banter Readers
Efharisto means thank you in Greek. And I can't think of a nicer thing to say to our wonderful friends at KORRES Natural Products. Beginning in Athens in 1996, KORRES has combined environmental consciousness and luxury into an impressive line of skin...
MULTIPURPOSE MAGIC
From a 2,000 year old formula said to be inscribed upon a pyramid in Giza, comes the top secret formula for Egyptian Magic All-Purpose Skin Cream "The People's Choice." The no-frills jars hit stores 18 years ago this month and by word of mouth garner...
MUM'S THE WORD
Morgan is a talented filmmaker who writes about life in the City of Angels at her site, The 818 (the area code for the San Fernando Valley where we grew up). She’s always had great style, as a kid she’d wear jelly sandals when we all wore Keds, d...
SHOW SOME LEG
Most of the year I stay out of the sun and don’t mind my pale complexion one bit. If Anne Hathaway can do it, why can't I? And if I should feel paler than pale I use self tanner to give myself a bit of color. A few years ago, I was faced with a dil...
