Category: Beauty

New website to bookmark: Eco Beauty Editor

Posted April 18, 2011
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Shannon Dunn, the online entrepreneurial force who brought us such great sites as Diary of a Vegan and The Green Dove, has developed another world wide sanctuary. This time she has our beauty butts covered by providing a website full of information and inspiration surrounding the organic beauty industry – Eco Beauty Editor. She shows… Read More

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Safe summer sunscreen guide

Posted November 30, 2010
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The idea that sunscreen prevents skin cancer is a total myth. There, I said it. I don’t care if an army of angry Slip, Slop, Slap birds come knocking at my door; it’s true. A recent study found that men using sunscreen actually had higher melanoma risks, and another found an increased risk of basal… Read More

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Detox for blemished skin

Posted August 30, 2010
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Detoxing your body will eventually reward you with glowing, radiant skin. However, there is that annoying period of transition where all the toxins from your body are excreted through your pores, often leaving you with a few blemishes (or in my case, two years of pre-pubescent pimples). Rather than feeling discouraged and making a run… Read More

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The ingredient found in your toothpaste, shampoo and body wash that could be killing you …

Posted August 17, 2010
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Don’t you just love soaking in a bubble bath after a long, hard day? Your teeth don’t really feel clean unless you work your toothpaste into a foamy lather, do they? Even your body wash – it doesn’t seem like it’s doing its job unless it produces that never-ending white foam. It is firmly ingrained… Read More

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Video: The Story of Cosmetics

Posted July 25, 2010
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Would you drink from your shampoo bottle? How about snack on a stick of lipstick? If you answered yes to either of these questions, firstly gross, and secondly you may want to find out what’s actually in them. If you’re not so much of a weirdo and answered no to these questions, tell me this:… Read More

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Natural beauty products – which is the fairest of them all?

Posted June 14, 2010
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As committed as I am to living a chemical-free existence, I refuse to give up my beauty products. I’m no Lady Gaga, but I do like do feel pretty. What girl doesn’t? Now, so that I can have my (oat) cake and eat it too, I’ve had to hunt down the best-quality, all-natural, all-organic make-up… Read More

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What’s that smell?

Posted June 1, 2010
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One of the perks of working for a magazine is all the free stuff. Working for a women’s magazine, new bottles of perfume are handed out more frequently than blue pens. During the three years I worked in a magazine office, I accumulated so many that my friends actually started getting sick of receiving perfume… Read More

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In your face, detox

Posted May 25, 2010
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One of the benefits of a gruelling detox is great skin, right? Everyone knows that. But what they don’t tell you is that before you are rewarded with a flawless, glowing complexion you have to be patient while you relive what was possibly the worst part of adolescence – pimples. Breakouts, blemishes, blackheads – none… Read More

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Detox tip no. 143: Brushed off

Posted May 13, 2010
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Who can tell me what the instrument in the photo above is? A back scratcher, you say? Nope. Something to reach those hard-to-clean areas whilst in the shower? Wrong again. This handy tool is called a dry body brush. You would be forgiven for mistaking its purpose. Body brushing is a widely neglected yet beneficial… Read More

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Natural beauty

Posted April 21, 2010
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One of the best things about being female is that we can alter our appearance with the help of a few cosmetics. Or in some cases, a car boot full of cosmetics (yes, I’m talking about you Lady Gaga). We relish in the act of buying it, applying it, experimenting with it and seeing how… Read More

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