37 days ago by Christianne Klein

From a “Healthy Beauty Cocktail” to a 72 calorie “Eggnog Fizz Martini”, author and lifestyle expert Christianne Klein shares her favorite healthy cocktail recipes featuring ginger. Christianne discusses the health impact, history and emotional benefits of ginger as well as tips and tricks for beatin ...

42 days ago by Editor

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide When strolling along shelves at our local Space NK (UK’s little and perhaps greener sister of Sephora) I couldn’t help but pick the jar of my old time favorite, Eve Lom’s Rescue mask. What never ceases to amaze me is the marketing genius who can take a coupl ...

49 days ago by Editor

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide Here are three different recipes of color-boosting masks – one for redheads, one for blondes, one for brunettes – for natural hair color rinses you can prepare at home. Dark Hair: Cocoa, Chocolate, or Strong Coffee Melt the chocolate in a double-boiler and c ...

51 days ago by Editor

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide In my book, The Green Beauty Guide, I talk quite a lot about clays. I must admit, I am a bit reprehensive when it comes to aluminum-containing clays such as bentonite but then again, these clays are so ubiquitous, it’s nearly impossible to find a decent mask ...

51 days ago by Editor

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide A few days ago a customer complained that Purifying Skinsaver Original Cream contains plant oils which she believes are bad for acne. She admitted she was a fan of “not-so-green” (can I assume conventional, chemical?) acne products and advised that we made ...

51 days ago by Editor

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide A few days ago I have been experimenting with a few essential and base oils that I have in abundance in my office that also serves as a lab. This fragrant blend captivated my senses and I was in fact sniffing on my elbow (where I patch tested the blend to ma ...

51 days ago by Editor

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide Ingredients: 1 free-range organic egg yolk 2 tablespoons organic oatmeal (alternatively, grind 3 tablespoons of steel-rolled oats) 1 teaspoon virgin olive oil 5 drops palmarosa oil (optional) 1 teaspoon brewersâ?? yeast (you can grind tablets of yeast into p ...

57 days ago by J G

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide My Mom used orange juice – sometimes pressed, sometimes tinned – in the summertime to erase and prevent sun damage, but I feel it can be used in winter time, too, to revive glow and lightly exfoliate a dreary winter skin. The recipe is simple: an orange juic ...

58 days ago by J G

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide Cleansing balms may not be as exciting as some of the high-tech cleansers that remove makeup, exfoliate, nourish, scrub, erase wrinkles and sing Christmas carols in between. Thick, rich, fragrant butters only do what they were designed to do: lift up the dir ...

58 days ago by J G

Read full story on The Green Beauty Guide Somehow it doesn’t sound too appealing to rub my skin with scrub granules after it has been exposed to harsh, dry, freezing winds in winter. That’s when mild acid-based exfoliating masks, or chemical exfoliating, come into play. Chemical here doesn’t mean we ...