By Blythe Copeland | Tue Sep 15, 2009 14:25
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Buy Green: Body Lotion
Achieve radiant, healthy skin without the hidden, potentially toxic chemicals with these six skin creams.
It can be easy to forget that what goes on your body is just as important as what goes in it. The average person rubs, dabs, dots, and brushes onto her skin almost 130 chemicals in a typical skin regime, which means you're ingesting potentially toxic phthalates, parabens, sulfites, and chemicals that you may not even be aware of. Swap out your traditional body lotions for these eco-friendly versions—made from natural, organic ingredients—for healthy skin (and no second guessing).
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C is Smooth Body Moisturizing Lotion From Yes to Carrots
Why We Like It: C is Smooth Moisturizing Lotion from Yes to Carrots uses antioxidant-rich foods?including carrot, pumpkin, sweet potato, and melon?to keep skin soft and smooth while battling off wrinkle-causing free radicals.
Eco-Factor: The entire line of Yes to Carrots products is paraben- and phthalate-free, and the only animal byproduct used is organic honey—though it's obtained from beekeepers that are cruelty-free.
Ingredient to Know: You guessed it, carrot: The antioxidants in carrots keep skin healthy and pure, while beta carotene counteracts age spots, protects skin from the sun, and smooths problem areas.
Where: Walgreens
How Much: $8
Photo courtesy of Yes To
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Chilean Red Clover Body Lotion From Pangea Organics
Why We Like It: Pangea Organics' Chilean Red Clover Body Lotion includes geranium extract for skin toning and grapefruit for its detox qualities, while the carefully-designed aromatherapy factor claims to offer "uplifting" and "joyful" scents.
Eco-Factor: The body lotion is made without parabens, petrochemicals, or other synthetic ingredients, and raw materials are entirely organic (and fairly traded as often as possible). Each batch is blended by hand without the chemical preservatives that can keep other brands around for centuries—and therefore meant to be used immediately.
Ingredient to Know: The Chilean red clover plant has soothing, calming properties, and contains antioxidants for healthy skin.
Where: Pangea Organics
How Much: $18
Photo courtesy of Pangea Organics
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Radiance Body Lotion From Burt's Bees
Why We Like It: Burt's Bees Radiance Body Lotion softens skin with 134 nutrients?from amino acid and B-vitamins to vitamins A, C, and D?while sunflower oil and crushed mica leave just a hint of shimmer.
Eco-Factor: The company relies heavily on natural ingredients for all of its products—requiring that they come from renewable resources—and bans all petroleum. Within the next 10 years, Burt's Bees also plans to make all products 100 percent natural and all packaging 100 percent biodegradable.
Ingredient to Know: Royal Jelly, a bee-made product containing "nectar, pollen, flower parts, vitamins, minerals, and other natural ingredients,? according to the Burt's Bees Web site, is fed to the young bees who grow up to be queens.
Where: Burt's Bees
How Much: $9
Photo courtesy of Burt's Bees
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Superbly Restorative Body Lotion From Kiehl's
Why We Like It: The Superbly Restorative Body Lotion from Kiehl's contains Argan leaf extract for its antioxidants and eucalyptus oil for its rejuvenating scent—plus it moisturizes and fights free radicals while toning and strengthening skin.
Eco-Factor: Fair Trade Argan leaf and natural preservatives keep skin healthy, while a limited edition set of the lotions?made with support from Adrien Grenier, Kelly Slater, Erykah Badu, and Parsons the New School for Design?will divert up to $100,000 from profits to Waterkeeper Alliance
Ingredient to Know: Argan leaf extract, found in Morocco's Atlas Mountains, includes natural polyphenols that act as antioxidants to protect and improve skin.
Where: Kiehl's
How Much: $55
Photo courtesy of Kiehl's
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Moisturising Body Cream From NUDE
Why We Like It: NUDE's Moisturising Body Cream has a light hibiscus scent and creamy texture that leaves you hydrated and healthy?without that overpowering scent of fake fruits and laboratory-derived perfumes.
Eco-Factor: NUDE lotions contain no parabens, sulphates, phthalates, mineral oil, or silicone, and 40 percent of the products come in recyclable packaging; if your town doesn't recycle that type of plastic, you can return it to the store and they'll take care of it for you.
Ingredient to Know: Naturally-occurring Hyaluronic acid--said to prevent aging and found in the human body's connective tissue—is also found in the starchy root vegetables used for this cream.
Where: NUDE
How Much: $48
Photo courtesy of Nude
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Grandiflorum Body Milk From Sevi
Why We Like It: Sevi's Grandiflorum Body Milk is aimed at people with dry, chapped, or sensitive skin. Sea buckthorn berry oil includes beta carotene for skin toning, while mango and other plant extracts hydrate and moisturize.
Eco-Factor: Sevi products are vegan and cruelty-free, and are made from certified-organic oils and ingredients. The company uses no dyes, parabens, or sulfates, and is working to make all packaging recycled and recyclable.
Ingredient to Know: The cupuacu fruit, grown in Brazilian rainforests, is used as an antioxidant, caffeine replacement, skin rejuvenator, and painkiller.
Where: Sevi
How Much: $17
Photo courtesy of Sevi Kay
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