Articles tagged “Hair”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

How Not to Destroy Your Hair This Hot Summer By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 18 2011 Instead of stressing about your tresses this summer, take a few preventative measures to ensure that your hair’s health stays strong so that you can focus on having fuss-free fun in the sun. + READ MORE

20 New Uses for Shampoo By Care2.com IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 31 2011 If you have extra shampoo around, don’t wash it down the drain in vain, put it to use. Here are twenty uses to use it up. + READ MORE

Dull, Spastic, Out of Control? Winterize Your Hair Now! By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 29 2010 Do you get a little emotional with the change of seasons? Dull? Spastic even? So does your hair. We stick to routines because they are ingrained in us. It’s been two days—time to wash my hair. Wednesday is pony-tail day. We also listen to highly-advertised myths, like dry hair comes from over-shampooing, hair loss comes from too much product use. + READ MORE

The Plastic Project Part 4: Safe Plastic Swaps For Your Hair By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 7 2010 Finding non-plastic haircare products is harder than you might think. Here's what's working for me, plus some DIY shampoo, conditioner and styling product ideas you can try at home. + READ MORE

Hair Color that Smells a Little Greener By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 19 2010 L'Oreal Professional says their new INOA hair dye is going to do for hair salons what Klean Kanteens have done for bottled water. But environmentalists aren't so sure a greener dye job is in your future. + READ MORE

There's Going To Be a Little Less Cancer in Your Shampoo By Virginia Sole-Smith IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 15 2010 If you track toxins in personal care products like baseball fans track box scores, then you'll remember the hubbub last year when the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics announced results from lab tests finding a pesky little contaminant called 1,4-dioxane in a whole host of children's bath products. + READ MORE

Ladies: Cold Weatherproof Your Hair... on your Face! By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 13 2009 Your hair care routine should evolve with the seasons. From containing your mane amidst summer's humidity, to attempting to maintain moisture through winter's aired cold, extreme temperatures can cause hair to split and break. But more than the hair on your head; it's time to think about the hair that most people focus on first: the stuff surrounding your eyes- your eyelashes. + READ MORE

Free Shampooing Conditioner! Just Go To The Maui Jungle To Forage for It (Video) By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 30 2009 Maui is more than an island of beautiful beaches and oceanfront eternity pools. It's also a playground for environmentalists thanks to Jean-Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Environment (AOTE) program in residence at The Ritz-Carlton, Kapalua. The cultural and environmental education center offers naturalist-led excursions through the rugged rainforest, introducing guests to the rich flora and fauna that the island nurtures. + READ MORE

Living Beauty: Food for Great Skin from the Inside Out By Cara Smusiak, NaturallySavvy.com IN Fashion & Beauty Oct 27 2009 Forget Botox, anti-aging creams, and chemical peels--if you want clear, radiant skin, head to your refrigerator, says Lisa Petty, author of Living Beauty. + READ MORE

Whole Green Catalog Aims To Help You Green Your Life By Cree McCree, The Flea Queen IN Fashion & Beauty Sep 14 2009 The original Whole Earth Catalog offered "access to tools" for building a pragmatic environmental movement. Four decades later, green is the new black. The Whole Green Catalog speaks to a new generation who grew up with recycling but still needs guidance on the path to sustainable living. + READ MORE

How to Card Fiber By Marye Audet IN Home & Garden Aug 31 2009 Carding fiber is a necessary step to take before you start spinning your fiber. It isn't difficult to learn how to do this relaxing chore. + READ MORE

Unlock the Fountain of Youth by Turning Upside Down? By Sara Novak IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 26 2009 As a certified yoga instructor, I'm well acquainted with the benefits of headstands. In fact, the headstand is often called the queen of all poses. Inverted poses, like the headstand, can refresh the glandular and circulatory systems, increase circulation and drainage of lymphatic fluid, and stimulate the nervous system. But did you know that headstands can also provide the skin with an instant facelift? + READ MORE

5 Free Green Ways to Reverse Summer Skin and Hair Damage By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 20 2009 Seems we?re often attempting to mimic nature when paying big bucks for beautifying treatments. You spend wads of cash trying to get a ?natural? spray tan glow?the more expensive, the more seemingly ?natural.? You dedicate hours out of your day at the local hair salon trying to transform your locks from dull and mousy to sun-kissed and highlighted. Since Mother Nature has proven herself to be the most direct (and least expensive) route to beauty, why do we continue to try and outdo her with chemically concocted copy-cats that pale in comparison? + READ MORE

How to Green Your Eyebrows By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Aug 11 2009 Tips on how to use fewer resources while keeping your eyebrows looking great. + READ MORE

8 Ways to Enjoy Summer's Sun, Sea, and Swimming Pool Activities without Sabotaging Your Hair By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 21 2009 Salt water and chlorine can both cause havoc on hair. Forget about walking around with a dull, dry mop atop your head, and don't even think about going to a salon for a chemical treatment. There are easy green pre, during, and post pool and beach exposure things you can do to actually improve and beautify your locks. + READ MORE

Would You Exfoliate with All Natural Animal Excrement? By Laurel House IN Fashion & Beauty Jul 15 2009 There's "natural" beauty, and then there's super natural beauty. And unlike supermodel or supernanny, supernatural doesn't necessarily translate to "better," but instead "extreme." What do I mean? When was the last time you got excited about smearing your face with bird droppings or moisturizing your hair with bull semen? Exactly. + READ MORE

Create a Go Green Plan: Follow Wa$ted!'s Salon Example By Team Planet Green IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 24 2009 Going green at home can be tough but imagine the challenges a green-minded salon faces. Toxic hair-care products, all-day energy use, and literal mountains of old hair are just the beginning of the eco-crimes the average salon commits every day. Still, Annabelle and Holter were able to help a salon flip the green switch in the A Hairy Problem episode of Wa$ted! + READ MORE

5 Ways to Green Your Haircut By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 24 2009 Our hair grows whether we want it to or not. It's an involuntary thing. I've spent some time trying to will my hair to stop growing when it's at that perfect length. My will must not be all that great, because my hair just keeps on growing. That means, I have to go get a haircut every now and then. Getting a haircut isn't bad for the environment necessarily. Short hair is easier to wash and maintain. You need less shampoo for shorter hair and less product. But everything can be made greener, including your haircuts. + READ MORE

If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Eco-Friendly Hairspray By Josh Peterson IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 17 2009 Are you funky-fresh, crazy-fly or some other hodgepodge of buzzwords from the 1990?s? Do you pop your collar? Does your hair extend skyward like Extra's Mark McGrath? If you answered yes, then you may be someone who uses hairspray. Even if you answered no, you may still use hairspray. These questions weren't very fair. + READ MORE

Six Soothing Summer Beauty Treatments—Fresh from the Farmers' Market By Jessica Root IN Fashion & Beauty Jun 17 2009 To make your skin the greenest and most gorgeous, we?ve rounded up our best warm-weather beauty recipes that are so delicious in scent?you might just be tempted to lick a little bit off. Consider yourself warned. + READ MORE