Articles tagged “Cosmetics”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Ask Summer Rayne: Green Beauty Treatment for Eyes By Summer Rayne Oakes IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 1 2008 Are there any safe, eco-treatments for eye bags and wrinkles-especially crow's feet?Alternatively, a number of aspiring actresses I've met use egg whites as a temporary wrinkle fighter and skin firmer before going to auditions. + READ MORE

Clear Clutter From Under Furniture By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 31 2008 Erin from Unclutterer reminds those of us who are on clutter-busting, downsizing campaigns-I personally managed to fill six Goodwill-bound shopping bags this weekend-not to forget to look under our couches, beds, dressers, table skirts, and anywhere else that embodies the "out of sight, out of mind" maxim. But... + READ MORE

Know Your Cosmetics Ingredients: Parabens By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 13 2008 Parabens (methylparaben, propylparaben, ethylparaben, or butylparaben), the most common class of preservatives used in underarm deodorants and cosmetics, provoke controversy because they are thought to mimic the hormone estrogen, which some studies show plays a role in the development breast cancer and urogenital... + READ MORE

Know Your Cosmetics Ingredients: Toluene By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 6 2008 If you've ever been within sniffing distance of someone slathering on nail polish, then you're more than familiar with the sickly sweet odor that can emanate from a single tiny bottle of varnish, a result of evaporating solvents wafting through the air. One of these chemicals is toluene, a nervous-system toxin and... + READ MORE

Know Your Cosmetics Ingredients: Top Five Ingredients to Avoid By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 19 2008 Gaping loopholes in public-health laws give cosmetics companies the license to use almost any ingredient they want in their products, whether it's sunscreen or baby shampoo, without any restrictions or requirements for safety testing. Ingredients include carcinogens in baby shampoo called 1,4-dioxane and coal tar in... + READ MORE

Recycle Your Perfume Bottles at Bond No. 9 By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 4 2008 Recycle your empty perfume bottles at any Bond No. 9 New York boutique and Saks Fifth Avenue store-no matter what the brand-and the artisanal perfumery will give you a refillable pocket spray (free with any purchase) as a thank you. All Bond No. 9 bottles will be sanitized, refurbished, refilled, and decorated to... + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: Wash Up With Ordinary Soap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2008 Nobody like germs-after all, pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis, strep throat, and food poisoning are just some of the loathsome maladies we can blame bacteria for. Another study, that same year, by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health determined that 75 percent of the antibacterial... + READ MORE

Multitask Your Glam Gear in the Wild By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Travel & Outdoors Dec 18 2007 Enjoy a rendezvous with nature, without having to sacrifice your sense of style-or give up your beauty arsenal. Lip gloss or lip balm with SPF: Protect lips and if tinted, rub into cheeks as blush, can be used as fire starter when smeared on cotton balls 2007 © Skipstone Press Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Protect Your Pucker With This Bittersweet Chocolate & Orange Lip Balm By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 6 2007 Nobody likes dry, chapped lips, so keep your pucker plumped up and moisturized with a salve that will have your lips smacking, such as this lip balm made by melting together cocoa butter and chocolate chips.Bittersweet Chocolate & Orange Lip Balm Makes 1 small container 3 tbs organic cocoa butter3-4 organic, fair-trade... + READ MORE

Turn a Used Makeup Compact into a Perfume Carrier By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 15 2007 With his usual knack for creative recycling, Danny Seo, author of Simply Green Parties (2006, Collins), demonstrates how a used makeup compact can be turned into a solid perfume carrying case, whether it's as a last-minute gift, or for you to toss into your purse before you head out the door. Solid Perfume Carrying... + READ MORE

Think Before You Fall For Cause-Related Marketing By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Oct 24 2007 Every October, we're assailed by a barrage of pink-ribbon products purporting to support breast-cancer awareness: Buy specially marked packages of frozen microwavable dinners and 50 cents goes to breast-cancer research, or pick up a pink blender and an unspecified portion of the proceeds will go toward advancing women's + READ MORE