Articles tagged “Green Personal Grooming”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Make a Skin-Firming Face Mask By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Apr 21 2008 Cleaning clogged pores with more dirt may sound counterintuitive, but cosmetic clay that is gathered from volcanic ash, quarries, and seabeds around the world can pack a boatload of skin-nourishing minerals. + READ MORE

Make a Homemade Anti-Acne Mask By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 28 2008 As if adolescence wasn't rough enough, acne can continue to rear its ugly head even when you're long past your teens, especially if you're a woman, no thanks to the voodoo those monthly hormones do. The lemon juice in the Lemon Egg White Mask serves as a bleaching agent for minor facial discolorations, while the egg... + READ MORE

Shave with Olive Oil By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 27 2008 The voice-over narration in this instructional video gives me late-night infomercial flashbacks, but it does offer one terribly useful-and very economical-shaving tip: Use olive oil. Plus, you can help preserve the life of your your razor, and prevent it from rusting, by dipping it in some olive oil, which will... + READ MORE

Brush Kitty?s Teeth For Painless Prevention By Team Planet Green IN Home & Garden Mar 25 2008 I was completely shocked when my vet told me my kitty needed dental work. If your favorite feline more closely resembles a squirmy worm during these at-home brushings, consider holistic, brush-free dental methods instead. + 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

Skip the Shampoo, Get Cleaner Air By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 13 2008 We only wish we were kidding: A new study has discovered that greasy hair may actually reduce the amount of ozone you breathe in. Although ozone in the upper atmosphere protects us from shriveling up under the sun's ultraviolet rays, ground-level concentrations of the gas can cause respiratory distress and even... + READ MORE

Clean Up With a Bar of Soap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 10 2008 Get squeaky clean with bars of soap instead of liquid shower gel you have to pump out of a petroleum-based plastic bottle. Remember to check your potential purchase against the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep site for hazard scores of popular brands before you buy, while examining the fine print to determine if + 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

Use Baking Soda to Strip Paint, Shampoo Your Hair By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Mar 6 2008 Sure, we know that baking soda is a great multitasker, unclogging drains, cleaning up grease spills, and curing indigestion (not to mention fluffing up cakes and cookies!). If the idea of boiling your hardware makes you nervous, soak it in the solution for a couple of hours, instead; if you can n't take the hardware... + READ MORE

Soak in Epsom Salt By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 5 2008 Who knew Epsom salt packed such a wallop of health benefits? Bath salts: Mix two cups of Epsom Salt with a few drops of your favorite dried herbs and essential oils to create custom bath salts. + READ MORE

Give Yourself a Facial Massage By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 4 2008 Massaging your face helps loosen muscles that are frozen into perpetual lines and creases, while increasing circulation to your skin and clearing out any puffiness.For Sensitive Skin 1-ounce bottle1/2 ounce jojoba oil1/2 ounce rosehip seed oil3 drops everlasting essential oil2 drops German chamomile6 drops rose geranium + READ MORE

Buy a Tweezer, Plant a Tree By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Mar 3 2008 A lither version of Tweezerman's Slant tweezer, the Go Green Mini Slant (0) is travel-sized for hair-tweezing (or splinter-removing) on the move. The Go Green Mini Slant also comes packaged in 100 percent post-consumer recycled paper printed with soy inks. ::Drugstore.com Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Soothe Your Skin with an Aloe and Cucumber Mask By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Feb 21 2008 With its hydrating, soothing, and astringent attributes, cucumber is cooler than that old expression lets on.Aloe and Cucumber Mask 1 large aloe plant leaf, washed and chopped, or 1 cup aloe juice1 cup chopped cucumber Combine the aloe leaf (or aloe juice) and cucumber. + 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

Get Recession-Ready: Squeeze Out The Last Drop By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Feb 1 2008 Less is definitely more when money is tight; it is better for your budget and better for the environment.Dilute it: So much of what we buy is mainly water anyways, why not just add a bit more?When you get to the bottom of a bottle, rinse it out and use that too. + READ MORE

Get Fresh-Looking Skin, Naturally By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Jan 18 2008 Forget chemical peels, surgical face-lifts, or Botox, you can get fresh, glowing skin by following a few simple directives. Sugar and highly refined carbohydrates, including white bread, white rice, French fries, and sugar-laded soda, can increase acne and speed aging by causing glycation-the result of sugar breaking... + READ MORE

Organize a Towel Drive By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 16 2008 Animal shelters are always in need of gently used towels and blankets, whether it's to use as bedding or for bathing shelter animals. Then, put the word out to your neighbors, co-workers, relatives, and friends-or turn it into an event, complete with publicity materials, by assigning a date and time you'll be stationed + READ MORE

Save Time With a Quick Honey-Sugar Face Scrub By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 20 2007 This writer doesn't have a lot of time (or patience) to putz around with complicated skincare regimens, so I whipped up a quickie face scrub I could use in the shower whenever my complexion started looking wan and lifeless.No Time to Lose Honey-Sugar Face ScrubMakes 1 portion 1 tbs organic, unprocessed honey1 tbs... + READ MORE

Combat Dandruff with Household Staples By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Dec 11 2007 If your noggin is perpetually snowed in, you don't have to look further than your kitchen cabinet to find nontoxic relief for your weather woes, according to the authors of Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things (2007, Reader's Digest). Think lemon juice and apple cider vinegar, for starters, and avoid most... + READ MORE

Slap on a Spiked Vodka Aftershave By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Fashion & Beauty Nov 29 2007 Here's something a little festive for the boys: A spiked vodka aftershave infused with fragrant spices. We adapted a recipe that was originally printed in the Nov/Dec 2004 issue of ReadyMade.Spiked Vodka Aftershave 1/2 cup vodkafragrant spice blend1/2 cup mineral water Sweet blend:1 whole star anise1 cinnamon stick,... + READ MORE