The Green Beauty Guide Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care Hair Care Makeup and Fragrances
Go green and get gorgeous
The promise of beauty is as close as the drugstore aisle—shampoo that gives your hair more body, lotions that smooth away wrinkles, makeup that makes your skin look flawless, and potions that take it all off again. But while conventional products say they’ll make you more beautiful, they contain toxins and preservatives that are both bad for the environment and bad for your body—including synthetic fragrances, petrochemicals, and even formaldehyde. In the end, they damage your natural vitality and good looks.
Fortunately, fashion writer, nutritionist, and beauty maven Julie Gabriel helps you find the true path to natural, healthy, green beauty. She helps you decipher labels on every cosmetic product you pick up and avoid toxic and damaging chemicals with her detailed Toxic Ingredients List. You’ll learn valuable tips on what your skin really needs to be healthy, glowing, and youthful.
Julie goes one-step further—and shows you how to make your own beauty products that feed your skin, save your bank account, and are healthy for your body and the environment, such as:
• Cleansing creams and oils • toners • facials • under eye circle remedies • anti-aging serums • lip balms • scrubs • exfoliators • clay and cleansing masks
• moisturizers • acne treatments • makeup remover • teeth whiteners • shampoos, conditioners • fragrances • sun protection • bug repellants • baby products • and much more!
With her friendly, thorough, and helpful advice; fabulous beauty recipes; product recommendations and ratings; Toxic Ingredients List; and a complete appendix of online resources, Julie Gabriel gives you all the information you need to go green without going broke and become a more natural, healthy, and beautiful you.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars What products are safe
The Green Beauty Guide explains all those ingredients in your personal care products. It is a great tool for choosing specialty ingredients for making your own home made products.
5 Stars love it!
I love this book, and I pad a fraction on here vs. barnes and noble.
5 Stars A real eye-opener
This book is excellent. I want to show it to all my friends so that they will realise the amount of potentially dangerous chemicals in all the cosmetic products we use. A must read.
5 Stars Upgrade Your Beauty
Most women will look in Cosmo or other beauty magazines for the latest cosmetic and fashion tips, but what many of these magazines don’t tell you is that the products manufactured by these companies are using chemicals and other compounds that once your skin absorbs them could cause other ailments or problems. While I don’t readily wear makeup or use cosmetics, I gladly took on a TLC Book Tour stop for Julie Gabriel’s The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances. I love holistic looks at our everyday lives and books that seek to provide an alternate perspective to how we live our lives whether its from turning holiday celebrations green or learning how to reduce our own carbon footprints.
The Green Beauty Guide goes beyond the typical fad advice given by glossy magazines, providing the reader with recipes to create their own natural shampoos, facials, and other products, while at the same time providing readers with the know-how to become savvy cosmetics shoppers. Check out the Ten Commandments of Green Beauty at the end of Chapter 2.
Through a combination of science, insider information about the cosmetic industry and government regulation, and common sense, Gabriel dispels some of the myths espoused by the cosmetics industry. For instance, did you know that the skin absorbs about 60 percent of the substances applied to its surface? I didn’t, but now that I do, I plan to be more careful about what solutions I use. Think about your morning routine. . .how many cleansers, lotions, and gels do you use before you leave the house each day? Examine the ingredients of those bottles, and you’ll see exactly how many chemicals you expose your skin to every day. Given the complexity of skin and other systems throughout the body, it is no wonder that diet, exercise, and other behaviors can influence how well those systems function. Beauty or the health of your skin is tied to all of those things and more.
One of the best sections in the book discusses green washing, which will help those newly interested in the “green” movement to discern which products actually are safer for them and made from natural products, and which are merely using the presence of natural products to claim they are “green” or organic. Gabriel even provides Green Products Guide with a one-, two-, three-leaf system that categorizes how natural a product is. Other helpful sections of the book provide ways to make your own green beauty products, with a list of necessary tools, ingredients, and tips on where to purchase the ingredients. I also was surprised to find green beauty tips for babies in terms of diaper area care, massage oils, baby wipes, and bathing for babies.
Overall, this guide has a great many tips for those looking to expand the care of themselves and their environment into cosmetics and beauty care. I recommend this for those who wear makeup, lotions, shampoos, conditioners, and other products, which is pretty much everyone. We all should take better care of our planet and ourselves, and what better way than to start with the beauty products we use.
5 Stars Great Purchase
I really liked this book, I found it to be technical but friendly to read. I found myself reading it like a novel that I could not put down. The suggestions have worked well for me and I look forward to adding many of her top picks to my beauty regime. This book is a great gift for anyone who wants to start going green with their beauty products and gain some real and helpful knowledge about the beauty industry.
The Green Beauty Guide Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care Hair Care Makeup and Fragrances
Go green and get gorgeous
The promise of beauty is as close as the drugstore aisle—shampoo that gives your hair more body, lotions that smooth away wrinkles, makeup that makes your skin look flawless, and potions that take it all off again. But while conventional products say they’ll make you more beautiful, they contain toxins and preservatives that are both bad for the environment and bad for your body—including synthetic fragrances, petrochemicals, and even formaldehyde. In the end, they damage your natural vitality and good looks.
Fortunately, fashion writer, nutritionist, and beauty maven Julie Gabriel helps you find the true path to natural, healthy, green beauty. She helps you decipher labels on every cosmetic product you pick up and avoid toxic and damaging chemicals with her detailed Toxic Ingredients List. You’ll learn valuable tips on what your skin really needs to be healthy, glowing, and youthful.
Julie goes one-step further—and shows you how to make your own beauty products that feed your skin, save your bank account, and are healthy for your body and the environment, such as:
• Cleansing creams and oils • toners • facials • under eye circle remedies • anti-aging serums • lip balms • scrubs • exfoliators • clay and cleansing masks
• moisturizers • acne treatments • makeup remover • teeth whiteners • shampoos, conditioners • fragrances • sun protection • bug repellants • baby products • and much more!
With her friendly, thorough, and helpful advice; fabulous beauty recipes; product recommendations and ratings; Toxic Ingredients List; and a complete appendix of online resources, Julie Gabriel gives you all the information you need to go green without going broke and become a more natural, healthy, and beautiful you.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars What products are safe
The Green Beauty Guide explains all those ingredients in your personal care products. It is a great tool for choosing specialty ingredients for making your own home made products.
5 Stars love it!
I love this book, and I pad a fraction on here vs. barnes and noble.
5 Stars A real eye-opener
This book is excellent. I want to show it to all my friends so that they will realise the amount of potentially dangerous chemicals in all the cosmetic products we use. A must read.
5 Stars Upgrade Your Beauty
Most women will look in Cosmo or other beauty magazines for the latest cosmetic and fashion tips, but what many of these magazines don’t tell you is that the products manufactured by these companies are using chemicals and other compounds that once your skin absorbs them could cause other ailments or problems. While I don’t readily wear makeup or use cosmetics, I gladly took on a TLC Book Tour stop for Julie Gabriel’s The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances. I love holistic looks at our everyday lives and books that seek to provide an alternate perspective to how we live our lives whether its from turning holiday celebrations green or learning how to reduce our own carbon footprints.
The Green Beauty Guide goes beyond the typical fad advice given by glossy magazines, providing the reader with recipes to create their own natural shampoos, facials, and other products, while at the same time providing readers with the know-how to become savvy cosmetics shoppers. Check out the Ten Commandments of Green Beauty at the end of Chapter 2.
Through a combination of science, insider information about the cosmetic industry and government regulation, and common sense, Gabriel dispels some of the myths espoused by the cosmetics industry. For instance, did you know that the skin absorbs about 60 percent of the substances applied to its surface? I didn’t, but now that I do, I plan to be more careful about what solutions I use. Think about your morning routine. . .how many cleansers, lotions, and gels do you use before you leave the house each day? Examine the ingredients of those bottles, and you’ll see exactly how many chemicals you expose your skin to every day. Given the complexity of skin and other systems throughout the body, it is no wonder that diet, exercise, and other behaviors can influence how well those systems function. Beauty or the health of your skin is tied to all of those things and more.
One of the best sections in the book discusses green washing, which will help those newly interested in the “green” movement to discern which products actually are safer for them and made from natural products, and which are merely using the presence of natural products to claim they are “green” or organic. Gabriel even provides Green Products Guide with a one-, two-, three-leaf system that categorizes how natural a product is. Other helpful sections of the book provide ways to make your own green beauty products, with a list of necessary tools, ingredients, and tips on where to purchase the ingredients. I also was surprised to find green beauty tips for babies in terms of diaper area care, massage oils, baby wipes, and bathing for babies.
Overall, this guide has a great many tips for those looking to expand the care of themselves and their environment into cosmetics and beauty care. I recommend this for those who wear makeup, lotions, shampoos, conditioners, and other products, which is pretty much everyone. We all should take better care of our planet and ourselves, and what better way than to start with the beauty products we use.
5 Stars Great Purchase
I really liked this book, I found it to be technical but friendly to read. I found myself reading it like a novel that I could not put down. The suggestions have worked well for me and I look forward to adding many of her top picks to my beauty regime. This book is a great gift for anyone who wants to start going green with their beauty products and gain some real and helpful knowledge about the beauty industry.
Cosmetics What You Should Know
Cosmetics What You Should Know
Basic fact sheet about using cosmetics safely.
Your Best face Forward Makeup Application Tips and Techniques
Your Best face Forward Makeup Application Tips and Techniques
This video simply teaches you how to do your makeup simply and effectively. Professional makeup artist, Jennifer Riley, teaches you how to apply makeup using her secret techniques to get you the look you desire. Jennifer teaches that it is not so much about the type of makeup you use, but how you apply it. With this video, you will learn how to have a fabulous face in just a few minutes. Want to go from a day look to an evening look? Jennifer shows you how without having to do a complete redo. In this video, you will see Jennifer do makeup on three different girls, with different types of features and complexions. This way you can see how Jennifer does it from start to finish. Anyone can benefit from this video, whether you are new to applying makeup, or an old pro.
This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com’s standard return policy will apply.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Very Helpful
I usually use the review section on Amazon to let people know that I was not pleased with a product that I purchase for my children (hence the title name). However, I was so pleased with this video that I wanted to write a review about it. I really liked the ideas that I got from this video. The steps are easily layed out and I feel that I have been able to apply them to my every day routine.
5 Stars Good Gift
I bought this video for my girlfriend because she was looking for something like this. She said the steps were easy to follow and really helped her be able to get ready quicker and look better at the same time.
5 Stars My new look made my friends jealous!
This is a great DVD. It taught me a lot about makeup application techniques and I have been wearing makeup for years! The teacher is easy to follow and the video shows each step very clearly. I was amazed at how much better my makeup looked after watching this video. I would definitely recommend it to my friends but make them purchase their own copy.
Salon Products
Why Haven’t You Booked Wing Han Tsang for a Private Function?
Move over Susan Boyle, there's a new virtuoso in town!img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/trarticles/~4/t3o7UQRKNus...
Settlement agreements are safe havens?
Are settlement agreements the new save haven for bad medical equipment?img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/trarticles/~4/S5PzSix1lkE...
What Exactly is a Sportsdirect.com@St. James’ Park Stadium?
When Naming Rights go Wrong: Newcastle United now plays in something called sportsdirect.com@St. James'...
Makeup Tips
H1N1 Deepens Retail Woes
But will online retailers pick up the slack?img src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/trarticles/~4/yssKBTGVO6I...
Sony Discontinues AIT Drives And Libraries
Sony gives notice that the AIT format has reached its End of Lifeimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/trarticles/~4/cka8B-zjhYM...
5 Shops Unique to Calgary
If you're in Calgary for a vacation and looking to do some shopping, this guide should help you find...
Main Content
The Green Beauty Guide Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care Hair Care Makeup and FragrancesThe Green Beauty Guide Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care Hair Care Makeup and Fragrances ...
