IT'S EASY BEING GREEN
PAMPER YOURSELF THE ORGANIC WAY WITH THESE ALL-NATURAL BATH AND
BEAUTY PRODUCTS
While the produce aisle of your local natural foods market is undoubtedly to-die-for, its personal care aisle, well...not
so much. If you fear that using organic cosmetics will leave you as patchouli-scented as a college dorm room, you
haven’t seen the latest in chemical-free beauty goodies. Packed with good-for-you-and-the-environment skin soothers,
these green gems are not only as effective as their conventional counterparts, they’re downright decadent. Now you
can look good and do good—no tree hugging necessary.
Wash skin with Sanoflore’s Cleansing Milk, made with organic ingredients including calming
orange blossom and witch hazel extracts and nourishing hazelnut and sweet almond oils. Twice
a week, use the French line’s Organic Face Scrub to exfoliate dead skin cells for a clearer complexion.
($15 and $17, www.drugstore.com)
Add bounce and shine to hair with Nexxus’s Phyto Organics line. The Syntress Volumizing
Lift Shampoo and Nectaress Nourishing Conditioner will leave hair silky and faintly
herbal-scented. ($11 and $12, visit www.nexxus.com for salons).
Rub-a-dub-dub with the all-natural body cleansers from Pangea Organics. In the shower, lather
up with their Egyptian Basil & Mint shower gel, and sinkside, use the Pyrenees Lavender with
Cardamom to scrub your hands. ($13.99 each, www.pangeaorganics.com)
Treat your honey to a massage with Origins’s Nourishing Oil for Body and Massage
from their new 100 percent organic Origins Organics line. Its organic jojoba and
nine-oil blend will leave skin supple and rejuvenated. ($22.50, www.origins.com)
Firm and depuff your eye area with British aesthetician Kimberly Sayer’s Cellular Extract Eye Lift Gel.
Its chemical-free compound contains steam-distilled organic ingredients, including linden blossom and
hydrating squalene, which is derived from olives ($38, www.kimberlysayer.com).
Check out NVEY ECO’s completely organic—‚nd completely beautiful—line of cosmetics.
Our favorite: the Organic Lip Lustre in Nude, a shimmery barely-there pop of color.
($24, www.econveybeauty.com)
Perfume your skin by spritzing it with Jo Wood Organics Usiku Organic Body Dew,
super-hydrating
organic orange water spray. You’ll adore its sexy, spicy scent and
so-gorgeous-it-could-be-art packaging.
If you love a nice bath, pour some of her Amka
Organic Bath Oil into your tub and emerge with moisturized, gorgeously-scented skin.
($85 and $125, www.jowoodorganics.com)
Shield your skin from the sun with Jurlique’s SPF 30+ Sun Lotion—yes, you should be
doing this all year—made from herbs grown on its South Australian farm. You’ll
never miss a spot, thanks to its convenient spray pump. ($63, www.jurlique.com)
—Chelsea Kaplan
