Few things are more beautiful than Spring Flowers. All natural, fragrant, fresh, colorful! God Bless Mother Nature...and Spring!
Treat your entire body to a delicious and sumptuously organic and good for you treat this Earth Month. Good Earth Body Care is a homemade beauty product line that treats your inner wellbeing while also caring for your outer beauty.
Have you ever used an organic essential oil mister and wondered why you all of a sudden feel lifted and your emotions boosted after a small little spritz? It works like this:
The tiny molecules of essential oils easily penetrate the skin, and are picked up by the blood stream and spread through out the body. They also enter the body through sensitive cells that line the nose, and directly affect the limbic system of the brain --controller of emotions and the major functions of the body. - Cathy Moore, Founder of Good Earth Body Care
Cathy is from Ashland, Oregon where she sells her Organic Clear Release Mist, Lavendar Face Cream, Rose Face Cream, Healing Skin Salve and a range of other intoxicatingly natural products at the local markets.
She has spent her time researching the natural properties of the plants, flowers and essential oils that she uses in her line of treatments. For example, the Organic Clear Release Mist "Calms nervous system, releases negative emotions and clears subconscious stress." All with a little spritz. And they come in handy purse-sized or desk-sized bottles so you can be ready with a dose of essential oils for those moments when your day gets a little cloudy.
Here are some of the ingredients Cathy uses in her products:
RAVENSARE ESSENTIAL OIL
Origin: Leaves and sometimes fruit and bark of the ravensare tree.
Benefits: Warming and revitalizing. Helps with flu, bronchitis, viruses and shingles.
Used in this Good Earth product: Cold &Flu Body & air Mist
ROSE OTTO ESSENTIAL OIL
Origin: Fresh petals of the rose.
Benefits: Soothing, comforting, anti-depressant, and a heart tonic. Helps with dry, mature skin, sensitive skin, wrinkles and stress.
Used in this Good Earth product: Rose Face Cream
SANDALWOOD ESSENTIAL OIL
Origin: Powdered, dried roots and heartwood of the sandalwood tree.
Benefits: Soothing, relaxing, grounding, purifying, and a sedative to the nervous system. Helps depression, nervous tension, and stress.
Used in this Good Earth product: Clear Release Body & Air Mist
TREE TEA ESSENTIAL OII
Origin: Leaves and twigs of the tea tree.
Benefits: Penetrating, stimulating, and refreshing. Helps with athlete’s foot, burns, cold sores, insect bites, oily skin, and rashes.
Used in this Good Earth product: Healing Skin Salve
THYME ESSENTIAL OIL
Origin: Leaves and flowers of the thyme herb.
Benefits: Stimulating, refreshing, and purifying. Helps with colds and flu.
Used in this Good Earth product: Cold & Flu Body & Air Mist
VETIVERT ESSENTIAL OIL
Origin: Roots of vetivert grass.
Benefits: Soothing, grounding, and sedating to nervous system. Helps with depression, nervous tension, and releasing deep fears.
Used in this Good Earth product: Clear Release Body & Air Mist
YLANG YLANG ESSENTIAL OIL
Origin: Fresh flowers of the ylang ylang tree.
Benefits: Soothing, calming, and sedating. Helps with acne, irritated, and oily skin.
Used in this Good Earth product: Lavender Face Cream
This Earth Month go ahead, pick some Good Earth products for yourself and for your Boss and maybe that co-worker too!
Greening Beauty
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By Paige Donner
Commuun is one of the few Designer labels showing in Paris regularly who sport an ethical fashion approach. And like their famous colleague (Stella) their front foot is on design with their inspiration derived from nature, a respect they carry forward into their fashion designs from collection to collection.
When asked backstage what is the one constant in their collections, Iku Furudate and Kaito Hori responded that sourcing organic textiles is one of their trademarks for their collections. This year's runway shows in Paris saw a lot of sheers, material that Commuun often uses in their collections.
Many of the fashion label's fans at this year's runway show in Paris held on March 7th agreed that this year's collection bears witness to the design duo's maturation and growth into their world-class label. Some of the textiles they used - all organically sourced - included an inversed velvet. The pops of color in the collection, too, are nature inspired and their name has nothing to do with "common" but rather references the concepts of community, communion and communication.
All photos by Paige Donner, Copyright Paige Donner
All photos by Paige Donner, Copyright Paige Donner
The NY trained, Tokyo originating design duo of Iku Furudate and Kaito Hori launched their label in 2005 which is also when they first began showing in Paris. In 2007 they won the LVMH and Longchamp ANDAM prizes.
Paige Donner is Founder and Ed. In Chief of Greening Beauty and Greening Hollywood
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The European Professional Women's Network launched a competition earlier this year to recognize some of Europe's top women entrepreneurs who are creating their business models based on sustainability.
"A prize for a woman, by women, the Prix Entrepreneure Responsable will be awarded to a female entrepreneur whose business has a positive social or environmental impact. The winner will be chosen from three finalists presided by Margaret Milan, founder of eveil et jeux. The winner will be announced on March 31st. The prize: A year of personalized consulting by a team of experts, all European PWN volunteers.
The Three Finalists:
Valerie Delessalle, Versoo, www.versoo.com
Ingrid Leyret, Ileo Interactive, www.comptoir-de-vie.com
Florence Hallouin, Generation Plume, www.hamac-paris.com
For More Info: www.prixentrepreneureresponsable.epwn.net
*Note March 8th was International Woman's Day
Actress Eva Mendes wore:
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Actress Ginnifer Goodwin wore:
• 18kt white gold earrings with diamonds, from BVLGARI's High Jewelry Collection
• Platinum and diamond ring, from BVLGARI's Historical Archives
(Credit: Michael Buckner/WireImage)
Ginnifer Goodwin, Animal Rights Activist, Advocates Adopt-A-Turkey
Ginnifer Goodwin is just one of these people who extend care and concern foranimals. Her celebrity status currently is an advantage to spread this advocacy to the public.
She teamed up with Farm Sanctuary, a leading organization that upholds protection for farm animals to launch the Adopt-a-Turkey project. Celebrated annually, the national program is designed to put a stop to the misery of turkeys which were raised commercially. Particularly, the program educates the public and makes them realize the cruelties these animals endure, and being offered as an alternative when Thanksgiving celebration comes
19TH ANNUAL ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION ACADEMY AWARDS VIEWING PARTY:
Actress Rashida Jones wore:
•18kt yellow gold and diamond ring, from BVLGARI's High Jewelry Collection
•18kt pink gold and diamond bracelet, from BVLGARI's SerpentiCollection
•18kt pink gold with diamonds and onyx bracelet, from BVLGARI'sSerpentiCollection
•18kt yellow gold and 18kt pink gold bracelet, from BVLGARI's Historical Archives
•18kt yellow gold and diamond bracelet, from BVLGARI's Historical Archives
(Credit: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
Actress Anjelica Houston wore:
•Platinum ring with diamonds and a yellow sapphire, from BVLGARI's High Jewelry Collection
(Credit: Kevin Mazur/VF11/WireImage.com)
Arianna Huffington wore:
•18kt white gold and diamond earrings, from BVLGARI's Parentesi Revolution Collection
•Platinum and diamond brooch, from BVLGARI's High Jewelry Collection
(Credit: Jordan Strauss/WireImage.com)
Model Anne V wore:
• 18kt pink gold and diamond watch, from BVLGARI's Serpenti TubogasWatch Collection
• 18kt pink gold with diamonds and onyx ring, from BVLGARI'sSerpentiCollection
(Credit: Michael Buckner/WireImage)
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