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Celebrate Earth Day With These Green Beauty Products

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Celebrate Earth Day with some fresh and earthy eco-friendly products and give your body a treat with healthy, organic ingredients while you’re doing the planet a favor.

Treat your hair with a White Truffle Shampoo from Philip B and your body to L’Occitane Verbena Body Salt Scrub.

Utilizing only organic ingredients,  Living Earth Beauty‘s Chocolate Karat Serum, features lubricating cacao, jojoba, virgin coco-creme, marula, carrot, rose and immortelle oil.

You also get a fresh feel and scent from these products.  The Tata Harper Resurfacing Mask offers the opportunity to organically clear up your complexion. Apply it for 20 minutes once a week and you’ll notice  a fresh look and clean feel for your face.

Sea Salt is another natural resource that is used in a lot of better eco-friendly beauty products and provides a superior body scrub. The Erno Laszlo Sea Mud Deep Cleansing Bar helps retain the skin’s natural oils. The John Masters Organics Shine On Leave-In Treatment For Hair provides a nutrient-rich organic sea kelp and marine phytoplankton that each provide intense moisture.

There are also natural, eco-friendly products for men such is The Art of Shaving Ocean Kelp shaving line is  formulated with glycerin, which hydrates your hair  and helps protect the skin from irritation by improving razor glide.

SW Basics Cream is made in Brooklyn and features organic extra-virgin coconut oil and organic extra-virgin olive oil which is rich, and sinks deep into the skin. All the ingredients are totally non-comedogenic, so it won’t clog your pores.

—Patricia Rashidi

 

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Lupita Nyong’o Signs On As The New Ambassador of Lancôme

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Screen sensation, Lupita Nyong’0, who took home the Best Supporting Actress honor for 12 Years A Slave, has been tapped by Lancôme to be the latest ambassador and face for it’s line in in a planned September ad campaign. Lancôme has a history of working with Oscar-winning actresses including such prominent stars as Kate Winslet and Julia Roberts.

Lupita has taken the world by storm this year with both her amazing acting talents and her breathtaking natural beauty.  She also appeared in Miu Miu’s Spring 2014 campaign and is emerging as a  rising star in the fashion industry.  She has been hailed for her elegance and style throughout the awards season, shimmering in everything from Chanel to her outstanding red carpet Ralph Lauren cape dress that stole the show at the Golden Globes.

“I am truly honored to join the Maison Lancôme, a brand with such a prestigious history that I have always loved,” Nyong’o said at the announcement. “I am particularly proud to represent its unique vision for women and the idea that beauty should not be dictated, but should instead be an expression of a woman’s freedom to be herself.” Nyong’o said in a statement released by the French beauty house.

“I had to give a speech about beauty right before the Oscars,” she told Women’s Wear Daily, “and for me, beauty is a compassion for yourself and those around you. And I think that in focusing on that, the light inside illuminates the beauty outside. The idea that Lancôme now has a few actor ambassadors is significant because actors are not just faces, they are spirits that people enjoy and relate to more than in an aesthetic way. We have the privilege of standing for something other than just looks.”

Nyong’o will be back on the Awards beat with her ‘her first post-Oscars appearance at the April 12 GLAAD Media Awards, reports E!

-Patricia Rashidi 

 

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Editor’s Summer Beauty Essentials

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Nonchalant beauty is the definition of summer beauty, with less makeup and more of an emphasis on protecting your skin. Hydration is a requirement all year long, but especially in the summer! Here are some must-haves to have in your arsenal for women and men to protect the skin from the harsh sun’s rays and to look fabulous.

A great lightweight formula like Peter Thomas Roth‘s Ultra-Lite SPF 30 Sunscreen ($26) will protect your skin without leaving a greasy texture or a heavy feeling.  Malin+Goetz Vitamin B5 Body moisturizer suits all skin types with fatty acid absorption technology and Drunk Elephant‘s Umbra Sheer Physical Defense lotion ($42), will help replenish moisture ($38). The Chantecaille Just Skin Tinted Moisturizer ($66) will leave skin with a flawless glowing complexion for paler types that need some help.  For men, Bulldog created a fresh-scented Original Body Lotion to stay sharp ($11) and for the face, EShave‘s Shaving Oil ($22) helps replace the oils stripped from the face after shaving.

As the sun is the #1 cause for wrinkles and skin spots, be sure to cover your eye region! The Alexander McQueen Oversized Stripe Acetate Sunglasses ($380) is a girl’s best friend in neutral clear white and can pair with anything. Saint Laurent created a classically bold Rose Gold Steel with Grey Lenses for a guy that likes the aviator shape that’s a bit different ($375).

Don’t forget about your hair! Under the beating sun it’s easy to have your hair dry out so revitalize it with Davines Replumping Conditioner ($26).  For the perfect styling we recommend Umberto Beverly Hills Dry Texture Hairspray ($13) and Charles Worthington Style Setter Long Lasting Max Hold Hairspray ($12).

For those long summer nights when dancing is the only thing you want to worry about, “The high-heel hangover cure” a Soothing Gel for Legs from IOMA Paris ($75) is the perfect healing solution for your legs and feet (Available at Saks Fifth Ave).  In the evening we recommend minimal makeup with a concealer from Shiseido ($30) and a nice red lip from Marc Jacob‘s lipstick line ($30).

Last but not least, Louis Vuitton‘s bags are the epitome of fabulous travel-wear.  We love the Pegase 55 Travel Bag in the classic monogram canvas ($3,450), it’s medium-sized with wheels and with an expandable handle that’s perfect for weekend getaways without being a burden.

– Paris Amaro

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Hair-Necessities: The New ghd Eclipse Styler

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The British professional hair styling brand, ghd (Good Hair Day), is celebrating its 13th year of business and has just introduced a new product to the market, the ghd eclipse with tri-zone technology.

The brand, ghd is a household name among stylists, is known for revolutionizing the hair-straightening game, and has been called the “Aston Martin of Haircare,” winning multiple awards for the best flatirons and hairdryers on the market.

In 2012 the ghd flatiron was named “Best Styling Tool” at the Sunday Times Beauty Awards, and its air professional performance hairdryer was a “Hair Must-Have” in OK!‘s 2013 Spring Beauty Awards.

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ghd makes luxury products that are worth the investment. The new ghd eclipse retails at $245, can curl, wave, or straighten hair, and features three plates (instead of the usual one) that maintain a consistent temperature. The tri-zone technology guarantees constant, optimal heat (365 degrees F), that gives the best performance, even on the coarsest of strands, while minimizing hair damage.

The new eclipse styler is a necessity for every stylish girl.

–Charlotte Bryant