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Natural & Organic Beauty

If you're shopping for a Natural Woman who's strictly vegan or an Urban Sophisticate who wouldn't dream of letting anything less than natural touch her skin, you can't wrap up just any old beauty product. Here's how to find shadows, glosses, fragrances and more that are good enough for the most discerning eco-friendly eye.

Fresh Fragrances
Traditional perfumes get their scents from synthetic chemicals, so when you spritz them on, you're spraying toxins into the air you breathe. Better choices are created from essential and botanical oils with natural alcohol bases.
Pacifica Tahitian Gardenia Set Known best for their scented candles, Pacifica also creates amazing 100% vegan perfumes from essential oils and a natural grain alcohol base like this floral blend of creamy gardenia, heady jasmine, and tea leaves. Get 3 gifts in one with this travel ready set.
Lavanila Vanilla Grapefruit Set If she loves sweet, yet slightly exotic fragrances go for this island blend of grapefruit, cedarwood, and Madagascar vanilla. The set includes creamy body body, fragrance and deodorant all of which is made without harmful chemicals or synthetic fragrances.
Natural Head-to-Toe
You'd be amazed at some of the ingredients found in typical bath and body products from chemicals found to be toxic to oil-or animal-derived ingredients. And since everything that touches your skin can enter your body, you can understand why many women have gone green.
Akhassa Amala Foot Soak Using the soothing powers of peppermint and lemongrass, this foot soak is the perfect solution for achy and tired feet. With the help of anise seed and eucalyptus, it helps to improve circulation and warm muscles.
Carol's Daughter Almond Cookie Sea Salt Body Scrub Decadently presented in a mason jar, this body scrub looks and smells good enough to eat and a quick peak at the ingredients makes it sound like you almost could. Plant oils like avocado and jojoba moisturize while seashells, almonds and tapioca pearls scrub.
Eco Eyes
The colors that made eye shadows pop are often created with synthetic ingredients. Luckily, many attention-grabbing hues can be created with natural minerals instead.
Tarte Jewels of the Amazon Clay Liner Trio Make eyes pop with these waterproof jewel-toned liners. Formulated with Amazonian clay and a blend of natural plant waxes, these high-pigment colors are waterproof and sweat-proof, so there's no need for touch-ups all day long.
Josie Maran Finger Paints Getting pretty is fun with this biodegradable corn plastic compact filled with four shadows made to be applied with fingers. Organic avocado oil and shea butter help the colors go on smoothly. Bonus: She can use this palette for lips and cheeks, too.
Flawless Face
Skincare products and cosmetics that are filled with synthetic dyes and other chemicals can wreak havoc on a woman's complexion. Makeup and creams made with fewer ingredients and natural ingredients can help save face.
REN Six of the Best Set Give her a whole new skincare regimen—this set includes everything from cleansing gel to a repair cream. Irritating and un-eco ingredients including parabens, sulfates and PEG are traded for youth-boosting vitamin A, omega 3, triglycerides and salicilin.
Bare Minerals Get Started Kit For women new to the green scene, get them started with this introduction to mineral makeup, complete with brushes, foundation with SPF 15 and a how-to DVD. We bet she'll thank you double—the lack of chemicals in mineral makeup often leads to clearer skin.
Korres Raspberry Liquid Lipstick Trio For the safest smooch choose eco-friendly glosses and lip sticks free of lead, a toxic ingredient, which has been found in many traditional formulas, and petroleum-derived ingredients that are destined to dry out pouts.
Josie Maran Argan Naturally Sunkissed Bronzing Collection Get the appearance of having fun in the sun without all that harmful UV damage. Achieve a healthy glow with the blush/bronzer combo and bronzing Argan Oil. And take it all off at the end of the day with travel make-up removing wipes.
GURU TIP:
Even if you see words like "natural" or "organic" on a beauty product, lots of chemicals could still be lurking inside. Instead, look for trustworthy eco-friendly seals, symbols and certifications such as OASIS, Natural Products Association or Ecocert.


  
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