Going Natural is definitely the ‘cool’ thing to do.  Being eco friendly doesn’t have to be limited to the household cleaning products, or mean you have to go and buy an electric car.  You could make a real lifestyle change, buying a new lipstick!  Now doesn’t that sound good girls?!  Natural beauty products are good for the environment, and good for you too!  You might already be using ‘green’, products in the bathroom.  After all, why cover your body in toxins?  But don’t stop with the hair shampoo and bath foam.  There are lots of high quality, natural beauty cosmetics around.  After all, cosmetics are often part of a women’s daily routine, and up to sixty percent of whatever we put on our skin is absorbed into our bodies.  So it makes sense to keep it natural. 

Face powders, lotions and creams, moisturising lip glimmers and gloss’s.  Go crazy!!  Look around, there’s lot’s of top brands producing organic, and phthalate free cosmetics - a chemical which disrupts our endocrine system, effecting reproduction and development.  Parabens should also be given their marching orders.  These are chemicals beginning with butyl, isobutyl, methyl, ethyl and propyl.  All have been linked to breast cancer, weight gain and even hormonal problems in women.  Choose products using natural mineral pigments and therapeutic botanical ingredients, avoid those containing mineral oils and petroleum.  Manufacturers of Hypo Allergenic cosmetics are also releasing new, organic and mineral, natural beauty lines. 

Save yourself some time, and do your homework.  Check online, which companies are ‘non toxic’, producing natural beauty cosmetics?  To be eco friendly you don’t have to give up your high heels and glossy lipstick! swapping them for hemp clothing and paper flip flops!  It is possible to look great and have a more eco-friendly lifestyle.  Be as environmentally aware with your beauty products, as you might be with your groceries.  Check the ingredients, what chemicals have they used?  Is the packaging bio degradable?  Was it tested on animals?  Some companies state they use certified biodynamic and organic resources.  Eco conscious products and packaging do exist.  Use them to help you, and the environment, to stay naturally beautiful!