cosmetics

January is "make over your life!" month. Pages and pages of self-improvement schemes are clogging the cloud with their vision for change.  Kate Gosselin's straw head makeover is inexplicably everywhere including on CBS's morning show (here on You Tube).  Read more

This Saturday, I'm going to a casual wedding picnic/dinner reception. S. is the first one of my group of high school friends to get married, and she's insisted that we don't dress up (!). After polling the internet with a Polyvore of three possible outfit options, I think I figured out my outfit. It's the nail polish that's got me stuck now.  Read more

The question of whether or not to circumcise their newborn baby boy is often the first of many life-altering decisions parents makes on behalf of their baby. Whether you find yourself for or against circumcision is not the subject of this article (though it could be a subset of it). The issue in question is whether or not it's ethical to use babies' foreskins in the making of cosmetics.  Read more

Is the downturn in the economy getting beauty companies to -- recycle more? Cosmetic cases and bottles, once the unrecyclable bane of image-conscious environmentalists, are now recyclable at more places than ever. And all those places are at beauty company stores and counters. While many less-eco companies will evade responsibility for recycling their products whenever possible, beauty companies are discovering that in-store recycling programs are, well, bringing customers into the store when the malls are otherwise empty. Plus, those programs also beget good press and green creds.  Read more

The FDA still hasn't stepped up to make sure chemicals used in our personal care products are safe -- but yet another new independent "certification system" seems to pop up every day. How's an enviro girl to navigate through them all?  Read more