Tag: cosmetics

A LUSH interview
LUSH is known for its delicious personal skin care products but also for its commitment to the environment and community. The LUSH Green Face contest has been set up to make donations to the winner's favourite green cause.

Six household chemicals to avoid
Is your house toxic because of the cleaning products you’re using?

Long and green lashes
Go ahead - lengthen, extend, and thicken; make your lashes full, strong and soft; give them definition, and pump up the volume! Just make sure your mascara is all natural.

Pucker up with the perfect lip gloss
Protect your lips against the ravages of winter and send hearts racing with the perfect kiss this February.

A clean slate for soap
Whatever happened to good old-fashioned soap and water? It seems to have been replaced by personal cleaning products with germ-fighting prowess. But today’s soap may be causing more problems rather than helping us stay clean.

Men: don’t be afraid of green products
Not to embrace any negative stereotypes, but men tend to despise shopping more than those forced trips to the latest Hugh Grant romantic comedy, thus they usually make hasty decision as to what to load their bathroom shelves with.

A red poison kiss
Ruby red lips are icons of power, passion and danger. Donning red lips is probably the most dramatic statement a woman can make. It’s also become the most deadly.

Toxic Colour
It can be fun to change the colour of your hair, and covering the grey can "take years off your face," but prolonged use of conventional hair dyes can also take years off your life.

Over-exposed
Has the end of summer with too much sun and too little sun screen left you feeling the heat? Here are the products you should be slathering on to help you reverse the burn.

Tan in a bottle
So it’s the beginning of summer and you’re pale from spending too much time at the office. Those self-tanning lotions probably look fairly tempting right now.

Three dangerous chemicals to avoid in nail polish
Women’s fingernails are one of the most accessorised body parts. We slap on fake nails, rainbow colours, jewels and stickers without much thought.

Six makeup chemicals to avoid
Many consumers are under the impression that labels on cosmetics offer some kind of protection.

The big stink
No one wants to be smelly or sweaty. But in our quest to stay cool and dry we may be compromising our health using toxic deodorants.

Toxic Teens
My babysitter’s cheekbones are sparkling. It’s kind of distracting as I’m telling her the bedtime routine.

An abundance of choice
From food to fashion, it’s easy being green.