Jurlique

On Earth Day, Jurlique will take 25% off all orders placed via Jurlique.com and will donate a portion of all sales to help support local botanical gardens in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.  The donation will be used toward protecting and preserving these urban sanctuaries that cares for thousands of varieties of flowers.  For those of you in New York, Jurlique will also give away free day passes to the New York Botanical Gardens with every purchase made at the Jurlique Concept Store and Spa located at 477 Madison Avenue.  Can’t decide just what to purchase?  Consider the limited-edition Earth Day Bundlewhich contains 4 of Jurlique’s best-selling products: Lavender Hand Cream, Rosewater Balancing Mist, Balancing Day Care Cream, and Herbal Recovery Gel.

Burt’s Bees

This April, Burt’s Bees celebrates 40 years of Earth Day with a nod to none other than their namesake and co-founder, Burt Shavitz.  On April 22^nd, 2010, Burt look-alikes will take to the streets of New York, handing out samples and urging folks to be as eco-friendly as Burt in honor of the 40^th anniversary of Earth Day.  Passing out free “Burt” beards and hats, the Burt look-alikes will help transform the crowds into “Burts” themselves.  Look for them near Rockefeller Center and in Central Park.  Burt’s Bees will also be offering people-powered natural smoothies at a “Bike Blender” station in Times Square (the pedaling action actually powers the blenders), where visitors can stop by and enjoy a smoothie featuring natural ingredients.  Not in New York? Log on to www.findyourburt.com for more information and to learn ways you can be more eco-friendly!

Josie Maran

Looking for an eco-beautiful way to celebrate Earth Day?  Stop by your nearest Sephora and get your hands on Josie Maran’s new Magic Marker Lip and Cheek Stains!  If you’re looking for the perfect punch of color for spring and summer, consider it found!  Each vivacious color is named after a passionate dance, but you don't have to know the steps to get your heart pumping…just apply to lips or cheeks for instant gorgeous color that stays put.  Like all of Josie’s formulas, the stain is free of parabens, sulfates, synthetic fragrances, and phthalates and comes in a recyclable tube—pretty for you and the environment!  Then really get in the green spirit by logging on to www.kelly-confidential.com to see the eco-beauty tips Josie recently shared with Kelly Ripa for Global Green!

Y'all know I'm always on the lookout for awesome companies that try to have a good moral conscience and use natural, healthy and safe ingredients. My latest obsession is KORRES. It's a Greek company with roots in the first Homeopathic Pharmacy of Athens.  In fact their first product was an aromatic herbal syrup with honey and aniseed.  Cool, right? Anyway, the company today offers more mainstream products but holding to their natural roots. 

I'm obsessed with the Guava showergel.  It's a creamy foamy showergel.  The gel is packed with aloe, wheat, shea butter and vitamins.  Why wheat you may ask? Well, wheat contains an abundance of B vitamins, which improves regenerative properties found in healthy skin. 

Love the scent of this too. It's very sweet but not overwhelming. 

Price: $19.50

Where to buy: Sephora.com

*A product was given to us for consideration of this review*

I have a new obsession–Lavera's Eyeliner. It's honestly velvety soft. Ooohh. It gives the smoothest application without dragging or skipping. It's made with beeswax, vitamin E and natural pigments. In a nutshell it's awesome. The black is seriously awesome it's such a dark and rich color. I also checked it on the Cosmetic Database and it's got a great score (meaning it's safe and healthy to be putting close to your peepers!

I love the brand's makeup so much because they use certified organic ingredients whenever possible. They never use synthetic preservatives, dyes or fragrances. And especially no genetically modified ingredients or petroleum based ingredients. Do you know why that's important? Because your skin absorbs 60% of ingredients put onto the skin and it's absorbed into your bloodstream within 15 minutes.  

It's prob because they're a European company and those Europeans have got higher standards than us over here! 

Available for purchase on Target.com and Lavera.com

When it comes to “going” green, most people think it’s going to cost a lot. And let’s face it, after the year we’ve all had, who can afford it?

Luckily, there are some really easy and inexpensive ways to go green this year.  For instance, did you know that switching from liquid to bar soap is one of the simplest ways to go green and actually spend less?

Fact: Bar Soaps use less packaging – most are usually packaged in recyclable cardboard boxes – and weigh less than their liquid soap counterparts. Meaning they need less fuel to transport and take up less room in landfills. According to Country Living Magazine,“Substituting one bottle with a bar in each U.S. home would keep 2.5 million pounds of plastic out of landfills.” Also, less of the product goes down the drain during use, so you get more bang for your buck.

So next time you browse the soap aisle why not consider picking up a bar of Yardley of London all natural or Botanical soaps.

One of my fave drugstore soap brands are Yardley of London.

Available at your local supermarket or drugstore Yardley soaps are all less than $3 a bar.

Cheers, Birds! That's London-speak for Hi Dolls. Right. You know. I know. Moving on. Yesterday I had the pleasure of getting to check out Rimmel's newest products that are launching in the USA. And along with the 10 product lines they brought their fabulous Rimmel 10. What am I talking about you ask? Well, Rimmel picked ten fab girls, each with a unique sense of style. They're all ages, some still in high school and all with different careers and hobbies. Rimmel has assigned them the task of helping to bring the London look to the US. The girls receive makeup (enough to share with all their friends in fact) and are given different challenges (like not wearing any makeup and then after the hiatus, experimenting with all their fave products again.

Each girl received a different product (one blush, one bronzer, one nail polish, etc.) and then gave myself and the other blogger ambassadors their take. The girls were each cuter than the next. They can be seen on Rimmel's website here. 

Alyssa from Nashville.

Gavin from LA.

The girls gave us their rundown of all the products. And they had some seriously awesome ideas. Like for example, Julie from NYC who had the pleasure of experimenting with the eyeshadows created her own Balenciaga inspired looks (remember? think bold eyes!) She's assured me that the shadows feel anything but cheap and says that she can use them as pigments almost. Bonus? She's a rocker and she promises they last her entire show without rubbing off. There you have it, Spice girl approved. They're $3.49 a pop and come in awesome shades like peacock night, royal violet and more. Think bold, fun colors for summer. I got to play with some (and of course got to take a few home) and they're really creamy and go on very smoothly. 

There are many product reviews to come! For now here are some exciting tidbits we thought you'd enjoy:

The lipsticks are moisturizing and contain SPF 15. We've been assured that they will not leak into your surrounding mouth lines for those of you riper readers out there!

The lip gloss smells divine. I smelled that myself. Yum! 

The nail polish brush is sweet! It's super thick and dries very glossy.

One of my fave things about this makeup is also the packaging. I mean, I think I'm a princess so I love that my makeup is stamped with a crown! 

I'm pumped to have these fun, new products in store soon. Farewell overpriced department stores! Let 'em eat cake!