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Beet Lip Gloss
Dead Beet
Submitted by bdisylvester on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:00am.Bummed that you ran outta lip gloss? Step up and make your own. Brooklynite Lydia Clark from PureSpa2 showed us how to do it using beets (yep, beets) and stuff in your cupboards - and none of the unhealthy chems like petrolatum in traditional glosses.
Directions:
1. Remove beet from stem, wash, and chop into 1-inch pieces.
2. Place chopped beet in microwave-safe container and heat on high for 1 minute until it releases juice.
3. Pour beet juice and the rest of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix thoroughly (add sugar by the teaspoon until it reaches your desired thickness).
4. Empty the finished blend into a small jar, preferably a repurposed lip gloss container. Let the mixture sit for 2-3 hours to thicken, then apply as you like. It'll keep for 6-8 months.
Beet Lip Gloss
10 minutes; makes 1/2 ounce
What You Need:
(local and organic whenever possible)
10 minutes; makes 1/2 ounce
What You Need:
(local and organic whenever possible)
- 1 beet (light-colored red beets yield a red shade; darker ones get you a merlot color)
- 3 drops olive oil
- 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 capsule of vitamin E oil
- Repurposed lip gloss container or pillbox
Directions:
1. Remove beet from stem, wash, and chop into 1-inch pieces.
2. Place chopped beet in microwave-safe container and heat on high for 1 minute until it releases juice.
3. Pour beet juice and the rest of the ingredients in a small bowl and mix thoroughly (add sugar by the teaspoon until it reaches your desired thickness).
4. Empty the finished blend into a small jar, preferably a repurposed lip gloss container. Let the mixture sit for 2-3 hours to thicken, then apply as you like. It'll keep for 6-8 months.
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Holistic Prenatal Care
Navel Academy
Submitted by bdisylvester on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 11:00pm. Almost ready to set sail to motherhood? Go sea Latham Thomas at Tender Shoots Wellness for a couple of holistic prenatal classes.Why Care?:
Ingesting carcinogenic pesticides from fruit and veggies is never a good idea, and it's even less so when you've got a developing baby on board.
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Best Of: July - September 2009
Bite the Big Ones
Submitted by bdisylvester on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 11:00pm. Over the last 3 months we've filled you in on everything from electric cars to swanky vintage stores and even showed you how to make your ownThe Big One:
The One You Loved: A staycation in NYC topped your list. You got healthy outside with kayaking and yoga along the Hudson, then grubbed at Josie's West on the Upper West Side. Runner-up: The much-talked-about elevated park also on the West Side, the High Line. You can now head there every Tuesday at dusk for their new free stargazing with high-powered telescopes.
The One We Loved: We spent our last days of summer gobbling up this raw Pineapple Cucumber Gazpacho, which requires only a blender to make - our fave kitchen appliance. Runner-up: We decked our fingers with recycled gold and silver cocktail rings from October Anniversary…our fave, the conch.
The Best Reason to Get Caught in Rented Shoes: Brooklyn Brewery beer, sloppy joes from Blue Ribbon, and bowling in the LEED-certified Brooklyn Bowl building…'nuff said.
The One We Loved: We spent our last days of summer gobbling up this raw Pineapple Cucumber Gazpacho, which requires only a blender to make - our fave kitchen appliance. Runner-up: We decked our fingers with recycled gold and silver cocktail rings from October Anniversary…our fave, the conch.
The Best Reason to Get Caught in Rented Shoes: Brooklyn Brewery beer, sloppy joes from Blue Ribbon, and bowling in the LEED-certified Brooklyn Bowl building…'nuff said.
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Organic Facials
The Amazing Face
Submitted by bdisylvester on Tue, 10/13/2009 - 11:00pm. Does your skin look like you've been racing around the world with no sleep? Team up with GoGreen Organic Spa for a vitamin-packed Purity Facial with Eminence Organic products.Why Care?:
For one, by going paraben-free you won't have to worry about chemical preservatives messing with your natural hormones.
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Eco-Salon
Where the Awilda Things Are
Submitted by mroemer on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 11:00pm. Dark roots and split ends got you feeling like a beastly creature? Book an appointment at Awilda Salon. In the hip Robertson Boulevard digs, this spalike hair salon offers everything from cuts to highlights to blowouts (and it's pretty affordable for a nice place in BH) with eco-perks.Why Care?:
Skipping parabens and sodium lauryl sulfate means no hormone disruptors, and many standard hair dyes contain ammonia, which when combined with peroxide can damage your tresses (high pH level) and trigger allergic reactions - and eventually wash down the drain and into waterways.
Jack Black Gets a Mammogram and I Get a Mani
Two days, two Emmy events, and one too-short weekend later, I'm trying to write this blog instead of watching red carpet arrival recaps (J-Lo flashbacks with Blake Lively's red hot number, right?)…On My Soapbox
…about eco-soap. I'm pretty sure that wasn't a pun, but it's hard to tell anymore.So I've been trying out different eco-soap varieties lately…some are meh, some I really dig (Whole Foods' Rosemary Mint Glycerin Soap), but outside of the glycerin varieties, I seem to run into the same problem with these bars: They almost always fall apart long before their time.
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Eco-Gym
No Sweat
Submitted by bdisylvester on Sun, 09/20/2009 - 11:00pm. Does it take serious effort to get yourself to the gym? Not a problem if you've got the right gym: Try Equinox's 17th Street workout haven in Chelsea.Why Care?:
Gyms use a ton of energy (treadmills and lights) and water (showers and towel washing), so a gym with power- and water-saving initiatives shrinks both environmental waste and your waistline in one sweaty swoop.
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Hanah and Toshio poke around SF's International Orange spa to see what eco-waxing is all about.
