Naturally Smooth and Healthy Skin

Here's a few tips and products with a little help from nature so you can have clear, flawless skin all over.

1. Boscia Willow Bark Breakout Treatment: Clean your skin with the natural willow bark and willowherb in this treatment. They naturally dry up zits and calm inflammation with.

Boscia is super-natural and preservative-free, botanically based skincare company founded in Japan by Kenjo Ikemori, a Japanese entrepeneur. The integrated Boscia line combines the strength of several skincare methods to achieve healthy skin. Not only is this line super gentle, but it's also super-effective. The key ingredient is Willow Bark Extract, a natural version of Salicylic Acid. ($25, Sephora)


2. Kiehl’s Aloe Vera Biodegradable Liquid Body Cleanser: To make this gentle body wash, Kiehl’s teamed up with Brad Pitt. The scent is refreshing and coconutty and it’s made from 100% biodegradable ingredients. Kiehl's Body Cleanser is formulated without parabens, SLS, and Dyes. Kiehl's Body Cleanser is 100% Post Consumber Recycled (PCR) Bottle. Plus, all proceeds benefit the global green initiatives. ($17, kiehls.com)


3. The Body Shop Wild Cherry Body Scrub: This cherry scrub leaves your body feeling insanely soft, thanks to kiwi seeds, crushed walnut shells, and it smells cherry-licious .Also, it uses community- traded Brazil nut oil. ($20, thebodyshop-usa.com)



4. Lush Cupcake Facemask: This organic, 100% vegetarian clearing mask, smells like chocolate but the cocoa powder in it actually removes excess oils that cause your skin to break out. ($8, lushusa.com)


5. Jergens Naturals Renew Daily Moisturizer: Hydrate your skin with this moisturizer that contains grapeseed oil and pomegranate. It’s also 93% all natural and paraben-free. ($9, drugstores)


6. Origins Organics Totally Pure Deodorant: This organic deodorant uses lemon and lavender to control odor, so you smell fresh all day long. ($15, Origin stores)


7. Burt’s Bees Radiance SPF 15 Day Lotion with Royal Jelly: Protect your skin from the sun with this 98% natural SPF 15 lotion. It’s made with royal jelly, a natural ingredient packed with vitamins and minerals. Burt's Bees has Calendula to soften and smooth skin and Golden Seal to nourish and provide vitamins A, C, E and B Complex. The Royal Jelly just adds an additional level of nourishment with 17 amino acids and vitamins. Burt’s Bees uses natural Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide rather than chemical sunscreens to provide a physical layer of protection from the sun’s UVA/UVB rays. Burt’s Bees are free from sulfates, parabens, phthalates, and petrochemicals. ($18, Target)



8. LaVanila Fragrances in Pure Vanilla and Vanilla Coconut: Smell sweet with these vanilla- based organic perfumes. They’re made with essential oils and botanicals. ($56 each, Sephora stores)

LaVanila in Pure Vanilla
LaVanila in Vanilla Cocnut

Wishing you healthy flawless skin!

Naturally Healthy Hair

Here's a few tips on pampering your hair and the planet with these eco-conscious products and tools.


1. Samy Pure All Natural Smooth & Shine Shampoo: Get super shiny hair with this sulfate-free 100% vegan shampoo. It’s packed with hydrating vitamins and proteins. It’s free of animal by- products. It contains no parabens, which can irritate your skin and also sulfates, which are chemicals that make shampoos lather up, and they’re not biodegradable and can strip your hair of its natural oils. ($6 at drugstores)




2. Alterna Hemp Organics Thickening Compound: Add body with this vegan lotion that’s made with organic botanicals, it thickens, and creates fullness as you blow-dry. It’s infused with ultra-hydrating hemp seed oil, which protects and strengthens hair while addressing an array of styling needs. It delivers dramatic volume, fullness, and control.

Powered by advanced volumizing and styling agents, Alterna's Hemp with Organics Thickening Compound increases the diameter of the hair shaft while improving shine, texture and humidity resistance. The patented ultra-hydrating hemp seed oil and nutrient activating enzymetherapy complex ensures optimum nutrients and moisture balance for stronger, thicker looking hair, and evens out the porosity of the hair. It also has UV protectants to guard against sun damage. ($29 at Ulta stores)




3. Aveda Smooth Infusion Style-Prep Smoother: This is one of my favorite hair products. It stops frizz in the most humid weather; it kept my hair smooth, soft, in place, and shiny, especially in Texas and Vietnam. Aveda Smooth Infusion Style Prep Smoother makes styling faster, easier. An exclusive plant infusion creates a smooth new surface on hair, defends against insane humidity, and protects against surface damage from heat styling.

Aveda’s Smooth Infusion has an exclusive plant infusion, which is a blend derived from organic aloe, maize, guar bean, and babassu nut oil from Brazil. It creates a smooth surface on hair, organic tapioca defends against humidity for up to 12 hours and its hydrolized wheat protein protects against surface damage from heat styling. It features the Smooth Infusion aroma, a fresh spicy citrus-floral featuring certified organic bergamot, certified organic palmarosa, Bulgarian rose, and Australian sandalwood. ($24 at aveda.com)




4. Sexy Hair Organics Volumizing Mousse: This thick mousse moisturizes hair with organic avocado extract and aloe vera juice, while adding lift at the roots. it's a light styling formula that nourishes hair while providing volume and control. More than half of the ingredients up to 95% in Sexy Hair Organics are certified organic, meaning when you lather up you can be sexy and sustainable at the same time. ($19 at salons)




5. Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Firm Hold Gel: This light hold gel keeps hair in place with clean styling agents providing a flake-free, stay-put hold for pure style. It creates a thicker, high-volume finish, and a healthy dose of shine with a special blend of styling ingredients helps boost every strand. It has an invigorating burst of cool mint, tea tree and citrus revives, refreshes and leaves hair smelling great; also Paul Mitchell funds the planting of trees to offset all carbon emissions made by the company. ($11 at salons)




6. Olivia Garden Healthy Hair HH-P7 Large Ionic Paddle Brush: This paddle brush creates perfectly anti- static straight hair and it’s made with the eco super plant bamboo, so it spares trees.

This natural bamboo hair brush has Ionic cushion, it’s scalp massage activates blood cell circulation, helps stimulate hair growth, reduce hair loss, promotes healthy hair cells, healthy scalp, and also restores hair balance and shine. ($13 at oliviagarden.com)

*Also, Bamboo releases up to 35% more oxygen into the air than other trees and it absorbs global warming causing carbon dioxide.




7. The Body Shop Detangling Comb: Untangle your hair with this wide tooth comb, it’s made from wood that was grown using sustainable forestry practices. ($7 at thebodyshop-usa.com)




8. Scunci No Damage Round Bamboo Elastics: These Bamboo elastics with soft pastel shades, give your hair a girly vibe as they help the planet. ($3 at drugstores)

*Bamboo is a natural renewable resource. Bamboo is a member of the grass family, grows rapidly without pesticides or fertilizers, requires little water, and can even survive a flood. Sprouting from a complex root system, bamboo prevents soil erosion, creating protection for the watershed system.

Wishing you healthy hair!!