Green Beauty
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Spring 2009 beauty trends feature pink and green hues, with an emphasis on environmentally friendly products and packaging. Makeup brands are introducing biodegradable and reusable packaging made from materials like post-consumer recycled plastic. They are also using ingredients sourced through fair trade programs. Consumers are encouraged to purchase refillable palettes, return containers for recycling, and choose products with natural and eco-friendly ingredients to help reduce waste.
Green Beauty
- 1. 20 Singapore American March 2009 G R EE N PA G ES Green Beauty By Andrea Claire This seasons palettes are pink and pretty with an underlying green - recycling programs, biodegradable containers, fair trade organic ingredients, resources replenished - beauty has proven it is more than skin deep. Photo Est辿e Lauder Spring 09s palettes are a mix of cool and hue. For a less edgy look, skip pencil liner, recurl and warm pink hues - so many shades even Barbie could reapply mascara. get confused. Try Est辿e Lauders Signature Eyeshadow Duo in new, limited edition shades of Indigo and Aubergine. Your 2-rule trend survival guide: Available exclusively at Isetan Scotts, Tangs Orchard 1 Stick to either cool shades or warm - and Takashimaya. dont mix Fuschia Now and recycle later with the PET plastic 2 Choosing deeper tones will create bold bottles which are biodegradable. and sassy statements whereas lighter shades play up a gentler romantic side. Yaby founder and make up artist, Liz Yu says Yaby uses all reusable palettes. The pans that the makeup MACs collection, a beauty no-brainer called come in are also reusable and recyclable. Billions Photo Est辿e Lauder Blonde, Brunette and Redhead is a mix of pink- of cosmetics containers are thrown out every year; it corals, peach, salmon, purple-pinks and charcoals - was a conscious effort to reduce waste in unnecessary A few tips on how your beauty regime can be all broken down by hair color, in suggested make-up containers when it comes to the primary design more green-friendly- sets of eyes, lips and cheeks. of the line. Available through mail order at www. As you get ready for next seasons beauty trends, yabycosmetics.com. Use a foundation brush that lasts forever as return your containers to MAC for their Back to opposed to sponges that get thrown out MAC program. MAC shares their consumers' Kiehls introduces Superbly Restorative Body Purchase refillable palettes commitment to the environment by accepting Lotion and Superbly Restorative Dry Oil, made Read labels and learn about the ingredients returns of its primary packaging. When you return with Moroccan argan oil. Argan oil is enriched with of your favorite products. Find eco-friendly six MAC primary packaging containers to a MAC natural fatty acids which in combination with other substitutes where necessary. counter or to MAC Cosmetics online, youll receive ingredients, benefit both skin and hair by improving Check out www.safecosmetics.org if you are unsure a free lipstick of your choice except Viva Glams. The texture and appearance leaving hair manageable with about cosmetic ingredients and what they could proceeds from the sale of the Viva Glams go to the a healthy sheen and skin smoother and radiant. mean for you and the earth. MAC Aids Fund. For a location near you go to www. Argan Oil is a fair trade collected ingredient for maccosmetics.com. Kiehl's. Fair trade is an organized social movement Turns out from tip to toe, it's easy being green! which promotes standards for international labor, Est辿e Lauders collection pairs warm honey and environmentalism, and social policy, focusing on peach tones with fuschia suiting every skin tone. For exports from developing countries to developed the cocktail hour vixen, take your demure day look countries. Another great green gesture by Kiehls is and spice it up by smudging deep shades of navy, the packaging of Superbly Restorative Preparations Andrea Claire is a make-up artist, hair eggplants or charcoals to the lash line and blend into in 100% post-consumer recyclable plastic. 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