All brides know and feel the pressure of having to look their absolute best for the wedding day. This does not mean you have to sacrifice the environment while concocting your beauty regimen!
Here are few of my favorite products and why they work; where to get them and save the environment in one fell swoop! You can have an eco-friendly wedding from your head to your toes!
Let’s start with your head! This is the one place where you do the most primping and expend the most time!
- Shampoo & Conditioning Products
Weleda has a wonderful line of products that are 100% natural. For a deep conditioning treatment, try their Rosemary Hair Oil. Click on the photo to learn more and peruse their website.
Compliment this conditioning treatment with Carol’s Daughter’s Rosemary Mint Shampoo with Sea Moss!
The main thing you want to be looking for is that the shampoo is free of parabens, sulfates, petroleum, mineral oil and artificial colors. Typically if you don’t know how to pronounce something in the ingredient list – it is not natural!
- For your face, you will need to peruse a few website to find out what will work best for your skin.
The best place to start is Pure & True.
You have fans like Jennifer Aniston & Halle Berry using their products! All organic beauty products with beautiful and recyclable packaging! My favorite is their Blossom Flower Milk Cleanser.
- For make-up, you have a whole host of options out there for you.
Best place to start is Sephora online. They have a ton of different companies that you can look through online first. Not all of their stores sell all of the organic products. By far, the best products that I have found (and I use on a daily basis) are by Korres. Greek based company using nothing but natural ingredients with recyclable containers and packaging. Here are my favorite products from their website:
Pressed powder, concealer, lip butter and blush. I use bamboo make-up tools (can be found at any Target store)! These products help me look fresh, young and beautiful every day. The Lip Butters are a great gift for your bridesmaids as well!
- Finally, taking care of your body!
You will need to stay smooth and supple and you need both organic body washes and manicure products.
You have some real inexpensive options here that are easy to find. Yes to Cucumber/Tomatoes/Carrots products are organic and natural and found in any Target store. My absolute favorite is their Yes to Cucumber Body Wash and Butter as well as the Yes to Carrots Body Butter – YUM!
For your hands – try this fanstastic cream for manicures from Boscia at Sephora online (click on image below to buy):
My best advice for pedicures is really to find the best eco-friendly spa near you and make sure you get pedicures at least every 3 weeks to make sure your feet look fabulous! It is really hard to maintain a pedicure regimen on your own. Find a fantastic body butter (like the ones mentioned above or L’Occitane’s 100% Organic Shea Butter) and slather your feet every night to keep your feet moisturized. To add an extra boost, put socks on right after your slather your feet to have the best looking feet in the morning! A true quick fix!
Finish off both your feet and your hands with a formaldehyde-free nail polish from Honeybee:
Of course, I could go on and on about the best products out there. Hopefully this has got your thinking about your daily beauty regimen and how to kick it up a green notch!
Happy Greening!
Katie Martin