Discover the Magic of Flower Power with Lotus Wei

Oh, hi, it’s me, a sometimes-skeptic. If you’ve been reading this blog, you know that I love data. I love efficacy. I love when things work, when I can see the science behind them, and when there’s data and studies behind products. For example, I love SPF ratings because it’s a number that tells you […]

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Celebrate “Mother” Earth Day

This year, as I did last year, too, I will be spending Mother’s Day flying cross-country on an airplane, traveling for a work event. Before you start feeling sorry for me, let me explain why this is a GREAT thing: 1. The work event is a book festival (booksinbloommd.com) in my home state of Maryland, […]

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Valentine’s Day Green Beauty Gift Guide: 2024 Edition

It’s possible that a more cynical person might argue that Valentine’s Day is an overblown holiday used to sell cards, flowers, and chocolates, but I really think it’s a sweet time to tell someone that you care. It doesn’t have to be a romantic “I care,” either – Galentine’s Day (February 13, the day before […]

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Top 5 of 2023

If you’ve ever read this blog before, you know that the January post is always both the most fun and the most challenging one for me to write. Hi, I’m Emily, a true product-junkie, who tries everything and loves everything – loves makeup and skincare and body care, which means that when it’s time to […]

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Our Holiday Gift Guide is Here! 2023 Edition

We’ve created these gift guides just for you! We’ve got everyone on your list covered with our one stop shop for all your green beauty needs. Love It? Start building your wishlist. Create an account and add to your Wishlist so you can keep track of all of your favorites and shopping activity whether you’re on your computer, […]

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True Blüh

Whenever I get the opportunity to hear directly from a beauty brand founder/formulator, I know I’m going to fall more deeply in love with their brand as a result of the experience. There is nothing like learning not just the “how” but also the “why” behind the myriad decisions and methods and processes a founder […]

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There Goes the Sun

Post sun repair Labor Day has come and gone, which means that summer is *technically* over. Now, I’m all about extending summer as long as possible, wearing white all year round, pretending the amount of daylight is still getting longer even when it’s dark before dinnertime, and basically ignoring all the “rules,” but eventually, we […]

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How to Sunscreen

By now, anyone who has read this blog– or, truly, ANY blog, ever!, probably? — knows that you should be wearing sunscreen. On your face, especially. Every day. Even when it’s cloudy.  But during the summer, we tend to think about our sunscreen even more. We spend more time outside, we go to places like […]

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Get Your Fix With de Mamiel

In the sea of clean, holistic-minded beauty brands, what makes one stand out? When it comes to de Mamiel, that special “x-factor” for me has always been the way founder Annee de Mamiel has managed to create formulas that feel at once bespoke and universally relevant, whether it’s her Altitude Oil or the Sleep Series, […]

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Be an Artist with (M)anasi 7

Recently, it was spring break for my kids. We had plans– all outdoors, of course– and then, as has been all-too common this winter in California, it rained. We still did what we could, but as a lot of our plans were rained out, we had to find other things to do. After a few […]

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