It’s hard to believe that after months of preparation and excitement, A Night For Green Beauty has come and gone. ANFGB took place last week at the beautiful Venue One in Chicago. The evening kicked off with The Show, a runway style event that featured all natural makeup looks created by ANFGB retail sponsors […]

Vintner’s Daughter launches today at Integrity Botanicals. To celebrate this beautiful line, we’re chatting with the woman behind it all—April Gargiulo—to learn more about the Active Botanical Serum and the vision behind the brand. If you’re excited to try Vintner’s Daughter (see my review to find out why you should be!) then be sure to […]

  Over the last few years the market has become pretty saturated with face oils to the extent that I—the self-proclaimed face oil queen—find myself casually shrugging off many new releases. When you’ve sampled dozens and dozens and you feel intimately familiar with each of the botanical ingredients commonly found in face oils, it can […]

Cellulite. The word alone makes women cringe and groan. Everyone is susceptible to it and most of us have some. Depending on our genetics, lifestyle, diet and exercise routines it can be less pronounced or more noticeable. While there is no miracle product that makes cellulite disappear for good, you can help reduce the appearance […]

Tonight is a big night for green beauty. The third and final A Night For Green Beauty takes place in Chicago. It’s free and open to the public, so please join us! I will be there wearing a few hats. I’ve been assisting the ANFGB team as the event coordinator, and I’ll be participating as […]

Do you find that the contents of you makeup bag shift with seasons or your style moods? For me, some things are constant while others—especially colors—get swapped pretty regularly. I often develop a makeup crush on a certain lipstick color, which can dictate the rest of the look. Overall, I wear my makeup very naturally […]

  Have you made it through the summer without a sunburn or without overheating or feeling uncomfortably hot? Sunburns can wreck a vacation or just make life a little miserable for a short period of time. Sunburns can also do real damage to delicate skin, so it’s very important to help your skin recover using active […]

  Dry brushing has been part of my routine for a long time, but I can remember when the concept seemed novel and a little weird. Now I wouldn’t dream of skipping this easy but effective step. Dry brushing is simple: you “brush” your dry, bare skin with a dry, soft-bristled brush. Most dry brushing […]

  Summertime is ripe with opportunities to get roughed up. Cuts, scrapes, bruises, bug bites and sunburns or skin irritations from the heat and humidity… it can take its toll and leave you with unsightly scars or itchiness that takes forever to stop. We (and kids especially) have more opportunity to be active and out […]

From season to season, it’s important to drink water to maintain healthy skin, hair and more. We’re more susceptible to dehydration in the summer when the heat alone causes us to sweat more than normal or the nice weather inspires us to be more active. The side effects of dehydration are not pretty, and trust me—as […]