The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances (61 page)

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Chapter 14. Organic and Mineral Makeup

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Chapter 15. Green Fragrances

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Chapter 16. Green Beauty Detox

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about the author

Julie Gabriel
is a registered holistic nutritionist, writer, and editor of beauty and fashion. In the early 1990s, she worked in production at
CNN’s Style with Elsa Klensch
. Gabriel was the associate beauty editor for
Harper’s
Bazaar
(Eastern European editions) and beauty editor for
Atmospheres
. She has written more than five hundred articles and features on fashion, beauty, and lifestyle.

Since 2002 Julie Gabriel has worked as a founding editor of
Toronto Daily News
(
www.torontodailynews.com
),
Fashion Monitor
(
www.toronto.fashion-monitor.com
), and
Organic Life&Style
(
www.organiclifeandstyle.com
), promoting an organic lifestyle and environmental awareness.

Gabriel’s first book,
Clear Skin: Organic Action Plan for Acne
, was published in January 2007. She created an organic skin care line called Petite Marie Organics to help women and men easily jumpstart a green beauty routine. This organic line includes zero synthetic preservatives, detergents, or artificial fragrances. Julie Gabriel lives in England with her husband and their daughter.

about the website
www.thegreenbeautyguide.com

W
ant to know more about going green when it comes to beauty? Head on to
The Green Beauty Guide’s
homepage
www.thegreenbeautyguide.com
. Here you will find in-depth information and up-to-date research, as well as some of the most amazing facts about the cosmetic industry and chemicals that won’t ever appear in print in glossy magazines. There are tons of useful tips and checklists, as well as reviews of latest offerings in the organic beauty trade. The website also holds great contests with green beauty prizes from both well-known organic and all-natural brands, including Julie Garbriel’s skincare line Petite Marie Organics, as well as autographed copies of this book.

When you register as a Green Beauty Guide blog user, you are entitled to receive a monthly
Green Beauty Bulletin
newsletter. That’s your mini-guide to the latest organic offerings in skin care, makeup, hair care, and baby care. From the latest facts in health-conscious beauty to environmentally friendly beauty finds, it’s all here, at your fingertips.

Green living is, of course, much more than shunning toxic cosmetic ingredients and switching to organic olive oil as a beauty cure-all. Still, it’s an important step in diminishing the toxic load that has accumulated over years. Going green in your beauty routine may become your first and probably most enjoyable step toward good health and good looks. So visit
www.thegreenbeautyguide.com
.

Buy less, waste less, worry less, and enjoy life even more!