Top 3 All Natural Face Creams!

Terms like sustainability, recyclables, and organic are all the rave no matter the product nowadays but it’s time to forget the fancy words and go natural. What’s good for the earth is also good for your skin!  Earth Day may only be one day a year but you wear your skin 24/7 which means you’re always in need of a good natural cosmetic. Here is one of our favorites from our all natural selection!

#1 Burt’s Bees Soap Bark and Chamomile Deep Cleansing Cream

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Burt’s Bees strives to create natural products that are both positive for the consumer and the environment they’re used in. The brand is best known for their beeswax lip balm and, out of 150+ products, over half of them are 100% natural. The cream is a rich cleanser that is infused with Aloe Vera, Chamomile and Echinacea that helps keeps your skin moisturized and soft. The cleansing abilities come from the Soap Bark which is a natural cleansing agent that removes dirt, oil and make-up.

We currently carry Burt’s Bees 5 piece set and the Head to Toe Starter Kit (6 piece) at a fantastic price, come check it out!

#2 Ahava Extreme Day Cream

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Natural active ingredients from the Dead Sea and the Himalayas help to protect against environmental aggressors and minimize the appearance of lines and wrinkles. They help to firm the skin for a more youthful appearance while providing the ultimate in hydration.

#3 Derma E Skin Lighten Natural Fade and Age Spot Cream

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Derma E Skin Lighten Age Spot Cream is a natural fade and age spot cream which contains Licorice, Alpha-Arbutin and Vitamin C. Skin Lighten is a unique, natural blend of vitamins and herbs, a new idea which helps to remove age and liver spots, lighten your complexion and even your skin tone. It uses no harmful bleaches or hydroquinone. Inhibits melanin production (skin pigment) and helps to disperse existing melanin.

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With the advancements in the beauty industry and more health conscious consumers, green can look good on any and everyone. Here’s to nature and the natural beauty!

 

 

 

Introducing Rusk Sensories Wellness Organic Hair Care!

Rusk Sensories Wellness

From the far-flung corners of the earth, Rusk sources rare oils from the Tahitian Tiare Flower, the Moroccan Argan Tree and Ethiopian Abyssinica to create Sensories Wellness, the latest addition to the successful, invigorating Sensories line of haircare products.

Free of sulfates, parabens, petrochemicals, phthalates and MEA/TEA/DEA, Wellness offers you a choice for maintaining an optimal state of health and way of being.  Wellness provides a color-safe, organic and luxurious haircare experience.

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Rusk Wellness is available in 3 lines:

1.  Rusk Sensories Wellness HealRusk Wellness Heal Shampoo

Rusk Sensories Wellness Heal is for anyone with Dry, Damaged Hair. 

Rusk Sensories Wellness Heal Restorative Shampoo

13.5 oz.  $15.96.  Cleanses hair while restoring and strengthening damaged, dry hair.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Heal Restorative Conditioner

13.5 oz.  $15.96.   Conditions while restoring and strengthening damaged, dry hair.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Heal Restorative Treatment

4 oz.  $15.96.  Deeply conditions while restoring and strengthening damaged, dry hair.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Heal Restorative Oil Drops

1 oz.  $9.59.  Restores and strengthens damaged, dry hair.

2.  Rusk Sensories Wellness ReflectRusk Wellness Heal Treatment

Rusk Sensories Wellness Shine Reflecting is for any hair type that wants to add shine!

Rusk Sensories Wellness Reflect Shine Enhancing Shampoo

13.5 oz.  $15.96.  Cleanses hair while adding immense shine and reflection to the hair’s surface.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Reflect Shine Enhancing Conditioner

13.5 oz.  $15.96.  Conditions hair while adding immense shine and reflection to the hair’s surface.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Reflect Shine Enhancing Treatment

4 oz.  $15.96.  Deeply conditions while adding immense shine and reflection to the hair’s surface

Rusk Sensories Wellness Reflect Shine Enhancing Oil Drops

1 oz.  $9.59.   Adds immense shine and reflection to the hair’s surface.

3.  Rusk Sensories Wellness BedewRusk Wellness Bedew Drops

Rusk Sensories Wellness Bedew Hydrating is for dry hair that needs serious moisture. 

Rusk Sensories Wellness Bedew Hydrating Shampoo

13.5 oz.  $15.96.  Cleanses while intensely hydrating and moisturizing coarse, dry hair.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Bedew Hydrating Conditioner

13.5 oz.  $15.96.  Conditions while intensely hydrating and moisturizing coarse, dry hair.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Bedew Hydrating Treatment

4 oz.  $15.96.  Deeply conditions while intensely hydrating and moisturizing coarse, dry hair.

Rusk Sensories Wellness Bedew Hydrating Oil Drops

1 oz.  $9.59.  Intensely hydrates and moisturizes coarse, dry hair.

Appliances

Rusk invites you to join in their mission to create a cleaner, greener and safer world. We know that you need high powered appliances to create beautiful hair in the salon and we are pleased to offer you a professional eco-friendly blow dryer that gives you the power and ability to create beautifully silky, smooth, straight or wavy hair wile reducing the impact on our environment. This dryer is high powered with strong air pressure, fast airflow and intense heat. Packaging is made with 100% recycled materials and printed with soy ink. Please help us to spead the “green” word!

Rusk is also proud to offer a professional eco-friendly str8 iron to create silky, smooth, soft, straight hair while reducing the impact on the environment! This iron features intelligent technology that signals the iron to automatically reduce heat when not in use, conserving energy, and easily resumes previous operating temperature with motion. The straightening plates use petroleum-free coating thereby reducing oil consumption, and the housing is unpainted, helping to reduce pollution.

Rusk Go Green Eco-Friendly Hair Dryer

Sale Price:  $59.99

The Go Green Dryer comes complete with:

Paint-free body that lessens the impact on the environment
3 Heat Settings Rusk Go Green Set
2 Speed Settings
Removable Filter
Cool Shot Button
Slide-on Concentrator Nozzle
8-ft Eco-friendly Power Cord

Rusk Go Green Eco-Friendly Flat Iron 1″

Sale:  $59.99

Rusk’s Go Green Str8 Iron comes complete with:

• A paint-free body that lessens the impact on the environment
• Ultra slim housing that utilizes less material than traditional str8 irons
• Petroleum-free straightening surfaces to help conserve oil consumption
• Rheostat Dial
• 9-ft, Eco-Friendly Power Cord

Food for thought

Products so natural, you’ll want to eat them!

A recent article by Cosmetic Design announced that the latest trend in the beauty industry is the use of food ingredients in beauty products.  Many companies are going as far as products that are so natural they are even edible!  Regardless of how edible a product is, the use of natural foods we eat in beauty products is not necessarily a bad idea.  Dr. Debra Luftman, a well-known Dermatologist told Better Nutrition, “What’s good for your heart and weight is good for your skin and brain.” 

Almonds

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Almonds are a high source of Vitamin E, which is a natural sunscreen.  Dr. Jeffrey Dover, a professor of dermatology at Yale told Women’s Heath, “Vitamin E acts as an antioxidant that helps to prevent skin cells from UV light and other environmental factors that generate cell-damaging free radicals.”  Studies have shown that people who consumer certain amounts of Vitamin E don’t sunburn as easily as those who do not.  Try Queen Helene’s Almond Massage Cream. 

Carrots

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Carrots are one of the best sources for beta-carotene, which is a natural anti-oxidant and source of vitamin A.  Dr. Howard Murad told Better Nutrition that carrots can, “help present the overproduction of cells in the skin’s outer layer,” even the development of skin cancer cells. For a quick midday skin pick-me-up, try Burt’s Bees Carrot Seed Complexion Mist.


Cocoa Butter

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See, chocolate is good for you!  In fact, the antioxidants in cocoa butter can help reduce skin roughness and prevent sun damage.  Cocoa butter also contains high moisturizing properties that help prevent and hide stretch marks, and skin irritation.  Try Triple Lanolin’s Cocoa Butter Creme

Grapes

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The Romans had it right.  They used to crush up grapes and use the mush for various topical skin cream.  Grapes (particularly the grape seed oil) are a great source of antioxidants.  Vinotherapy, spa treatments that use grape extracts and grape seed oil is a trend that started in Paris, and has started expanding to many high end spas throughout the United States.  For some at home Vinotherapy, try Vineyard Grapes Moisturizer.

 

Milk

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Cleopatra used to bathe in milk.  If it was good enough for the Queen, it’s good enough for us!  Milk has very strong concentrations of vitamins A and D, which are natural skin moisturizers.  Health Magazine also reports that the fat in milk is also good for reducing swelling.  Try Almay Milk Plus Renewing Night Cream.

Happy 25th Birthday, Burt’s Bees!

The most buzzed about birthday of the year!

burts-beegsBurt’s Bees, a leader in natural personal care product industry is celebrating their 25th birthday!  Tons of top celebrities like Paris Hilton, Seth Green, and Terrell Owens came out to celebrate with them!

And they should throw themselves a party!  While many businseses are suffering from the recession, Burt’s Bees business has been booming, as sales have doubled in the last three years.

What started out in 1984 as a beeswax candle company, quickly evolved into a soap, perfume, and personal care product company.  In 1991, they launched their best selling beeswax lip balm and the rest is history!  All of their products are based on ingredients that come form nature, hence making them as natural as possible

Burt’s Bees is committed to creating natural, Earth-friendly products that are good for both you and the environment.  In conjunction with the Natural Products Association, in May 2008, they pioneered the Natural Standard for Personal Care Products, which requires a products to be made with at least 95% all-natural ingredients in ordered to be labeled “natural.”

With dozens of awards under their belt, Burt’s Bees is definitely a quality brand to try. InStyle Magazine named their SPF 30 sunscreen as the best natural sunscreen, and both Self Magazine and Health Magazine named their Naturally Nourishing Milk and Shea Butter Body Wash as the best shower gel in their Healthy Beauty Awards (just to name a few).

Check out DBC’s entire collection of Burt’s Bees Products.  We guarantee you’ll fall in love if you haven’t already.