Review: David Babaii for WildAid

Here's a hair truth: Most shampoos and conditioners are full of sulfates. Sulfates = salts = drying = sucks the color right out of your hair. And basically every shampoo on the shelf under $15 is full of them. Yeah, L'Oreal came out with Ever Pure and those are about $7 a pop, but they smell a bit manly I was convinced I could do better. Of course, I was right.

David Babaii for WildAid Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner smell like a delicious pina colada. Created by celebrity stylist David Babaii and hippie princess Kate Hudson to benefit global wildlife preservation organization WildAid, they're a trifecta of goodness: sulfate free, eco-friendly and cruelty free. (Can you imagine a reason to EVER test a hair product on anything but human hair? I simply can't. Hair is dead and it's a waste product.)

Price: $10 for 13.5oz.- and $1 of it goes directly to WildAid. It's nine parts an investment in preserving your dye job, one part charitable giving. When you think about it, its just a couple of dollars more than the L'Oreal junk. I bought mine at Ulta.

Verdict: Smells like a delicious pina colada. Conditioner needs to be left on for several minutes to do the job, which is kind of annoying. Beats Pureology in price and scent, but not in performance.

Yes, You Can Recycle Lipstick Tubes

Earth Day is Thursday, April 2, and in case you were feeling guilty because you had no intention of planting a baby spruce in an industrial park, never fear! All you need to do is root around in that makeup tray for some empties. Starting April 2 you can bring your empty cosmetic bottles, tubes and jars – regardless of brand – to the nearest Origins retail store or department store and they will recycle them or use them for energy recovery.

The best part? If you're one of the first 50 to do so at one of the below listed locations (Boston babes, you're in luck! Both the Faneuil Hall and Harvard Square stores are participating), you'll walk away with a FREE deluxe size A Perfect World™ Intensely hydrating body cream with White Tea.
Not an early bird? No worries. Origins will also be providing FREE A Perfect World™ hand and arm massages to all attendees.

Participating stores:
Denver, CO - Origins Cherry Creek North
2800 E 2nd Ave
8am to 6pm

Boston, MA - Origins Faneuil Hall
1 Faneuil Hall Market Place
10am-9pm

Cambridge, MA - Origins Harvard Square
8 Brattle Street
10am-9pm

Austin, TX - Origins at Central Park
4001 N. Lamar Blvd. Suite 570
10am-8pm

San Francisco, CA - San Francisco Centre
865 Market Street
9:30am-8pm

This location gifts the first 250:
New York, NY - General Motors Plaza
767 Fifth Avenue @ 5th Avenue

This locations gifts the first 100:
Los Angeles, CA - Origins Century City
10250 Santa Monica Blvd.
10am – 11am

Because Who Reads the Newspaper Anymore?

LA is filled with "eco-friendly" fashion. A part of me feels that this is because we get hit with global warming the worst. Last time I was at the beach, half the bathers looked like chicken nuggets.

Last weekend was the Sunset Junction Street Festival. Since Silver Lake is the epoch of green consumerism, it made sense Green With Envy had an enormous booth.

What caught my eye was the Newspaper Clutch. It's totally adorable and had to be inspired by a Project Runway challenge.

It's easily make-able and easily breakable, so I learned, $45 later.