There are lots of great things happening around the Beauty & Style Channel. Get a complete run down right hereso you don’t miss anything. Make you you also check out our blog the month, The Scented Life, because she has a contest going on that I told you about the other day. Make sure you don’t miss out!

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Here’s a great article over at Planet Green about what to look for in soaps and why it pays to make your own soap. It’s no secret that I loves me some soaps. Etsy, The Bubble Roome, LUSH, etc., it just makes me v. happy. I just simply don’t have the time or energy to make my own soap. I make most of my own household cleaning supplies and baby butt cleaning agents and there just isn’t more time in my day. Heck, there’s barely enough time in my day to actually shower so when I do I want a transcendent experience. Dove is just not going to take me there…sorry. What say you? What’s your favorite soap. The one that wakes you up for the day or winds you down after a grueling week. Dish please.

Photo: Anderson Soap Co./ETSY

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Nothing reminds me of summer and my teen years like the smell of the ocean rolling in in the morning and Vanilla musk. I don’t know what it is with teenage girls and vanilla. I think it’s written into our genetic code or something. All 15 year old girls must smell like sugar cookies and pudding. I used Coty Vanilla Muskso much that the scent now makes me a little nauseous. I do however still like the faint aroma of vanilla, just as long as it’s subtle and not that sickeningly sweet sugar smell.

Imagine my glee when I found Kuumba Made’s Vanilla Musk at Whole Foods a few months ago. Kuumba Madefragrances are oil based and there are no petroleum based ingredients, alcohols, Parabens, Sulfites, Dipropolyne Glycol, dilutants, or animal products intheir fragrances. The scent is so light and subtle that I love wearing it. It comes in a concentrated roll-on so you really only need like a dot here and a dab there. I guess I will always be a teenager at heart, stuck in the 90’s no less. Where’s a scrunchy and matching Keds when you need them.

For a chance to win a most decidedly adult fragrance, Badgly Mischka’s Fleurs de Nuit, check out Amy over at The Scented Life. All you have to do is read her original review of the perfume adn leave a comment. Schwag, yeah!

Via: Cosmetic Mall

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I have a really bad habit of obsessive hair brushing. Even when I’m not going anywhere I may walk into the bathroom and brush my hair 4-5 times a day. Does it look better? Um, no but it makes me feel better. “They” say that the best hairbrush to use is made with wood and boar bristles. My mom had one of those fancy schmancyones and by golly if it didn’t feel like heaven.I don’t want to use a brush with boar bristles nor can Irationalizepaying that much for one so I rely ona woodversion.Hamadimakes a great all wood brush that is very similar to the one I have. I really don’t remember where I got it since I’ve hadit for years but it’s all wood like this and totally massages my scalp and makes my hair less puffy. I’ll talk to you guys later, I have to go brush my hair now.

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I’m back, sorry about the hiatus. Computer problems galore however now I have lots to share with you. I know we talk a lot here about soaps and other frivolities. Hygiene is such a large part of our day in this and many other countries. The thing is though to many people soap is not a necessity, it’s a luxury. If washing your hands each time after using the toilet (or wherever one might do one’s business) is unrealistic, than how much energy would you expend on finding an eco-friendly product? I would imagine that I wouldn’t care and really how could you be expected to. Thisarticle brings up some interesting things to think about.

What jumped out at me was the idea that by simply having the means to wash your hands frequently can actually lower the risk of death in many countries. So to aid in education and resources for people several organizations UNICEF, WHO, etc. are teaming with governments and soap-makers to promote the use of soap and obviously make it more readily available. Good idea, but my question is what soap companies and what types of soap? Should it matter? I’m sorta on the fence and I would like to hear other opinions. Is any soap better than no soap, even if it has potentially harmful ingredients? What good are eco-friendly products or organic produce etc. if they are not accessible or even economically feasible for the majority of people? Let’s talk.

Via ID21.org

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