While most of us wouldn’t think of lacing our food with chemicals, many of us don’t take it into consideration that’s exactly what we’re applying on our skin. Our bodies absorb 60% of what we apply on our skin, which is why it’s crucial to learn about what’s in our beauty products! Jillian Michaels is one of many celebrities who rely on makeup artist Paige Padgett to not only make them look beautiful, but for her sound advice on the do’s and don’ts of skin care. Paige takes it a step further by revealing her findings in her new book, The Green Beauty Rules: The Essential Guide to Toxic-Free Beauty, Green Glamour and Glowing Skin – a guide that helps readers learn how to go ‘green’ with their own cosmetics and skin care!
“Finally, a green beauty book written for the glamorous girl. Paige has been a makeup artist for ten years. No one is more qualified to show you how to be glamorous and green. She explained to me that just like toxic chemicals in food, toxic chemicals in cosmetics are just as harmful to your body. Paige Padgett shows you exactly how to rid your beauty routine of toxic chemicals without having to make your own cosmetics or settle for substandard beauty products that don’t work. She will empower you to make good choices for you and your family while keeping you gorgeous. With something useful for everyone, The Green Beauty Rules is the green beauty book you’ve been waiting for.” – Jillian Michaels
In The Green Beauty Rules, Paige shares her tried-and-true tips in a no-nonsense, yet down-to-earth manner. I have similar books, such as the books by Sophia Uliano (Gorgeous for Good: A Simple 30-Day Program for Lasting Beauty – Inside and Out, Do It Gorgeously: How to Make Less Toxic, Less Expensive, and More Beautiful Products, and Gorgeously Green: 8 Simple Steps to an Earth-Friendly Life) and The Honest Life: Living Naturally and True to You by Jessica Alba. I still find myself sifting through these books from time to time. The Green Beauty Rules is one of those books that I can easily pick up again and again since the advice is timeless, practical, and inspiring!
One of my favorite chapters is “Green Beauty Looks,” which covers ten achievable looks that is complete with a step-by-step guide: Flirty, Sultry, Bronzed, Glamorous, Natural, Bold, Flushed, Gamine, Chic, and Classic. Some of Padgett’s go-to beauty products include ZuZu, Ecco Bella, Jane Iredale, Zuli Organic, Kjaer Weis, and my personal favorite – Tata Harper!
Inside The Green Beauty Rules, You’ll Find:
► Debunking the five biggest green beauty myths
► A list of the top estrogenic chemicals to watch out for in products
► Three eco-attitudes and how to flow between them
► How to achieve the look of NARS Orgasm Blush
► Paige’s 80/20 beauty diet
► A step-by-step guide to greening your beauty routine
► Paige’s Top Ten daily use products
► The three P’s to avoid — perfume, parabens, petrochemicals
► Tools for identifying greenwashing, reading labels and decoding packaging seals and stamps
► The difference between natural, organic, and chemically safe
► How to effectively use the Environmental Working Group Skin Deep Database
► The 60-Second Save – How to quickly identify chemically safe products
► Sample Green Beauty Routine
About Paige Padgett
Paige Padgett, a leading authority on green beauty, has never been afraid to go against the grain. An irreverent free spirit, she follows her instincts and her heart. At the mere age of 12 she announced to her family that she was no longer eating red meat. Ironically, her half-Native American grandfather was a cattle rancher. It was no surprise then, that when beauty experts said she couldn’t provide safe and eco-friendly makeup artistry and still create beautiful faces, she set out to prove them wrong — and did.
Now considered a leading authority on green beauty, Paige is the Green Beauty Expert for Dasani ECOmmunity Facebook Page, DailyGlow.com, Jillian Michaels Wellness Team, and founded Paigepadgett.com, a green beauty website. In addition, she is often sought out by the press and has been featured in Shape, Elle, GenLux, Tresdope.com, Beautyblitz.com, The Los Angeles Times, Vegetarian Times, Natural Health and Whole Life Times Magazine. Her television, radio, podcasts and live appearances include “Martha Stewart Radio,” “San Diego Live,” “The Jillian Michaels Radio Show,” “Green Is Good,” “The Healthy Voyager” and “The Jillian Michaels Wellness Cruise.”
This book is full of beauty tips. I like that she is using green and safe products.
Our skin definitely absorbs the chemicals in beauty products, grooming products like Deodorant and even the household cleaners we use to keep our homes clean, it is important to use products without so many toxic chemicals in them! Great post!
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I love books filled with beauty tips like this. I am going to have to get a copy of this one.
I love this! This sounds like a fantastic guide to makeup and how to get products that won’t harm my body. Thanks!
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What a great book. There are so many products out there that are harmful. It’s great to have a book to show us what to buy and what not to buy.
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I never really thought about all the chemicals in the beauty products I use. This sounds like a great book to pick up!
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It’s good to know there are safe products out there. You ladies have to compromise so much to take care of yourself. Us men do appreciate it, though.
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this is really great. as a green mom and makeup lover i really appreciate this.
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I never thought about our body absorbing out beauty products. That gives me reason to make some changes.
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It’s so scary what our bodies can absorb from the stuff we use with everything. Great post and thanks for sharing.
Sounds like a great book, and yes the lotions we put on our skin are absorbed in, hence any chemicals are as well. I remember Paige from the reality TV show called Starting Over. She was on it a few years ago, and I loved that show.
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I didn’t know that our body absorb that much stuff! WOW! That is something I will have to pay attention more to. I don’t wear a huge amount of make up but this defiantly gives me something to think about.
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I could definitely use a guide to some safer ways of using makeup. I’d love learning more about what is in my makeup!
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Sounds like a great book. I love green beauty products, prefer to use Organic and 100% Natural.
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Hi, Lesha! I strongly agree that lotions, makeup, and other beauty products do have effects on our health. It is truly a blessing to know that we can still look beautiful without using harsh or toxic chemicals on our skin.
I would love to read this book. I’m slowly transitioning to green products in my household and have never thought about switching my makeup to green too!
This sounds like a great read and one that would make me really rethink my makeup choices! xxx
This is a different kind of book. I rarely see anything like it in the bookstore. I am thankful that Paige was able to put this together which would benefit a lot of women.
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Oh yes! I’ve been trying to “greenify” my beauty routine lately. Will definitely have to check this book out 🙂
I would love to read this book to help me with my goal of green living. Sounds like a great book!
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This sounds like a very informative book. I am slowly transitioning to using more green products in my daily life.
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Love the idea of green products that can go into my daily routine, this book sounds like a great read.
I didn’t know we absorbed 60% of what we put on our skin. That’s really quite a lot!
Wow, this book sounds quite interesting – a must read!
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I would love to have a copy of that book. Looks like a very interesting book and a must-have book for women.
Being the makeup junkie that I am I so need to get my hands on this!!! Sounds like it’s jam packed with great info!
This is something I need to check out! I am a beauty addict with sensitive skin and I’m starting to react to more products.
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I only like to use natural products on my skin so this book is right up my alley! The bronzed and natural looks sounds like something I would like to try.
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The book sounds amazing, I have saved the title to purchase it! I can’t wait to check it out!
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Chemicals in beauty products… that’s a given that your skin is affected. For years, actors and actresses and models have had to go through a regimen to keep their skin supple, soft, and hydrated because the constant adding and removing of making takes away all the nutrients in the skin.
Old makeup can sometimes cause infections and rashes too.
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Very informative post. Thanks for this!
This is perfect. There’s many people that need more info on this topic. We don’t realise how it affects us until later on when it is too late.
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This sounds like a GREAT resource if you’re wanting to go all-green with your beauty. A safe way to get started in green beauty 🙂
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This is something that I’ve started paying attention to. I dont know why it never hit me before now that chemicals shouldnt be in make up!
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This sounds like a great book! I love everything beauty!
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Sounds like an interesting read 🙂
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I love to read about ingredients in skincare and their actual effects. Having a scientific background, I find it very important! There are way too many myths and fanatic people in the world, as much as people who don’t care. This book sounds really great!
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Now this sounds like an interesting read, I love reading stuff like this x
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This guide is a must have! I’m trying to shift to chemical free products gradually.
This sounds like a very interesting book! I would love to get a copy and read from cover to cover.
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This probably isn’t the sort of thing I’d read as I find a lot of things like this are more fearmongering than anything else – everything is a chemical so anything that claims to be ‘chemical free’ already makes me suspicious! Plus in a lot of cases natural products are actually more harmful than man-made ones… Just my thoughts! I’m glad you’ve found it helpful, though!
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