How can you tell if your beauty products are made sustainably? The answer must include some assurance that claims of sustainability are not just a form of greenwashing. Is there substance behind the sustainability claims of the beauty business?

From Organic Spa Magazine: If you're overwhelmed by the amount of skin-care products out there, you're not alone. How can you wade through them all...

SAN FRANCISCO — An environmental group filed a lawsuit Thursday against 26 cosmetic companies, claiming they are improperly labeling products su...

Send all your eco-inquiries to Jennifer Grayson at eco.etiquette@gmail.com. Questions may be edited for length and clarity. I've been reading your co...

However you like your lips -- drenched in gloss, dabbed with balm, or drawn into a scarlet cupid's bow -- they're sweeter to kiss when they're not covered in synthetic chemicals.

I try lots of green products. Here is an overview of what has worked well -- and what hasn't.

Greenwashing is not only a rip-off if you pay more for a product based on green claims, but it can be dangerous by lulling us into using products carrying precisely the kinds of ingredients we are seeking to avoid.

Oh baby! Seventh Generation has teamed up with Erin Brockovich and Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families in order to overthrow the old chemical legislatio...

Just as America woke up to Wall Street abuses in the housing bubble, we are set to see the "organic" personal care bubble burst as well.

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It's a $36.5 billion premium industry, but cosmetics, reports The New York Times,"are not subject to the [F.D.A.'s] scrutiny before they go on sale. T...

Re-examine your beauty products, reduce your waste and the eternal quest for green beauty will be just around the corner. More companies than ever are...