KIND BEAUTY: Chocolate Kisses

It's hard to control the sweet cravings around Easter time with all the delicious chocolate eggs! So if you're watching your waistline - these calorie-free sweet lip products will give you Chocolate Kisses and we're not talking the Hershey's kind!  


Sweet Seduction.
Yes - May is the person your mother warned you about. With her smile she can get away with anything and if anyone questions her suggestions, she just elegantly shrugs and says "Take my advice, I don't use it anyway." But as she so rightly points out: she isn't useless, for after all, she can be used as a bad example!  


GLAMOURFLAGE Mellow May Lip Balm  

Pucker up and indulge in the irresistible chocolate flavour of May - only for once - it's good for you!  With Vitamin E and natural beeswax to moisturise, soothe and restore - something which looks so naughty has never been so nice! 

Price: AUD$10.95  |  Flavour: Chocolate  |  Size: 20 ml |  www.glamourflage.com.au 


Chocolate Indulgence. 
Indulge in the new Chocomania range from The Body Shop. Containing community fair trade ingredients from 11 different countries. 


THE BODY SHOP Chocomania Lip Butter 

This buttery balm melts onto the lips for instant hydration. It contains real cocoa butter and has a delicious chocolate flavour. Leaves your lips feeling softer and smoother. Contains community fair trade cocoa butter and beeswax. 


Price: AUD$14.95   |  Flavour: Chocolate  | Size: 10 ml  |  www.thebodyshop.com.au 


Dreamy Cocoa. 
Badger is a family run company who's mission is to create fabulously pure and effective products of the highest natural quality. Based on simplicity and thoughtful preparation with the intention to soothe and heal. Badger believes in environmental responsibility and works hard to create a healthy business with ethical and charitable principles. Badger's ingredients are 100% natural and most of their products contain more than 85% certified organic ingredients. 

BADGER Cocoa Butter Lip Balm 

Badger's dreamy Cocoa Butter Lip Balms contain certified organic and fair trade certified Cocoa Butter, which has a delightful fragrance of dark chocolate. The Cocoa Butter is traditionally processed at low temperatures, allowing the butter to retain its natural, health-giving properties. Flavoured with all natural steam distilled essential oils - no artificial sweeteners or fragrances. A little magic for your lips. 

Price: US$4.99  | Flavours: Mocha Cocoa, Creamy Cocoa.  | Size: 0.25Oz (7 ml) 

www.badgerbalm.com 

Pretty Delight.

Move over miss Glamour-puss, this eco-friendly natural beauty company will transform your pout in one swipe with their best selling FlowerColor lipsticks. Chocolate lovers can't resist their ultra sexy Chocolate shade.

ECCO BELLA FlowerColor Lipstick 

A lipstick that thinks it's a lip balm. The cleanest, safest, prettiest lipstick for those who love lipstick. A simple healthy formula of vegetable waxes, oils and mineral pigments that go on creamy and don't feather. Like a lip balm, Ecco Bella FlowerColor lipsticks moisturise without flaking or chapping. Gluten-free, petroleum-free, preservative-free, and fragrance-free.  Vegan formula. 

Price: US$17.95  | Shade: Chocolate  | Size: 0.13Oz (4 grams) www.eccobella.com

Kind Beauty Product Information:

* Badger is 100% cruelty-free certified by Leaping Bunny. 

* Glamourflage do not test their products on animals. 
*The Body Shop support community trade and remain strong on their stance against animal testing. 
* Ecco Bella says animal testing is unacceptable to Ecco Bella in any form because it is cruel. We test our products on ourselves and use ingredients that have been in use for years and considered safe. 

Bunny Brushes: Cruelty-Free Eco Tools

Bunny Brushes

Cruelty-Free Eco Tools

It's cool to be kind, as they say! These hot little numbers not only give you flawless makeup application but are kind to our furry friends, because they are made with furless synthetic fibres. Eco Glamazine presents our 4 favourite fur-free brush sets, perfect for the Eco Glam gal who truly cares about kind beauty. 

Eco Glam

Eco Tools 6 Piece Brush Set

This eco-friendly 6 piece brush set is designed to bring out your natural glow. With 5 cruelty-free professional brushes featuring bamboo and recycled aluminium ferrules. The extra soft synthetic bristles makes application easy and effortless. This Eco Tool's best seller includes a large round blush brush, eyeshadow brush, angled eyeliner blush, concealer brush, lash and brow groomer tool which fit nicely into an eco-friendly hemp and cotton brush case. 
eco-friendly  cruelty-free  vegan
More info: http://www.ecotools.com/bamboo-6-piece-brush-set

Bunny Beauty

Sigma Mrs Bunny Travel Brush Kit 

Sigma Beauty presents it's first ever vegan brush set. This travel edition Mrs Bunny Brush Collection features 7 of their best vegan brushes - pencil brush, tapered blending brush, eye shading brush, small angle brush, large powder brush, large angled contour blush brush, and a foundation brush. This pale pink & baby blue brush set utilises Sigmax HD fibres guaranteeing perfect product placement every time. The innovative brush container is perfect for travelling and even converts into 2 functional brush holders.  
cruelty-free  vegan
More info: http://www.sigmabeauty.com/Mrs_Bunny_Travel_Kit

Travel Tools 

Furless Mini Bamboo Makeup Brush Set

This gorgeous 7 piece mini brush set features super soft cruelty-free taklon bristles and beautiful bamboo handles with stylish aluminium ferrules.  A black zippered case holds your makeup and these mini brushes. Travel-friendly set includes a powder brush, blush brush, 2 eyeshadow brushes, a crease brush, angled eyeliner brush and lash/brow groomer. 
eco-friendly  cruelty-free  vegan
More info: http://furless.com.au/1610-mini-bamboo-makeup-brush-set/

Real Inspiration

 

Real Techniques Travel Essentials

Real Techniques created by beauty blogger and youtube beauty guru Samantha Chapman features high-tech 100% cruelty-free ultra plush brushes to create pixel-perfect beauty. Coloured aluminium light weight handles are really easy to use.  This Travel Essentials kit contains 3 of Samantha's best selling full-size brushes. 

• Essential Foundation Brush - build flawless custom coverage with liquid foundation or concealer 
• Multi-Task Brush - for effortless application of powder, blush and bronzer
• Domed Shadow Brush - tapered design smoothly shades and defines eyes
• Panoramic Brush Case - a 2-in-1 case + stand 

eco-friendly  cruelty-free  vegan

More info: http://realtechniques.com/shop-collection/on-location/travel-essentials  

Please save an animal from a life of pain by always choosing cruelty-free makeup brushes!  We hope this eco article has helped you learn more about these amazing eco-friendly beauty brands and hope you include their beautiful brushes in your daily makeup routine. 

Wonder Woman: Sonya Driver

Sonya Driver 

Eco Glamazine's Wonder Woman March 2012

Sonya Driver. Eco Mum
There is no denying that Sonya Driver is one awesome Eco-Mum! This Gold Coast mother of 2 recently embarked on an eco journey to find the most eco-friendly, safe and natural ingredients for a new organic tanning system. This eco inventor cooked up batches of tanner in her kitchen at home before creating her exclusive Eco Tan - Australia's very first 100% natural organic tanning product. 


So what makes Sonya Driver a Wonder Woman you ask? Well her story goes back about 6 years ago when her husband just up and left her to raise her children alone. She had just quit her job as an international flight attendant and bought a block of land near the beach, ready to raise her family and live the dream life. After that devastating call from her husband she packed her bags and went to East Timor to be a volunteer. Giving back gave Sonya the answers and perspective on her life that she really needed. She helped shampoo women's hair who had never experience that before and fed hungry children. When she returned to Australia after two weeks, Sonya had a renewed spirit and positive attitude. She was determined to make a positive change in her life and begin a new chapter. Her beloved sister had recently been diagnosed with a melanoma. Sonya knew that she had to find a safe alternative to the harmful UV rays, but after researching the ingredients of spray tans she realised many contained harmful chemicals. So she started working on mixing up a natural tan using the best Mother Nature had to offer. The result was Eco Tan. 

We first introduced you to Eco Tan back in our debut issue last September. Since then this all Aussie family run business is blooming! Sonya and her team recently relocated to a gorgeous new studio & warehouse in Burleigh, the official Eco Tan headquarters. Sonya says "I feel like I have now finally arrived through strength not of my own. In March 2011, my company made Australian history by becoming the first and only organic tan to be certified by the Organic Food Chain."


Last month Eco Glamazine's Director Lauren Day got the opportunity to meet and work with Sonya on an eco-project. "After admiring Sonya for many months and watching her eco-company grow before my eyes I was so honoured to be invited to work alongside Sonya. From the moment we met I could feel her warm, friendly down-to-earth spirit. She took my hand & introduced herself. I was more than nervous to meet this amazing woman, one of my true eco heroes." Lauren explains. "This woman is as eco-friendly as they get. When asked if she would like a drink from one of her staff members, Sonya replied "just water" but was then quick to point out that she only wanted bottled water. We had a laugh and I knew instantly, at that moment that it was going to be a very fun day! Not only was Sonya so relaxed, easy going and friendly but she knows the value of everything around her. I could tell this woman knows the true value of being eco-friendly. An eco angel indeed."

Autumn Angel
It's very refreshing to see that the woman behind this eco brand is really living out her companies motto - Beauty Inside and Out.  


This month sees the brand new launch of Eco Tan's Winter Skin. The temperature maybe cooling down, but this winter essential is so hot right now - selling out completely in the first two weeks of it's release! Winter Skin is an organic daily nourisher that turns into a beautiful honey tan after a few days of application. Containing rose flower, it hydrates without hidden nasties.  Every ingredient is natural or organic. Winter Skin contains no synthetic ingredients and is certified by the Australian Organic Food Chain. 

Eco Tan. beauty inside and out

Eco Tan's exclusive new Winter Skin is available in a large 300ml recycled pump bottle. Retailing for just $29.95 it's available online and from leading health food stores, selected pharmacies and beauty spas around Australia. 

The new Winter Skin is just one of the amazing products available in the Eco Tan organic range. Their hero product is the Organic Rich Honey Tanning Solution, a professional formula that provides a golden tan that lasts for approximately 7 to 10 days. To maintain your tan after Summer try their Invisible Tan, a luxe moisturiser that transforms into a golden tan within 8 hours. Eco Tan's clever Tan Away Glove will help pre and post tan to exfoliate your skin for maximum results. 

 

Organic is Awesome.

Sonya is an eco pioneer creating an eco-friendly company that truly cares about the planet and most importantly the health and happiness of their customers. So why choose organic? 

Our skin is our largest organ. Sonya says "Research has shown a lot of what we put on our skin ends up in our blood stream." She created Eco Tan with everything that Mother Nature has to offer including the key ingredients rose flower oil and cacao (chocolate). The Eco Tan formula also contains avocado oil, chamomile flower extract, aloe vera and honeysuckle flower extract. Choosing organic beauty products creates a more beautiful earth. Organic products help towards sustainability. Producing products organically reduces the dependence on non-renewable resources in our environment. In other words one very happy Mother Nature! Not only kind to the earth but also to animals. Eco Tan is one of our favourite Kind Beauty brands being accredited by Choose Cruelty-Free for their cruelty-free and vegan tanning formula. 

Eco Tan. The Difference? Our Ingredients. Organic and Natural.

In this informational video (below) Sonya Driver explains how she started her company and sales team member Laura introduces the Eco Tan product range. 

watch video on youtube.com 


There's no doubt that this little Aussie eco-company has a long successful career ahead. With a determined, sassy and down-to-earth company CEO like Sonya Driver at the wheel driving this new organic brand, the sky is the limit. 


Eco Tan. http://www.ecotan.com.au  | Facebook.com/EcoTanAus 

 This is a feature article from our March 2012 Eco Glamazine.

a Wonder Woman is strong and successful, she always believes in the power of Mother Nature... She faces her fears and overcomes personal struggles with dignity and believes everything happens for a reason. She has the power to inspire others with her glass-is-half-full outlook on life. We admire her. Sonya Driver is a Wonder Woman. 

View our complete Wonder Woman gallery.