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 If you're a regular in these parts you might recall my ongoing mission: Some people fight AIDS, some animal abuse, and my cause is banning plastic beads. (Well, actually, I do what I can for other causes as well, but I guess this one is my "pet.") Many moons ago I discovered an article in scientific journal Orion about how polyethylene (plastic) beads found in many products wash right down the drain and go on to harm marine life. Then I spoke with Scientifica about the synthetic beads found in their rather awesome, bestselling Raspberry Lactic Scrub, and because they were unaware of the danger these beads pose, they actually agreed to alter the ingredients, making the product even, well, awesomer than before (and restoring my faith in humanity). Now Slate has caught on and published an article on the subject, and they call out Olay's newest exfoliant and some other offenders. 
 Image via Pomega5 It's like the Americas just discovered pomegranates, and everyone's all, "Holy shit, have you ever seen one of these? They taste great! They photograph well! They're filled with anti-oxidants and stuff! Please sir, may I have another!?" And that's cool. You'd think the trend would've gotten a bit old after people were chugging that expensive juice all over the place, but no, the mighty pom continues its noble saga, and this time, it's showing up in your bathroom.
 Oh Weleda, you make me so proud. I'm always a bit partial to natural, organic lines, but despite its inherent crunchiness, there's something quite chic about this line. I just got my hands on their coveted cult product, Wild Rose Intensive Facial Oil, and it really is the dreamiest. Each individual capsule contains a blend of organic Rosehip Oil, nourishing Evening Primrose Oil, protective Peach Kernel Oil and moisturizing Sweet Almond Oil. Crack one of those suckers open, warm the blend between your palms, and apply it to damp skin and you're not only overwhelmed by the scent of roses, but the oil is light enough to give you that dewy effect without lapsing into oily territory. Sweet.
 Image via Terralina Awhile back we wrote about the all-natural skincare line, Terralina, and one anonymous commenter had this to say:
In the interest of being fair, the makers of Terralina had this to say in response, after the jump...
 Image via Pangea Organics Maybe it's all the organic herbal oils and extracts that do it for us. Or maybe it's the new level of earth-friendly business practices that Joshua Onysko, founder of Pangea Organics, helped introduce into the world of skin care. It could just be that we can actually plant the packaging and grow some medicinal herbs--the legal kind, anyway--on our windowsills (and may we add that our fledgling green-thumbs managed to get perfect little sprouts of sweet basil from the boxes). Hell, it's definitely all of the above.
Hello Erin,
First I would like to say that I absolutely LOVE the Product Fiend website. It has so much good information and so many product reviews delivered in such a fresh way. It's not only informative, but quite entertaining, Second, I would like to ask you for some advice. I am absolutely fascinated by organic/natural/earth-friendly and body-friendly products. I recently graduated college with a degree in economics and I would love to go into a field where I could use my talents as well as my interests to help create, promote, or inform about the practices and products I love. My interest really comes from hearing from my mom and grandmother how women groomed and beautified themselves back in our native country of Bosnia. It fascinates me because they always used only products that came from the earth, and judging from their old pictures as well as their youthful looks today, whatever they did worked quite well. I know the kind of products you deal with are not exclusively organic, but I know you have a similar interest in this type of product. I would appreciate any advice you may be able to give me on what the best way to get into this type of industry is. I currently live in Sacramento, CA. I thank you in advance! Sincerely, Emira My scintillating reply, after the jump...
BEING GREEN
04.28.2008
BY ERIN
 Image via Burt's Bees Burt's Bees' new $10 million-plus ad campaign highlights ingredients consumers should be wary of when purchasing beauty products. While I completely advocate using advertising as an opportunity to educate the public, I also have to cry "foul." Why? Because parent company Clorox, who recently purchased the company for the unprecedented amount of almost one billion dollars (as reported here), is arguably one of the biggest corporate polluters out there. They just came out with their controversial Green Works line of supposedly environmentally friendly cleaners, but this hardly makes up for the fact that their corporation--which also produces Pine-Sol, Formula 409, Liquid Plumr, and Glad line of bags, wraps and containers, among others--is responsible for some pretty hefty pollutants. In fact, their alliance with The Sierra Club has stirred up cries of outrage from devout environmentalists, some of whom claim the revered club sold out due to payments from Clorox to allow their symbol to be used on Green Works products. Could "greenwashing" be at play?
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