The PRODUCT Blog - Pure Ingredients for Gorgeous Hair

Sticking Around

Barrettes, clips, claws, elastics.  Yawn. 

Sometimes the usual suspects for hair accessories can be a little uninspiring.  Always on the lookout for more intriguing options, I spotted these hair sticks at Lucas Echo Park, part of a collection of implements for up-doing that stylist & colorist Nina Lucas has crafted, called PRIDE. 

These lovely, unique, hand-painted wooden sticks are a welcome alternative to the plastic claw.  Nina instructs that the key to securing your bun, twist or topknot is to make sure the first stick pretty much holds it securely in place - the second stick is "backup."

 

 

 

Mastering the sticks takes a little practice, like any new technique, but I've been using them for everything from low sideswept buns to high knots and relaxed twists - plus I find that when I take my hair down, it has a nicer shape than it usually does after being compressed by an elastic or crimped in a claw.  I'm hooked on these sticks ...

PRIDE by Nina Lucas, available at Lucas Echo Park, in Los Angeles. 

Little Luxuries

There's more than one way to pamper your little ones, and Beautyhabit has plenty of ideas!  LIL PRODUCT shines in this Kids & Baby Spotlight:

Keep it Beautiful

Earth Day is here again - 43 years and counting of celebration and activism to honor and protect the planet we call home. 

Did you know? ...

Earth travels through space at 66,700 miles per hour.  Its orbit around the sun is nearly 600,000,000 miles.  (So, we travel that distance, too, as passengers!)

In its orbit, the earth is tipped at 23.4 degrees; this axis is responsible for our seasons. 

Earth is the only planet in the solar system with plate tectonics. 

Breeze carries about 100 milllion tons of sand particles around the earth yearly. 

About two-thirds of the earth's surface is beneath the ocean. And Google is setting out to map it ...

PRODUCT is keeping it beautiful this Earth Day with a discount in the PRODUCT store - save 22% on any order by using promo code OURPLANET (ends 5/15/12).

HAPPY EARTH DAY 2012!

At the Corner of www & (dot)com

  Photo: www.abesmarket.com/abe-story

A visit to Abe's Market is a bit like strolling down a virtual boulevard that's populated with lively storefronts, unique wares and friendly shopkeepers.  A family-oriented e-commerce hub, Abe's brings a local feel to the worldwide Web by highlighting the people behind the goods.  If you're a thoughtful shopper searching for natural products, this online corner store is right up your alley. Folks at CNN, NBC, Good Housekeeping and the New York Times have all discovered an abundance of eco-friendly offerings at Abe's Market.  Some highlights:

• PRODUCT pomade, naturally.
• Adorable onesies and organic cotton clothing for babies & toddlers.
• At last count, 71 natural deodorants (stick, cream, spray, crystal, even towelettes), plus over 100 dental products.
• And a personal favorite:  Quinn Popcorn.  A word to the wise - it sells out quickly.

From PRODUCT & Abe's - Welcome to the neighborhood!

Found in Nature

Meet Ruby:

Ruby blogs about organic beauty products, and the companies behind them, from Toronto, a bustling metropolis in Ontario, Canada.  After giving PRODUCT pomade a go on her curly hair (that she sometimes straightens), she found that just a small amount helped tame the frizz of her front layers.  Now she says she "loves using it every day."

Visit Ruby Beauty Organics to read her full review of PRODUCT pomade, and to learn about other beautiful products from companies like Aftelier ... 

To Live and Groom in L.A.

It takes a lot of charisma to stand out in Tinseltown.  Ask Emily Wagner, actress, writer, artist and blogger (and Vassar graduate).  Groomed L.A. is where Emily shares her passion for all the accoutrements of living a Los Angeles lifestyle.  As a 'Beauty Concierge,' she connects seekers with the right professional stylists and treatments.  As an on-air beauty and lifestyle expert and consultant, she predicts and evaluates trends with uncanny precision. 

It is no surprise that a multi-tasker of this level would appreciate the versatile, yet simple, PRODUCT pomade for hair.  This from Groomed-LA.com:

"Out of the zillions of complicated hair styling products out there, we’ve found one that stands out for its brilliant simplicity ... A little goes a long way ... After quenching my super dry ends, I simply massaged the rest into my hands and cuticles, and - voila! - I left the house with soft mitts and great looking hair."

Click here to read contributor Amelia Glynn's Groomed-LA.com review of PRODUCT pomade for hair, and to see the latest and loveliest from the City of Angels.

Big in Japan, Born in the USA

Welcome to 2012. 

With this new year comes a new and exciting development:  PRODUCT pomade for hair is now in beauty stores and salons in Tokyo, Japan.  The pop culture-loving metropolis has a long history of embracing Western style, and beauty editors from top magazines are loving this latest, all-natural import.  Here, January 2012 editions featuring PRODUCT:

BAILA & GLAMOROUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Safari Athlete (!) & Sotokoto

beauty + conscience = cruelty-free kit

Makeup artists are very particular about their kits.  Go through an artist's kit, and you'll find that everything in it is tested and reliable.  In the case of New York-based makeup artist Gayle Carbajal, it's also cruelty-free.

Compassion for our four-legged, feathered and furry friends motivated Ms. Carbajal to remove all animal-tested products from her working kit - and 'cruelty-free kit' was born.

After adding a jar of PRODUCT to her kinder, gentler selection of beauty tools, Gayle says, "I'm absolutely smitten with this pomade, and I can't reccommend it strongly enough!"  As far as we're concerned, PRODUCT is in good company.

Here's how Gayle put PRODUCT to use:

"Pop this little jar of pomade into your set bag, purse or backpack to texturize hair, smooth split ends, tame fly-aways and unruly eyebrows (I’m looking at you, men!).  PRODUCT leaves a healthy sheen, so this works perfectly to condition lips and skin ... The secret of PRODUCT’s multi-tasking genius lies in the simplicity of its pure formula."

five natural ingredients + one makeup pro = simply stunning

Deck the Halls, and Stuff Some Stockings

Happy holidays!  We're in the thick of gift-giving season and Ecobold has some "green" suggestions to shrink your shopping list's carbon footprint.  Welcome to the Ecobold Holiday Gift Guide ...

Steffany, Ecobold's fearless leader in planet-friendly commerce, gives a glimpse of seven clean, non-toxic gift ideas for the season - and even manages to mix in some eco-education!

Natural products are a nice way to show someone you care - about them and about important issues like resource conservation and sustainability ...

So check out Ecobold for today's special holiday offers, and give the gift that keeps on giving - a healthy planet!

 

 

 

Purity is in the Details

Specific information is often helpful, in life as in online beauty reviews. 

Example:  pure: a healthy makeup blog.  Reviews and recommendations found on pure are well-rounded and wonderfully specific - you will learn the best angle for application using a certain brush, and be able to view lip and eye colors in 'real life' in the photo "swatches." 

Being privy to these details can make the experience of using a product go much more smoothly.  After all, with makeup and styling you first need to know what look you're going for, and you then need to know how to get it.

Considering the thorough and unvarnished, tell-it-like-it-is tone of pure: a healthy makeup blog, it's rewarding to see that PRODUCT pomade for hair is at the top of the list of early fall favorites.  It's a diverse group, from bronzer to brow defining cream, and all of the selections are, of course, pure.  PRODUCT also got it's own, more detailed review on the blog - here, some excerpts:

"Its primary use is as a hair pomade.  You use it by taking a small amount, warming it between your fingers, and running it through your hair.  This will help smooth out any frizz.  What is really amazing is how much it softens and moisturizes." 

"Because all of the ingredients are natural and moisturizing, it can also be used as a lip balm ... it just melts right into the lips ... this is now my go-to balm and it comes with me pretty much everywhere.  It's so convenient to have one product for hair, lips, or even dry hands and cuticles."

You can check out the full review for more about why PRODUCT is one of pure blogger Mary's "all time favority beauty finds" - enjoy the clever opening!  And add some pure beauty into the mix this fall ...

photo:  Just chaos/Flickr