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gorgeously green

Did you like my post about Alima? Were you relieved to find a brand of makeup without any of the ugly stuff?

Then you will love these two brands of nail polish, both free of Formaldehyde, Toluene and DBP and unlike most non-toxic brands of nail polish, they come in great colors!

Zoya is very affordable and boasts an impressive selection: 300 colors. I don’t know about that, but I’m in love with their Pulse Fall collection! If you prefer matte to metallics, you’ll be happy to see they have a second Fall collectiion, Vibe. I love that you can get sample packs with several miniature bottles, so you can try several shades!

Butter London is slightly more expensive but everyone who tries it seems to fall in love with it. It has been featured on InStyle, Allure, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, you name it. They have some very unusual but gorgeus colors (with some cool names!), as well as treatments, base/top coats and so on (check out the foot care). The coolest thing? They sell color packs based on skin tone, so you there’s no guesswork in finding the best shades for you.

I already told you about RememberTheMilk.com, but check this out: if you want something simpler, if you like to get precise directions and wish you had someone like YOU to do just that… or if you have a long to-do list and you get overwhelmed looking at all of it at once… I have the answer: NowDoThis! Input your tasks in order of priority and save – it will show you your tasks one by one, and jump to the next one on the list when you mark one “done”. And if you like you can add it to your Firefox sidebar.

As you know, I was very excited about Amazon’s Universal Wishlist feature – because sometimes people need a little (or a lot) of guidance to get the right present. But what to do if something is too expensive to add to your wishlist? (We don’t want to seem greedy, do we?) here’s what you do: create an account with ShoppingNotes, save the item you want and put the highest price you are willing to pay for it – and ShoppingNotes will send you an alert when the item is discounted at or below your selected price. Score!

And if you need a bit of relaxation, the Here Comes the Sun yoga festival (which I told you about here) is coming up, and I still have a $5.00 coupon available for online ticket purchases – just shoot me an e-mail! And if you need some yoga gear, check out the Gaiam sale.

Ahhh… ready for the weekend?

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… for the girly girls out there who are trying to be more “green”:

I just found out that Alima cosmetics has extended their sale until August 4!

For those of you not familiar with Alima, they make absolutely gorgeous, totally natural mineral makeup. Let me tell you why I love this brand:
1. Unlike mineral makeup from Neutrogena, L’Oreal, or the ever popular BareMinerals, Alima cosmetics’ ingredients don’t include any chemical additive, but really only minerals;
2. Unlike many all-natural mineral makeup brands, they actually have some really gorgeous colors available;
3. They offer sample sizes! That’s right, you can try as many samples as you like, even order only samples of various shades, so you can make up your mind of what colors work best without wasting money nor products!
4. You can send the empty jars back to them for recycling. If you send them 5 empty full-size jars you will get a FREE eyeshadow of your choice.
5. If all the above wasn’t enough, every package you receive will include a few FREE samples they pick based on the shades you selected as part of your order. As part of my first order I got 2 shades I loved so much that I included both in my order this time around!

Until August 4, you save 15% on your order if you use this code at checkout: SUMMER08. And if you order 75 dollars worth of products, accessories and samples you will receive a limited edition set of 3 full-sized eyeshadows.

BTW, this isn’t an ad. I just really love these products and I thought I’d spread the word. I think you’ll love them too!

I found this lovely brand reading Gorgeously Green.

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