Have you seen those ads for Acai Berry juice? Something along the lines of “Lose weight like Rachel Ray (Oprah/Kelly Clarkson/insert non-twig-like female celeb here) with acai!!” I see them every time I sign onto MySpace and yeah, I scoffed at first, but there is a lot of truth to the Acai claims.

Acai berries are what is known as a Super-Fruit. Super-Fruits are those that are high in vitamins, anti-oxidants, and fiber. They are an almost medicinal fruit. I’ve tried a fair share of Acai products for review including bars, drinks, and a supplement. I’ve found the taste to be …read more

Josie Maran has you covered – eyes, lip, cheeks – with her new limited-edition Earth Day Essentials Green-On-the-Go Kit. All the colors are universally flattering and adaptable, in shades of pinks and nudes for face/lips, and a classic black liner and mascara.
Josie Maran’s award-winning makeup line features natural products that are free of Parabens, Sulfates, Sythetic Fragrance, and Phthalates.  All products are full-size, except for the Organic Argan oil. This  kit is the perfect introduction to the line and a great way to celebrate Earth Day every day.

Josie Maran Earth Day Essentials Green-On-the-Go Kit
A $98 for $48 at Sephora.com
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I love to read. Lately I’ve been reading about the environment, about getting my garden ready for Spring, about get organized, and about beauty. 
Here are a couple of books that I’m looking into:

The Little Green Book of Beauty: 250 Tips for an Eco Lifestyle
 by Sarah Callard
This book is part of a series on living a more eco-friendly life. It discusses issues like organic products, green packaging, animal testing, toxins, etc. In addition to The LIttle Green Book of Beauty, there’s also The Little Green Book of Shopping, and The Little Green Book of Home. 

The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource …read more

Beauty begins on the inside, right? We’ve all heard that and I do my best to eat a healthy diet, full of fresh foods. I try to include lots of colorful vegetables and fruits, which is easier for me to do than many people, this time of the year, because I live in California. When that gets tough (or expensive), I turn to supplements, but I don’t want to put a bunch of chemicals in my body either.
A better solution?  Agro Labs, has a line of natural liquid supplements that are easy to fit into a busy lifestyle.
I’ve tried …read more

Hello, I’m Michelle Smith and I’m going to be your Pretty By Nature blogger from now on. 

This is my second Beauty and Style Network blog – I write The Scented Life, as well.  In addition, I write  Dating Dames and Veggie Chic, also part of the b5media family. I love blogging and beauty and nature, so this new blog is going to be a lot of fun.
I plan to share a lot of natural and/or green products with you.  For example, this week, my daughter, Bailey, and I are using the Mannatech skin care line.  We are going to give …read more

From the Splendicity community, comes this week best in beauty, fashion and shopping.
FASHION
The Well-Heeled Society highlights a worthy Breast Cancer Awareness event: Shoes That Inspire, where you can buy a $10.00 raffle for silk Peter Fox shoes, hand-painted by Tracey Asai.
BEAUTY
A Touch of Blusher counts down the best 10 fall 2008 makeup collections.
Steeping Beauty has a low cost fine mist spray by Evian.

Now that we are in May it would easy to forget what’s been going on around here. Here’s a roundup of the best of the Beauty and Style Channel from April. It should make for a nice weekend read. I personally can’t believe that it’s already May. I have soo much to do and the year just keeps getting away from me. Oh well, the world just keeps on spinning so I should get used to it. Enjoy!

Aging Fabulous admits to having a beauty products wish list miles long.
Banging Bags is in possession of her new Dolce & Gabbana handbag.
Beauty Bento …read more

Our lovely Miss Shannon from Makeup Minute is due to deliver her 4th child any second now. And it got me thinking about how many new natural and organic sites are concentrating on baby care, and entering into the market of pregnancy care.
Erbaviva has a multitude of products for just this. Check out these luxurious organic gift sets, just for the Mommy-to-Be.

The Spring gifting season is upon us. We have Mother’s day in about a month. Then there are the numerous, wedding, bridal showers, and graduations. And when I gift, I give the gift of beauty, of course.
I was just looking over the Crabtree & Evelyn Naturals Products. The products in their naturals collection are made from botanical ingredients.
I have my eye on this lovely set of 5 body bars. In this Botanical Body Bar Collection are the following bars: 1 Cocoa Butter, Nutmeg & Cardamom, 1 Green Tea, Vetiver & Sandalwood, 1 Mango Butter & Cranberry, 1 Mint, Fennel & …read more

With open toed and backless shoes quickly coming into season, I have found myself concentrating on my feet – toes, and heels especially.
Over the weekend, I went to plug in my bubbling foot bath, only to find that it was no longer in working condition. I was quite bummed, as I had my evening of foot pampering already planned. So what to do? I made my own foot bath.
I took a really large stainless steel mixing bowl, and filled it with very warm, almost hot, water. I added a few orange and lemon slices to the bowl, and then went …read more