Pamper yourself with vegan skin care from Lather

Lather has a line of luxurious top-quality skin care products that are paraben-free, sulfate-free and cruelty-free. Not all of Lather’s products are vegan so just make sure to read the ingredients beforehand (available on their website). All the products featured on VBR are vegan. And if you live in the LA area, feel [...]

Skin MD Shielding Vegan Lotion Giveaway!

It’s dry skin season, peeps and I know we’re all in the market for an awesome moisturizing hand/foot/face lotion… a vegan and cruelty-free one that works. I recently tried Skin MD Natural Shielding Lotion and it fit the bill. I had actually never heard of a shielding lotion before so I did a little research. [...]

Sunny raves about another scrub-a-dub-dub

Portland, Oregon is on my list of places to visit a.s.a.p. Why? ‘Cause those Portlanders (Portlandinos? Portlandians?) sure know a lot about veganism… vegan food, vegan treats, vegan beauty products, etc. Alexandra Avery Body Botanicals (Portland-based) is just another reason why Portalnd is so awesome. Alexandra Avery Body Botanicals are all cruelty-free and [...]

A rose by any other name…

Weleda is a pretty well known eco-friendly skincare company; you can walk in any health food store and find an array of Weleda products in the beauty aisle. Weleda has an awesome philosophy and their history  of being green dates back to the inception of the company. Weleda has been practicing biodynamic and organic [...]

Science + Nature = MD Skincare

MD Skincare, formulated by Dr. Dennis Gross, has a line of skincare that is not necessarily marketed as being vegan but it totally is. Many of these products have been featured in magazines like O, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle and a slew of other magazines, so I thought I’d give them a whirl. I liked everything [...]

Dr. Hauschka helps fight world hunger while they give you a holistic makeover

Dr. Hauschka Skin Care is pretty bad-ass on many levels. Aside from offering holistic skin care and makeup, they are doing their part to help end world hunger by donating a portion of their proceeds (when you buy a Dr. Hauschka trial kit) to Heifer, an international program which is set up to help [...]

Juice Beauty: organic, age-defying, fruity goodness

The female founders of Juice Beauty know that our skin absorbs 64% of what we place on it and they strive to pack the best ingredients possible into their products to help promote beautiful skin. Now which of the following sounds like a yummy facial concoction: Organic antioxidant rich raspberry and white grape juices, soothing [...]

Earthwise Beauty – Mother Nature in a Bottle

Earthwise Beauty is truly as earthy as beauty products can get. Their formulas combine healing herbs and aromatherapy with no extra fillers or additives. When I use Earthwise Beauty products I feel like I’m using the purest ingredients that Mother Nature intended us to use. Also all of their products are handmade and [...]

Pangea Organics – All that and a box of basil!

Boy do I love Pangea Organics for more than a few reasons. One of the coolest attributes of Pangea Organics is that their packaging for their products is actually plantable. I think this is pure genius – a perfect incentive to recycle, it’s fun and it makes me feel like a kid again [...]