For all of our Los Angeles readers we wanted to tell you about a fun eco-festival this weekend in Venice. It’s the Venice Eco-Fest this weekend held on Saturday June 27th from 10am to 6pm. There will be entertainment, art, eco booths, organic treats, a bicycle parade and more. So get your green on this weekend and head to Venice and have some eco-friendly fun in the sun!

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Bones’ star Emily Deschanel truly looked eco-beautiful on the green carpet at the Hollywood launch party for our very own “Eco-Beautiful” book. Makeup artist Spencer Barnes gave Deschanel a fresh and fabulous look using products from eco-friendly companies such as ARCONA. Here is the info below directly from the site Beauty Girl Musings.

Spencer played up Emily’s gorgeous sea green eyes by creating a subtle smoky, yet luminous, look. he kept the rest of her face neutral and fresh, with a hint of a raspberry cheek and sheer raspberry shimmer on her lips. the overall look was inspired by Emily’s vibrant vintage dress and her own natural, glowing skin…

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Suki has an eco-fabulous product for all of us who want to not only cleanse our face, but exfoliate at the same time. It’s their exfoliate foaming cleanser ($29.95). It’s chock-full of great stuff like lemongrass extract and natural sugar. All Suki products are 100% natural, have no petrochemicals, synthetics and are always cruelty free.

Below are some of the benefits of this product:

*accelerates collagen turnover.

*diminishes the appearance of fine lines and deep wrinkles.

*eliminates excess oils and toxins.

Pick it up by clicking here.

Skin care is made easier with ARCONA’s Basic Five!

ARCONA’S line not only does wonders for your skin that can be noticed quickly when using their products, but they are free of toxic and chemical-based ingredients like petrochemicals, binders, fillers, parabens and artificial dyes. The Basic Five comes in various skintypes — dry, sensitive, oily, and more — so it’s made specifically to your needs. It’s simple and effective — perfect for the green girl on the go! The ARCONA states, “We know what goes onto the skin goes into the body. Therefore, we use only natural enzymes, herbs, vitamins and a scientific cutting edge delivery system to repair and restore the skin on a deep cellular level.”

Here is some more information from ARCONA:

The Basic Five is the recommended foundation program of all the ARCONA products. Designed specifically for your skin type, it restores the skin to its natural balance. Each of the products in the Basic Five work synergistically and are scientifically designed to fulfill a distinct transformational function. For this reason, we ask that you follow the program as suggested and do not incorporate other skin care products into your regimen for the first 2 – 6 weeks prior to consulting with an ARCONA specialist. After the initial period, continuing to use the Basic Five as part of an advanced daily ARCONA skin care program promises even fresher, more glowing and a more contoured, youthful appearance.

To pick up your ARCONA Basic Five skin care set ($198) click here.

We previously covered Josie Maran’s argan oil on Beauty Blabber. Many other beauty experts have been continually talking about its amazing results, as well.

Argan oil is harvested from the argan tree in Morocco. It contains three times the fatty acids found in olive oil and is 69% vitamin E. Allure has a fabulous article on their blog where they discuss the benefits.

In case you haven’t heard the hype, argan oil is one the latest (and supposedly greatest) beauty ingredients around—loaded with vitamin E and fatty acids to make you gorgeous in all sorts of ways. In Morocco, where they get it from the kernels of argan trees, people say it’s a cure-all for everything from zits to wrinkles to psoriasis. In our offices, we discovered its more immediate effects, thanks to supermodel-turned-beauty-maven Josie Maran.

To read entire article from Allure click here.

Pimples are something we all get from time to time. Many of the creams and lotions on the market might dry the pimple up, but they also dry the skin around the pimple, as well. When a pimple is inflammed a great natural remedy is coconut water. This will not dry out your skin and will actually feed it vitamins. Just dab some coconut water directly on your pimple and you will see redness and inflammation noticably decrease.

Many wonder how pimples form. Here is a step by step below. Sometimes knowing how they form is the best way to know how to fight them off.

*The pore becomes clogged with dirt, dead skin cells and/or oil.

*The bacteria of the pimple feeds off the oil in the pore that’s clogged and the pimple gets larger.

*The area of the skin that’s directly part of the pimple and around it gets inflammed and swells.

We wait all year for the summer! There’s nothing like getting out there and enjoying those warm summer days and refreshing summer nights. But, there are also some obstacles that come our way during June, July and August such as insect bites, sunburn, itching and more! There are so many products on the market that say they offer relief from these things, but how many of them really work? In fact, before any of those products were invented, people used natural herb remedies to help cure and heal. Below are some natural herbs that can offer some relief from what the upcoming summer months may throw your way.

Bug Bites: Comfrey

Sunburn: Aloe Vera

Itching: Evening primrose oil

Cuts or scrapes: Chamomile, echinacea, goldenseal.