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Video: Safe cosmetics update on Good Day Colorado. Photo Gallery: 40 winners of Delicious Living's 2013 Beauty & Body Awards. Sorting through hundreds of beauty products may be fun—but choosing 40 winners from a record-breaking number of submissions wasn’t easy.

Photo Gallery: 40 winners of Delicious Living's 2013 Beauty & Body Awards

Natural and organic body care saw an 8 percent sales boost in 2012, according to Nutrition Business Journal, and Delicious Living’s fourth annual awards were more competitive than ever. Beyond excelling in purity and integrity—essential for any Delicious Living winner—these innovative natural beauty formulations deliver the highest performance yet. Award highlights natural companies for purity, efficacy, innovation, and leadership. BOULDER, Colo. - Delicious Living magazine, a trusted health and wellness resource for more than 25 years, announces the winners of its third annual Beauty & Body Awards.

Award highlights natural companies for purity, efficacy, innovation, and leadership

Delicious Living initiated the awards to educate consumers—increasingly interested in health and sustainability—on high-performance natural personal care products that also support their ethos. Photo Gallery: 9 top beauty products from Expo West 2013. Green Your Routine. Top 10 Natural and Organic Serums. Deal of the DayThis list features the best of the best when it comes to natural and organic serums.

Top 10 Natural and Organic Serums

Learn all about the products that made the cut-and read up on what real live shoppers have to say about them! Enessa Argan Gold Elixir average rating: 1 ReviewTOP SELLERPRICE: $79.95 + FREE 1-3 DAY SHIPPING "I love this anti-aging elixir. About the Product: A regenerating formula to help strengthen and fortify your skin. Decleor Aromessence Angelique Nourishing Serum. Green Living - Health and Beauty - The Green Beauty Bible: fighting skincare greenwash. There was a time when it took effort and know-how to track down an organic moisturiser or shampoo.

Green Living - Health and Beauty - The Green Beauty Bible: fighting skincare greenwash

Now there’s a Neals Yard Remedies on almost every high street; supermarkets and chemists have got their own natural brands and mainstream glossies run features on how to be ‘naturally gorgeous.’ Over the last five years there’s been an extraordinary explosion in the number of natural and organic beauty products. When I started working for The Ecologist four years ago the scene was easy to keep tabs on. There were the old-school brands like Weleda (founded in 1921), and Dr Hauschka (launched in 1967) along with a string of small-scale pioneers making handmade balms and body lotions from a workshop in their garden.

Indie Lee. 2012 Beauty Awards: The Winning Beauty Products. Nominations open for Who’s who in natural beauty 2013. Who are the personalities driving the hottest trends and products in the natural beauty sector?

Nominations open for Who’s who in natural beauty 2013

Once again, it’s time for you to decide as nominations open for the industry’s premier hot list. Published every year in the Natural Beauty Yearbook, the list offers an essential snapshot of the sector – and best of all, it’s voted for by you. So, if you’re a natural beauty retailer, PR, practitioner, journalist or other professional, we’d love to have your nominations. Send up to five people you think deserve a mention, along with a couple of lines on why they each deserve to be nominated, to mchittock@divcom.co.uk by September 3rd.

2012 Organic Beauty Talk Award Winners. The champagne (organic) is popped.

2012 Organic Beauty Talk Award Winners

2012 Natural Health Beauty Awards. Announcing Our 2012 Organic Beauty Talk Award Winners. We’re excited to announce our 2nd annual Organic Beauty Talk Award Winners in the categories of Skincare, Makeup, Body, Hair, Men, Children, Fashion, Home, and Pets since we launched in May 2011.

Announcing Our 2012 Organic Beauty Talk Award Winners

At Organic Beauty Talk, we’re passionate about you knowing what’s in your products, caring what goes on your skin, and connecting you with brands that have the best organic, natural, vegan, and eco-friendly choices. This translates into us researching and trying hundreds of products throughout the year that are sent to us from around the world. Since we only review what we consider “best” or high performing products on our site, our awards process was tough.

But even amongst all of the great products that we get to experience, there were those that rose to the top and stood out amongst the rest. Face Best Natural Facial Line for Problem Skin - S.W. Makeup Body. Our Awards. Photo Gallery: 5 natural skin care all-stars. What first drew customers into your store’s health and beauty department?

Photo Gallery: 5 natural skin care all-stars

Probably increasing awareness about cosmetics’ worst chemical offenders—parabens, phthalates and synthetic fragrances—which all pose potential health risks when applied to the skin. But what will keep customers coming back is discovering that natural, nontoxic skin care really works. Companies are now focusing on the latest science to incorporate high-performance bioactives, such as plant stem cells, in their formulations. This approach is drawing shoppers’ attention: Natural skin care accounted for $3.2 billion in U.S. consumer sales in 2010, up 6 percent over 2009, according to Nutrition Business Journal. Put your best face forward by highlighting these research-backed brands on your shelves. The Best Green Cleaners. Avoid Dirty Ingredients The cleaning aisle of your favorite store is full of dirty tricks.

The Best Green Cleaners

Dangerous ingredients are downplayed—or downright hidden—while many "green" cleaners conceal poisonous contents that can damage red blood cells or cause cancer. Gorgeously Green. Best Daytime Moisturizer with SPF Kimberly Sayer Facial Moisturizer Because: I love that if you are already using a bunch of serums and creams, this moisturizer is so light, that it quickly absorbs, leaving no extra film or greasy residue.

Gorgeously Green

It has an SPF of 30, which is wonderful considering it just feels like a beautiful light daytime moisturizer. Best Soothing Day Cream Dr Hauscka Rose Day Cream Because: This had been a favorite of mine for over 2 decades. Love List: Luscious Skin Care. Hi Radiant Queen, From time to time I love to update my favorite organic beauty products. A few months ago I got the best gift ever! Annmarie Gianni sent me a slew of her healthy potions and lotions from her new skincare line. Ya know why I say it was “the best gift ever”? One: Because her products blew my mind (not easy to do). Two: Because her gift was unconditional. Note: Lots of folks send me products for review. Supplements, Nutrition, Recipes, Personal Care. How do you know which shampoo to buy or what moisturizer is really going to soothe your dry skin?

Supplements, Nutrition, Recipes, Personal Care. Hair is made up of a tough protein—keratin—and has a cortex that’s as strong as steel. However, the outside cuticle layer can be easily damaged. To keep your hair healthy, you need to treat it with the same care that you do your skin. Wash hair with care. Especially pay attention to the products you use to clean your hair. Avoid anything containing sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) or sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). Condition it right. Be smart about styling products. Avoid alcohol-based styling products that strip your hair of its natural moisture and lead to dry, brittle locks. Fight frizz. Award highlights natural companies for purity, efficacy, innovation, and leadership. Beauty.