Organically Happy Mother's Day

Remember when I first declared Jurlique one of my favorite brands? (I still blush thinking of my conference call with their CEO Eli!) With the highest quality ingredients harvested from their own biodynamic farms Jurlique makes the perfect gift for Mother's day. Since our mothers did in fact give up their vanity, alcohol, and sole ownership of their bodies for nine months to birth us, it's only appropriate to gift her with healthy, nourishing, beauty-inducing thank yous. Surprise mom with an assortment of Jurlique’s bestsellers in this beautifully packaged gift box. The special Mother’s Day set includes the Herbal Recovery Gel, Rosewater Balancing Mist, Daily Exfoliating Cream and Moisture Replenishing Day Cream. Enjoy!

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Love, from Madison Wisconsin

Girls, I've been taking a trip down memory lane lately and catching up with some old college friends. Madison, WI is home to my alma mater and also to the world's best beauty store, The Soap Opera. This adorable "Love" soap (on sale for mother's day) is made with organic aloe vera juice, Moroccan incense, and patchouli extract fragrance. Enjoy!

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Show Mom She's No 1 with No 5

Chose one from a set of four descriptive maternal characteristics and Chanel.com will deliver the corresponding scent to your alternately "Worldly and Sophisticated," "Irreverent and Irresistible," "Spirited and Exciting," or "Daring and Spontaneous" mother.

Being a kindergarten teacher who inspires young Maria Montessori disciples to dream often and big, my daring and spontaneous mother would receive the Chance Dare to Dream gift set.

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Let Kiehl's Handle Mother's Day for you!

Tammy at a Mom in Red High Heels would kill me, but I'm really bad about Mother's day. I love my mother very much and we talk once a week fairly faithfully. Luckily for her and for me she's in Isarael this year so I'm off the hook. In attempt to help our my fellow slackers may I suggest some Kiehl's?

There’s only a few days left! Here’s what Kiehl's has for Mother's Day:

Gardenia Hand and Body Lotion ($19.50), Gardenia Liquid Body Cleanser (15.50), and Gardenia Candle ($28) will be a wonderfully fragrant favorite for “just-for-her” pampering. All are available at http://www.kiehls.com/ for a limited time.

If you are lucky enough to live near a Kiehl’s free-standing store remember that any product selection can be customized into a gorgeous gift box.

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Mother's Day at the Chopra Center

The Chopra Center, in addition to providing enlightenment and spiritual development, is also one of my best beauty secrets. The package below is available for Mother's Day at their website.

Mother's Day Collection ($68):
Adara Ayurvedic Body Wash
Adara Ayurvedic Body Lotion
Organic Pacific Silk Sea Sponges (pack of 3)
Joyta Invigorating Candle
Relax 2 CD - Sublime Music to help you unwind and de-stress
Pamper mom this Mother's Day with a collection of Chopra Center products designed to permeate the mind, body and soul with feeling of relaxation and peace. Order before May 3rd and receive and additional 10% discount on all online products. Simply enter the code: MOM at checkout before May 11th.

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philosophy launches interactive website for Mother's Day

Philosophy is celebrating mother's day by asking you to share your mother's wisdom and offering abundant prizes in return. Wouldn't you like to share the pearls of wisdom your mother dropped at your feet and win her $1,200 shopping spree in return? If you really think your mom is the best you can add video and pictures and ask others to view and rate your efforts to honor mom. There are plenty of runner up prizes including lots of philosophy hair care, make up, bath and body products. Good Luck!

If you need an example here is what I offered as my mother's most valuable advice:

My mother never told me what to do. She explained that I had choices and consequences and adeptly used the waspy guilt passed on to her by generations of Swedish stiff upper lip types to urge me in one direction or another. Except once. Once I called home from college at the beginning of my senior year and told her I couldn't go on and that I needed to drop out. She said in the clearest words I have ever heard her speak, “I have never told you what to do but if you drop out of school I will cut you into small pieces." My mother is a vegetarian and saves turtles who wander into the middle of the road on a regular basis. I knew she meant business and she most likely saved my future.

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Clarisonic Skin Care Brush: Beauty Gone Green's best kept secret!

I had a playdate today with my lovely friend Teri of Beauty Gone Green and Spa Physiog. I got to try out the Clarisonic skin care brush and I have to say that it's now one of my favorite things. (I think Oprah said something similar recently.)

There is no longer any point to washing my face with out this brush. In fact I have one on order and will be updating you periodically on its long-term effects. Three years ago when I started seeing Teri at Spa Physiog my skin had every ailment that the Clarisonic treats: rosacea, breakouts, blackheads, large pores, and fine lines. We noticed today that in three years, with regular facials, peels, and use of high quality products, my skin has totally changed. But it's far from perfect and I'm looking forward to further improvements (reduced pore size and no more blackheads!) from the Clarisonic. The brush uses sonic vibration to remove 6 times more makeup, oil and dirt, as compared to a regular facial cleansing. After using this brush for a minute and half my skin was as soft as a baby's bum and it absorbed product like an actual sea sponge. With all the money women spend on product, we might as well be getting the maximum benefit available and that's not possible until after using this brush. I wouldn't have really believed that unless I tried it today but it's true. All the moisturizer, cleanser, toner, and masques could be doing a lot more for me if I just let the Clairsonic remove the junk that's in the way first. It reminds me of a metaphor I once heard. If I try to paint a new painting on an old canvas, the old paint will always eventually bleed through. The Clarisonic makes a new canvas out of every face. Mine was glowing and healthy all day.

AND Beauty Gone Green has a batch of pink Clarisonics to benefit breast cancer research (just in time for Mother's Day)! The cost is $195 but like the sonic care tooth brush, it comes with two brushes for use by multiple family members. (Apparently the Clarisonic is brilliant for clearing up skin and shaving problems for men too!) Beauty Gone Green also sells the individual replacement brush heads for sensitive and normal skin, Which means you can add a brush for each newly luminescent family member;) Click on the picture below to order one and Teri will throw in one nii-kii's divine lip balms for free!

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