Travel with Jurlique: Carry-on Love Balm

There is no way the TSA will even contemplate confiscating this .5 oz tin of perfection. Jurlique's Love Balm instantly soothes rough dry patches. In an unwittingly brilliant move I put this in my makeup bag while packing for yesterday's flight. Midflight with my knees forcibly smashed into the seats in front of me I somehow yogini-ed my way towards the dry patches on both ankles and my right love handle with gobs of this Love Balm smeared over my index finger and it was instant (organic) relief. It's Beauty's SPOT travel must from now on. Enjoy!

Full Disclosure: Jurlique sent this to me for free months and months ago.

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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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Biodynamic Organic Staycation With Jurlique

Remember when I first fell in love with Jurlique and Eli Hallewell? If not, Jurlique is known as the Biodynamic (read: organic and then some) beauty brand that uses a different science, with dynamic results that transform our skin. They grow their own plants and flowers on a self-sustaining, biodynamic farm in South Australia , then process and formulate pure, effective treatments – from farm to bottle.

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, Jurlique presents it's first-ever Valentine’s Day collection. The gift set combines some of their most beloved formulas, including Rose Shower Gel, (the now iconic) Rose Hand Cream, Rosewater Balancing Mist (which Ms. Jessica Simpson adores these days!) and a Balancing Day Care Cream, which keeps skin soft, smooth and radiant in February’s frigid weather. Ideal for couples who can’t afford an indulgent getaway for Valentine’s weekend this year ( a really who can right now?) So plan a romantic and relaxing staycation instead complete with organic bubble baths and massages!

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Jurlique's Friends and Family Discount

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Sephora Makes Room for Jurlique!

The Sephora girls may not volunteer to pamper you with Jurlique hand and foot treatments a la Salma Hayek at the Jurlique Party but they are clearing out the shelves in their natural skin care section for the ultimate in organic skincare, Jurlique. I think Jurlique is now the only brand available at Whole Foods and Sephora. Well done!The Biodynamic Beauty Range will be available at 12 Sephora locations throughout California’s Bay Area, Central California, Los Angeles and Orange County as well as online at www.sephora.com and www.jurlique.com.

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Beauty's Product: Jurlique’s NEW Skin Balancing Face Oil

We've already talked today about the devastating news of summer's end. This year I'm determined to prepare my highly sensitive skin, but am I willing to go so far as to put oil on my face? Clearly, primping for the harshest season is essential but would you join the "face-oil" school of thought ?

If anyone could convert me its Jurlique, one of the great -love-of-my-skincare-life brands. Jurlique’s NEW Skin Balancing Face Oil is an all-in-one biodynamic primer that is formulated to help balance, restore, nurture and protect the skin. This luxurious oil penetrates skin deeply to help soften the appearance of lines and wrinkles, improve elasticity, guard against moisture loss, hydrate and soothe skin for a softer, more balanced complexion. Celeb-friendly Jurlique has been testing the product with great success on the likes of Reese Witherspoon, Mischa Barton, Vanessa Hudgens and Adrian Brody.

The new product is also a favorite amongst skin care professionals for its versatility and suitability across all skin types, even oily. Skin care professionals, including celebrity makeup artists, love treating oily skin with this product due to its ability to adapt to the skin’s natural oil production cycle, while maintaining moisture levels. Ok ok, so I'm willing to try but only for you, Jurlique. If a zit, or even a hint of a zit, I'm out.

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Jurlique's Biodynamic Celeb Fest

Remember when we were so smitten with Jurlique's Biodynamic Hand Lotion that we smothered it all over our entire body? Or when we swooned over our phone call with the Biodynamic king-pin CEO Eli Halliwell? Well from the looks of things, the celebs love Jurlique too.

This celeb studded Jurlique Biodynamic BBQ took place Saturday afternoon at Hillhaven Lodge in LA and celebrated the arrival of Jurlique’s NEW Biodynamic Beauty Range.
Film director and producer, Brett Ratner and CEO of Jurlique, Eli Halliwell were joined by biodynamic believers including: Salma Hayek, Rosanna Arquette, Paris Hilton, Stevie Wonder, Oliver Stone, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Gerard Butler, Francis Ford Coppola, Naomie Harris, Scott Caan, Jared Leto, Ileana Douglas, Claire Forlani, Nicole Esposito, Tracey Edmonds, and Sanaa Lathan.

Guests enjoyed an afternoon of relaxation and renewal with complimentary hand and food treatments using Jurlique’s signature Rosewater Balancing Mist and Rose Hand Cream, while sipping on Lavender Lemonade--specially created for the BBQ. The menu also included biodynamic and locally sourced food and biodynamic wine from Benziger winery.

Jurlique’s collection of plant and flower-based extracts, elixirs, and lotions are made from chamomile, calendula, lavender, and rose – hand-sown, hand-tended, and hand-harvested on its own certified organic, biodynamic farms in South Australia .

The NEW Biodynamic Beauty Range includes the Biodynamic Beauty Serum, Eye Cream, Refining Treatment, and Night Lotion. Each features a blend of biodynamic and organic herbs and flowers combined with potent naturally derived ingredients that soften the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and discolorations while helping to renew and strengthen skin. With continued use, Biodynamic Beauty encourages a smooth, fresh, luminous complexion and invites you to embrace every feature of your unique beauty.

Biodynamic farming can be considered “organic plus,” combining “biological” practices, such as organic methods of soil regeneration and pest management, with “dynamic” practices intended to attune the farm with the natural rhythm and the cycle of the land.

View more great Jurlique Celeb BBQ pics here.

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Beauty Blogosphere Bouquet

Spektra Beauty News is the authority on makeup application in my opinion. She finally reveals how to do the perfect summery bronze eye.

My friend Erika at Makeup Bag introduces us to Toluene and Formaldehyde free nail polish pens on display at Target!

Tammy at A Mom in Red High Heels writes another extremely informative piece on the re-vamping of Target's makeup aisle and by all accounts it is going to be the best new grown up girls playground in town.

The girls from Lucky Magazine's blog are in love with a hair product made from bone marrow. Read and come up with your own horror inspiring superlatives. I have too many to write down.

Sephora's very own bloggers, otherwise known as the women behind the curtain and the metaphorical wizards of makeup Oz reveal this weeks hottest launches.

I haven't been lucky enough to try Stella McCartney's eco-friendly skincare line yet but her website sure is purty.

I had the chance to meet Michelle from One Chic Mama recently and she is so Fab!

I love this slideshow from the BBC news on the work and legacy of YSL.

I'm also developing a minor obsession with Carla Bruni, France's first lady, but I don't know what to say about her look at the Funeral. (Probably she was ,you know, grieving and not going for a look.) Claudia Schiffer on the other hand leaves me with one clear word: stun-a. And yes I'm going to the less attractive after-life place for judging the attire of mourning funeral attendees.

Steeping Beauty is the best Latina Style beauty blog around. (She is also just adorable and very very sweet.) Get the skinny from her on how to win a trip to Australia with Jurlique!

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Jurlique: Brand to love!

Remember when I told you how I loved Jurlique's hand lotion so much that I decided to slather my whole body in it and marinade in the ensuing physical joy which results from soaking in organic, earth-friendly herbs and flowers? Well today, upon learning about their new Biodynamic Beauty Range, my brief but passionate physical tryst with Jurlique turned into a mature, adult (but still passionate) love affair.

During an informational webinar Jurlique CEO Eli Halliwell, explained their newest product line.

As a brief side note/holla to my midwestern friends... biodynamic farming is kind of old news to me because I went to college in the hedonistic hippy heaven other wise known as Madison, Wisconsin. I'd venture to say everyone there either is or has worked on an organic/biodynamic farm or knows someone who is currently doing so. It is also old news to Jurlique as they have been using biodynamic farming methods to produce their produtcs for 20 years. According to Eli and Google, however, the desire for biodynamic food and beauty products is exploding far far beyond the reaches of various Midwestern college-town utopias. I learned a lot from Mr. Halliwell today and here are some tidbits worth sharing.

1) Jurlique is the number one skin care line in Australia. Hands down, in Oz, big bad "chem" companies take a back seat. As demand for their organic, biodynamic product is growing so is their world-wide presence. They now have 15 stand alone stores in Japan and 11 in the United States. (I personally play with their products at Whole Foods.)

2) Biodynamic means organic and then some. Jurlique ingredients are grown on their own hand tended, hand-harvested farms. They are self-sustaining, harvested and irrigated according to the cycles of the moon, employ companion planting methods, and ancient crop rotation practices. If your skin care is made with this much TLC and earth-lovin' it seems impossible that your skin could do anything but glow with youthful radiance.

3) Jurlique's new Biodynamic Beauty Range has been tested and proven to get equal or better results as it's chem-packed competitors. Unlike most of the other products though, you will not find any Parabens, Mineral Oils, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Synthetic Emulsifiers, Artificial Colors or Fragrances in any Jurlique product. The new line includes a serum (if you only get one product get this one because it has the most bang for the buck), Eye Cream (I'm currently testing this one), Night Lotion, and Refining treatment. If you are a dedicated beauty junkie check out their ingredient glossary. So amazing!

And lastly I'll just say to hear a successful, intelligent, accomplished CEO talk about the importance of earth friendly products and his disdain for the words anti-aging when really we are just trying to enhance our natural beauty and that of the earth....well it was just reassuring that such men (and such a product line for that matter) actually exist.

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Jurlique Citrus Hand Lotion

Recently a friend gave me Jurlique's Citrus Hand Cream. I have tried it a few times on my hands and thought it was an excellent moisturizer and that the citrus smell complimented the thick creamy lotion nicely. But I didn't fall in love with it until this morning when I found myself inexplicably out of body lotion. By "out" I mean there are two full containers of lotion under the sink but they are my "break glass in case of emergency" back-ups. These back-up supplies still exist in plentiful amounts only because I do not use them unless I am absolutely desperate. They are full of chemicals and laurel sulfates that make me cringe when I have to put them on my skin. Call me a skincare snob but generally I like my products as chemical free as possible and this morning of all mornings, I need some extra lovin'. I have had the stomach virus from hell since Friday and after what my body has been through there is no way I'm applying white chemical paste under the guise of "reasonably priced drug store lotion" to my already defeated body. So I dug through the beauty-product grab bag otherwise known as my purse and came up with Jurlique's Citrus Hand Cream. "Perfect!" I thought. When my friend gave it to me she mentioned that all the ingredients are grown on a bio-dynamic farm in Australia. I knew this was exactly when my body needed. So I massaged it in from my collar bone to my ankles and it made me incredibly happy. I smell like the freshly cut oranges I used to eat on time-outs during lacrosse games in high school and my skin feels completely pampered and nurtured. Since this hand lotion did such incredible things to my skin this morning I decided to do some research on Jurlique. The back of the hand lotion tube says "A rich protective hand cream in the living energy of tangerine, mandarin, and lemon to deeply moisturise and restore smoothness, leaving hands (and in my case the entire epidermis) feeling soft and supple." The "in the living energy" phrase caught my attention to so I went to their website to see what this company is all about. I discovered that Jurlique shares my beauty philosophy almost exactly and the husband and wife team behind the label have been working since 1985 to bring everything from essential oils, to face wash, baby care, and hair care to others who want effective beauty-enhancing products that avoid the use of harsh chemicals. Jurlique ingredients come from two company owned farms encompassing 165 acres in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. This is where the roses, lavenders, and bio-dynamically sustainable products that eventually become my morning lotion grow and you can order their products online.

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