I stopped at my local Walgreens today to pick up a new hair clip since the teeth on my old one finally gave out.

I was grabbing a two pack of Scrunci hair clips and spotted for the same price a two pack of 100% recycled Scrunci eco clips. The recycled hair clips have the same quality and hold that we come to expect from Scrunci and are a product I would highly recommend.

Scrunci has some other great eco friendly and environmentally conscious products out now as well including bamboo hair elastics and much more! I love their slogan on the eco products too, “Use your head, save the planet” cute!

All of the Scrunci eco and bamboo products are very comparable in price to the non eco-conscious products they produce; so consider switching the next time you need to pick up new hair products.  We as consumers need to put our money where our mouths are and buy eco when we spout eco!

These clips and elastics make great green stocking stuffers for the upcoming holiday season as well!

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Scrunci Eco Hair Clips, Elastics and More Hair Products

Valentines day is less than a month away, if you’re shopping for your environmentally conscious girlfriend or you want to look sexy for you eco-hero boyfriend this is the Valentines Day to do sexy right - by the earth’s standards.

Here’s our top picks for Valentines Day 2009 - Be sure to order your Internet purchases early to ensure delivery by Saturday, February 14th 2008!

BambooDreams Cleo Gown by DreamSacks, Inc

This lovely nightgown is an empire waist, tank top that comes just above the knees. Made from 85% pesticide free bamboo - a sustainable and renewable resource. A beautiful cozy nightgown is a great deviation from PJ pants and will get much more wear for you dollar! Make every night as sexy as Valentines Day! Available in 6 colors, from small to x-large.

Price: $57 USD
Available from Dreamsack.com

Perfectly Imperfect Organic Cotton Lace Nighty

A beautiful imperfect gown - it’s fitted through the bodice with adjustable straps. Made from 90% Organic cotton the contrasting lace adds beautiful detail in numerous shades. The line is inspired by the wabi sabi way of life, an ancient Chinese philosophy for thos who like fresh simplicity and rustic natural beauty. Available in 5 colors, from small to large.

Price: $62 USD
Available from TheGreenLoop.com

O Girl Babydoll

Soft, delicate with all the bows, frills and lace a girl loves. An eco-conscious girl will love that it’s 100% Organic cotton jersey. As seen in Lucky Magazine in December 2008. Available in 2 colors, from small to large.

Price: $57 USD
Available from Eberjey.com

Mya Underwear by g=9.8

This hot bra and boxers set is made from ultra soft recycled white pine-tree pruning. Available in red and blue using low impact dyes. Sizes A-C and small - large.

Price: Separates are 38.95 / 21.40 ea. EU
Available from By Nature

Bedrock Betty Chemise by Enamore, Ltd.

How about some Flintstones for Valentines Day? This racy number is made from soft bamboo leopard print jersey with delicate details and a pink bow to complete the look. Get some animal on in the bedroom! Available in sizes small to x-large.

Price: 75 EU
Available from ENAMORE, Ltd.

Camisole & Boy Short Set by CEL Lingerie

This hot two piece is fair trade friendly 95% Organic cotton. The French embroidered lace accents perfect the pieces with beautiful detail. She can be comfortable and sizzle in this machine washable number! Available in two colors in sizes small to large.

Price: $155
Available from Noblivity.com

Sleeper Set

Simple can be sexy too! This cozy two piece sleeper set is made from Organic cotton with adorable ruffled edge accents. Available in black in small and medium sizes.

Price: $54 (marked down from $90 thru Jan 31) Available from Kaight

Lacey Set Handmade by Urban Fox

A sexy two piece - this perfect pair features wide lace details and a perfect unfinished touch. Adjustable or silk ribbon straps tie options at the shoulder and the lace detailed panties have extra tiers of wide lace across the bum. Too cute! All of it is sewn by hand using Organic cotton and bamboo blends. Available in sizes small - large.

Also check out their stocking and garter panties sets that would compliment the lacy cami look perfectly!

Price: $85 Cami set / $75 Stocking set
Available from Urban Fox xoxo

Green Knickers

These adorable panties are one size fits all with adjustable straps. They are low carbon, 100% recycled, with Organic cotton gussets. Each pair is unique and their site has a number of different colors to chose from. Each order includes an optional fair trade, recycled gift box. Guys, you can’t go wrong with a one size fits all gift! Just find a cure simple organic cotton cami to go with it and you’ve got a beautiful set.

Price: 15 EU
Available from GreenKnickers

Victoria’s Secret Organic Cotton Wireless Bra and Hip Huggers

Victoria’s Secret is starting to get into the Organic game and this new set is beautiful. In the past they have typically stuck to Organic cami, panties and shirts, but this bra is adorable. It’s refreshing to see them continuing to step into the Organic cotton apparel market. I own a number of VS Organic cotton cami’s and panties and i love them. I prefer them over all the other bottoms I own! There’s two matching prints for the set and it’s available in x-small - large.

Price: $26 USD Bra / $10 USD Hip Huggers
Available from Victoria Secret Online

More Ideas?

Got any other ideas, post ‘em in the comments! Don’t forget to find ways to jazz up boring lingerie you already own, a little lace, bows and some ruching will spice up any piece.

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Top 10 Eco Lingerie for a Very Green Valentines Day

I stopped at Walgreens earlier this week to pick up a prescription and found all the holiday gift packs on sale. Amongst them a green product that caught my eye.

I snagged a 5 brush set of EcoTools makeup brushes and bamboo holder for $5 usd in a post-holiday gift set sale. I’ve been using the brushes ever since and I love them.
Even when not on a super duper clearance EcoTools’ makeup brushes and bath products are really affordable. The powder brush is only 7.99 usd, the blush brush 6.99 usd and the eye shading brush only 3.99 usd.

I’ve use cheap drug store makeup brushes in the past and those end up in the trash quickly. I also own a number of MAC brushes that I adore and would highly recommend to any woman looking to play up her makeup a bit.

Even beauty blogs picked up on these great brushes earlier this year noting, as I did, that the brushes were not like those other synthetic brushes you’ve used before.

This earth-friendly brush set is packed with the 5 high-quality brushes you need to look beautiful.

What makes EcoTools Makeup Brushes green??

• Bamboo handle has a low impact on the earth’s resources as it is a highly sustainable plant that can grow up to 4 feet daily
• Synthetic taklon bristles are made from soft and pliable synthetic hair and are 100% cruelty free.
• Sleek ferrule (silver band that holds bristles) is made from recycled aluminum.
• EcoTools utilize resources that minimize the negative impact on the environment
• EcoTools (a product of Paris Presents) is part of the 1% for the Planet program

They often come in very un-green, PVC packaging and while noted in last months’ post on treehuger the company states they use the acid-free PVC packaging with plant-based inks intending the consumer will use it to protect the brush or a great case to use when traveling or on-the-go.
You can get a set of 5 brushes inside a natural cotton and hemp case. Which might be more along your green lines of ‘reusable packaging’ standards.
The gift set I purchased with the bamboo cup came in recyclable plastic and cardboard - so maybe in the future we will see this company use greener packaging solutions and let us buy a vinyl case on our terms only.

I can’t fault a company for not going 100% with their products or product lines. As far as I’m concerned it’s always better to start getting green then wait till it’s convenient to go 100% green. Do what you can - to go as green as you can - now!

More Info

• Learn more about ecoTools
• Buy ecoTools at Walgreens
• Buy ecoTools at Target

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Eco Makeup Brushes - EcoTools

Interested in updating one you you most used pieces of furniture to your new found green lifestyle? For about $250 you can have a beautiful organic bamboo desk!

It’s not the sleekest design I’ve ever seen and at $250 for a desk, that’s a higher price point than most of us would ever consider.

But consider the value behind the $250 before you decide if that is beyond your walet forever.

• Solid bamboo = desk is strong Bamboo is one of the strongest building materials, it’s tensile strength is 28,000 per square inch versus 23,000 per square inch for steel
• Tool less assembly The desk uses a tab / slot design to put the desk together like a puzzle, testimonials on the site actually describe it as fun to put together.

Don’t forget that a tab / slot design would be easy to disassemble. If you have to move you don’t have to move the big clunky desk the same way you have to move your dressers and couches - you can easily disassemble it and not worry about losing screws or weakening the structural integrity when you reassemble it in your new home.

Detail Photographs

This is a product I will highly consider the next time I am in the market for a desk. Bamboo is great sustainable and durable building material! I also like the way it has 7 additional (and optional) pieces to customize the bamboo desk to your specific needs. maybe you need a little more space, or you want to connect it to another bamboo desk.

You can read more about the organic bamboo computer desk at Abundant Earth.com

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Organic Bamboo Desk - Green Office