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

The Green Behavior Yes to Carrots giveaway is about to begin!

That’s right Green Behavior is getting into the Christmas spirit by giving away all five flavors of the Yes to Carrots Lip Butters. It’s our first promotional giveaway so I hope you are all ready to enter and someone is ready to win!

Read more about this awesome product on our review last week!

The Prizes

Grand Prize

• Yes to Carrots C Me Smile Lip Butter (full sized) in all five flavors.

Runner Up

• Yes to Carrots t-shirt^[1]

I’m trying to line up a runner up prize if someone from Yes to Carrots will get back to me

How to Enter

There are two easy ways!

• Follow @greenbehavior
• Leave a comment on this article

If you are entering via comment be sure to include your e-mail address in the space provided or I can’t contact you if you win.

An Additional Note all current followers of @greenbehavior are automatically re-entered into the contest as part of a pre-registration weekend promotion.

The Rules/Fine Print

One entry per person, per e-mail address or twitter account. Winner will be selected at random via Random.org. Winner will be announced in the morning Friday, December 19th 2008. They will be contacted wither by email (for comment entries) or by direct message on Twitter and will have 2 days (48 hours) to respond. If they have not responded within 48 hours they are disqualified and a new winner will be chosen.

The giveaway includes free shipping to the continental US and Canada. International winners can either forgo the prize to another randomized winner or pay for shipping.

Contest runs from today - Monday, December 15, 2008 - Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 11:59 EST.

Giveaway haws ended - Winners can be viewed here.
A big thanks for everyone who entered!

Good luck to you all!

This feed comes from Green Behavior The specific article's link is: Soft Organic Lips for Winter Giveaway