Padgett - The Green Beauty Rules: The Essential Guide to Toxic-free Beauty, Green Glamour, and Glowing Skin

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2015 Paige Padgett

ISBN-13: 978-07573-1870-2 (Paperback)

ISBN-10: 07573-1870-3 (Paperback)

ISBN-13: 978-07573-1871-9 (ePub)

ISBN-10: 07573-1870-2 (ePub)

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Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.

3201 S.W. 15th Street

Deerfield Beach, FL 334428190

Cover photo Don Flood

Beauty looks photos by Michele LoBosco

Illustrations by Yeva Babayan

Cover design by Larissa Hise Henoch

Interior design and formatting by Lawna Patterson Oldfield and Larissa Hise Henoch

This book is dedicated to my mom,
Diane, my first beauty inspiration, and
to my daughter, Marianna, who inspires
me to be better every day.

	1 | GREEN Beauty Pioneer
	2 | BEAUTY from the Outside In
	3 | ORGANIC, Natural, and Naturally Derived
	4 | The Nasties
	5 | TRANSITION to Clean
	6 | SHOP like a Pro!
	7 | The GREEN Beauty Kit
	8 | Paiges Top TEN Beauty Secrets
	9 | GREEN Beauty Looks
	10 | KEEPING It Real

Finally, a green beauty book written for the glamorous girl. If youre a person with discerning taste for glamour and beauty, but also care about your health and wellness, this is the book for you. Paige Padgett shows you exactly how to rid your beauty routine of toxic chemicals without having to make your own cosmetics or settle for substandard beauty products that dont work. No one is more qualified to show you how to be glamorous and green.

Paige has been my makeup artist for ten years. I have watched her go from being one of the first professional makeup artists to green her makeup kit to being a leading authority on chemically safe cosmetics. Her no-nonsense approach is straightforward yet flexible, enabling you to rid toxic chemicals from your beauty routine and still keep some of your favorite products.

Paige has been my makeup artist for ten years. No one is more qualified to show you how to be glamorous and green.

Prior to working with Paige, I had never thought about chemicals in my cosmetics. But Paige explained to me that just like toxic chemicals in food, toxic chemicals in cosmetics are just as harmful to your body. Since I was already eating organic foods and using chemically safe cleaning supplies and household products, greening my beauty routine was a natural final step in ridding toxic chemicals from my lifestyle.

Paige knows that women want to be healthy, look beautiful, and feel sexy. She knows that most women dont have time to do all the sleuthing she has done. In this book you benefit from her scrutiny of ingredients and claims. She has sought out quality products that are affordable. She takes all the guesswork out of it by revealing her favorite products and gives you enough knowledge and practical application so you can seek out your own. Paige will show you step-by-step how to green your beauty routine. She will empower you to make good choices for you and your family while keeping you gorgeous.

With something useful for everyone, The Green Beauty Rules is the green beauty book youve been waiting for, and I am thrilled to share it with you. Paige has been making me glamorously green and healthy for a decade, and now she can make you glamorously green and healthy, too.

Is it possible to be glamorous while also having compassionate consideration for our planet? Absolutely! For many women, greening our beauty routine simultaneously excites us and scares us. We want to do it because we know its the right thing to do for our health, yet we fear it because it may mean giving up products we love or have grown accustomed to over the years. Plus, with all the misinformation out there, it makes the transition that much more overwhelming.

Fear no more! I am going to show you how to embrace a kinder, gentler cosmetics philosophy, one that rejects toxic chemicals and animal cruelty, without sacrificing an ounce of style.

As a professional makeup artist for more than ten years, I have eliminated chemicals from my cosmetics and have helped others do the same. I have also redefined my ideas about beauty and let go of old notions about so-called premium products and makeup as a symbol of status. It wasnt always easy to work with a green kit, retain clients, and attract new clients based on being a chemically safe makeup artist. Who wouldnt want to use what is considered the gold standard of beauty products, offering the widest range and the most beautiful packaging? Not me and not my Hollywood clients either. But, with persistence and passion, Ive done it, and you can, too.

This book will challenge you to redefine your own ideas about green beauty. And the mere fact that youre reading this right now shows youre open to a new way of thinking. Thank you for being on this journey with me, and I promise to lead you every step of the way to greening your beauty routine. Youll learn how to make smart and sustainable choices as you move away from conventional beauty products to chemically safe cosmetics. Doing so will make you happy and keep you looking hot!