SPONSORED GORGEOUS GIVEAWEAY: LEONTINE SKINCARE

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THE BRAND
At Leontine Skincare, every ingredient is carefully researched and serves a beneficial purpose in the care of sensitive skin and all types. Created by a team of scientists and skin care experts, our products have been developed with the most sensitive skin in mind.
When you choose Leontine Skincare for your skin care needs, you can be confident that our entire line is formulated free of potential irritants, including sulfates, phthalates, parabens, petrochemicals, and animal derivatives. What you will find are carefully sourced ingredients proven to promote healthy skin – pure plant extracts, essential oils, and botanical ingredients – and nothing more.
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The ‘go green’ movement has swept through most industries, and cosmetics and skin care are no exception, but some ‘green’ products may be greenwashed instead, says Kathryn Murray Dickinson of AILLEA, a new curated e-tailer site that makes it easier for us all to be green.
“Green washing is what happens when companies use sleight of hand to make you think a product is clean and green when it’s not,†she says. Perhaps it’s pretty packaging with tree leaves for decoration or the free use of words like ‘organic’, ‘natural or ‘pure botanical,’ she says. There’s no legal definition of ‘naturalâ€
TWEEN SCENE GOES GREEN
Concerned Mothers Create Natural Beauty Lines for Tweens
As if guiding their tween daughters through puberty, style faux pas and possibly a first kiss weren’t enough, entrepreneurial moms across the country have created tween beauty brands that eschew harsh chemicals in favor of natural and organic ingredients.
Quite independently of one another, these women developed product lines in response to concerns about traditional beauty ingredients that could be harmful for their daughters’ developing bodies.
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