josie maran cosmetics

To celebrate Earth Day, we've invited Josie Maran to write this guest blog. The model, actress, and environmental activist has her own line of eco-friendly cosmetics, Josie Maran Cosmetics, and she's sharing some easy ways to do good for Mother Earth — while looking good, too. Take it away, Josie:

Healthy makeup would have seemed like a chore a few years ago. But now effective and healthy go together, and you don't have to choose one over the other. There have been some amazing advances in green chemistry that allow people to have amazing alternatives.

How To "Green" Your Beauty Bag

1. The first step is looking around your house for a bag you can reuse and turn into your "new" makeup bag. Even re-using an old makeup bag that isn't "organic" is actually the best thing you can do for the environment. Reduce, reuse, recycle.

2. Read your labels and keep the dirty dozen out of your makeup.

3. Less is more. Look for products that are multi-functional — or as I like to say, "multi-talented."

For Josie's favorite makeup items, read more

Eco-friendly Josie Maran Cosmetics is known for its soft, natural-looking shades. And until Thursday, Feb. 19, you can scoop some up for 30 percent off. All you have to do is log on to the Josie Maran Cosmetics and sign up for its newsletter to receive the promo code. If you're not a big fan of being on newsletter lists, no worries. It's easy to unsubscribe. Are you thinking you might want to get in on this sale? Check out my gallery below for some inspiration:

Photo courtesy of Josie Maran Cosmetics

As I wrote earlier, Josie Maran Cosmetics is a new, eco-friendly cosmetics line from the model Josie Maran. It features organic ingredients and is free of fragrance, parabens, and petrochemicals. The treehugger in me loves these ideas, but my inner beauty obsessive wants cosmetics that work well, too.

A lot of natural cosmetics I've tried just don't deliver good color or texture, but for the most part, that's not a worry with these products. In fact, one of them is superior to a lot of non-organic lines I've tried. For the full review and some color swatches, read more

Josie Maran Cosmetics has just launched! The model turned mother turned Dancing With The Stars actress has finally launched an organic, cosmetics line that's free of fragrance, parabens, toxins and petrochemicals. And to continue the eco-friendliness, it has biodegradable packaging.

Maran grew up in Northern California and had a "green" upbringing. After having a little girl of her own (Rumi, two years old), she wanted to get involved with an environmentally conscious project. Since she has ten years with Maybelline under her belt as well as countless magazine and runway appearances, Josie knows a thing or two about makeup.

Her goal was to create products that brighten your complexion without clogging your pores. The formulas are very lightweight, they contain high quantities of color pigment, and each of the products have been screened through the Environmental Working Group to ensure they are organically sound.

To learn more about the collection and details for purchase, read more

Remember when I told you that model Josie Maran is launching a natural cosmetics line this fall? Well, I've found some more information, and now I'm looking forward to trying it even more than I already was. According to WWD, the 70-piece line will range in price from $16 to $42, and every product is free of parabens, toxins and petrochemicals:

"As a result, the final ingredients list reads almost like a baking recipe. Products contain various combinations of corn starch, cocoa butter, pomegranate oil, jojoba, avocado oil, olive oil, coconut and soybean, to name a few."

Now, I know a few of you are thinking, "That's all fine, Bella, but will I actually want to buy the stuff?" Fair enough! To find out about the color cosmetics, just read more

If you've seen a Maybelline ad during the past decade, chances are it probably starred Josie Maran, who represented the makeup giant for nearly ten years. The 29-year-old is now entering a different part of the cosmetics business with Josie Maran Cosmetics, a line of eco-friendly, toxin-free luxury makeup. It incorporates tricks she learned from makeup artists over the years, says Josie on her website:

"What most women don't realize is that when models and actresses look fresh-faced and makeup-free, it's because they know exactly how to apply their makeup to make it look that way."

Josie Maran Cosmetics will be available at Barneys New York stores in September. To check out what the biodegradable packaging looks like (it's super-cute!), just read more