Pay Attention to Your Skin While Flying

As I sit here on my flight from Florida back to New York, I thought it would be the perfect time to blog. I travel a lot, it's a great perk having a sister who is a flight attendant. Thanks Allison. Planes are filthy. I read an article that made me think twice about everything I touch on a airplane. It said the seat back pockets are the dirtiest part, that second to the tray table. If you travel on the best airline, Jet Blue, you have the TVs at every seat. With the TV comes the little bacteria filled remotes on your armrest. Basically I sit in my seat, don't touch anything, and don't get up the whole flight. I could go on and on about other dirty parts of an airplane but let's stay on track here.

Let's talk about what you should do while traveling.....

1. Stay hydrated - one of the best things you can do for your skin during a flight is to drink a lot of water. Cruising at 36,000 feet in recycled air does a number on your skin. Whenever the environment is moisture-free (i.e. recirculated air in a plane) the air actually draws moisture from wherever it can, including your skin. I keep a glass water bottle in my travel bag. Most airports have water bottle refill stations by the gates. You can fill up before you board so you have lots of water for the flight. You should also try to avoid coffee and alcohol on the flight as it dries out your skin even more. This might be hard, especially since Jet Blue sells splits of champagne now..

2. Bring a hydrating mist - your skin produces more oil trying to battle the dehumidified air while on a plane. Hydration sprays will help absorb the oil and help the skin stay hydrated. Rose water helps hydrate, revitalize and moisturize the skin. My favorite is Cortas, which is a product if Lebanon and sold at most European stores. It's $2 and comes in a large glass bottle that i just transfer it to a smaller spray bottle. The Vitamin Shoppe also sells this Heritage Store Rose Water. Tarte also has great one, Rainforest of Sea 4-in-1 Setting Mist. A portable, multipurpose setting spray that primes, sets, hydrates, & refreshes skin while locking down makeup for 12 hours. It's important to spray right before you board. Spraying inflight is useless as the dry air pulls out the moisture right after its applied. 

3. Bring lip balm - low cabin humidity dries out your lips. The average comfortable humidity level for humans is 40-70 percent; most airplane cabin humidity levels are at around 20 percent. You should bring a chemical free, oil-based, lip balm that actually locks in moisture. Some great ones are, Dr. Bronner Lip Balm, Beautycounter Lip Conditioner, Badger Balm, and Eco Lips.

4. Bring hand sanitizer - revert to the first paragraph, planes are dirty. Bring hand sanitizer and use it often. If you must use the tray table, spray some sanitizer on a napkin and wipe it down first. You should also wipe down the armrest with the remote. Do you know how many fingers have been on that per day? Yuck! Try Dr. Bronner Hand Sanitizer or Everyone Hand Sanitizer.

Safe travels xoxo

EO® and Everyone™ Products

In 1995, Brad and Susan were asked to create five essential oils blends for Bloomingdale’s holiday gift guide. In a garage on Potrero Hill in San Francisco, they got to work. Susan and Brad soon became 40 people. They decided to name their company EO® for the essential oils that were both their first products and the heart and soul of everything they create. To capture the purpose of their vision, they chose the motto: Love Life, Live Clean. Today, EO® operates out of a San Rafael facility with over 90 employees.
EO® Products

In 2012, they took their ten years’ experience and launched a line of products designed for young people and large families who had little or no choice for quality, botanical body products. Everyone™ for every body was born. Everyone™ is fun, affordable body care made for every day, every budget and every body. These products are as gentle on you as they are on the planet. 
Everyone™ Products

At EO®, they research, develop, manufacture, and ship their own products. Over the last twenty years, as they grew from mixing blends in a three gallon stock pot to producing hundreds of products in their 40,000 square foot manufacturing facility, they learned a lot about the cosmetics and personal care industry. Because there are no certifications in the personal care or cosmetics industry for organic ingredients, they chose to follow the guidelines for food. 
In 2004, they became a certified organic manufacturer, certified by the California of Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF). 
In 2011, they became the first personal care company to be certified non-GMO by the Non-GMO Verified Project. 

All of their products are USDA Organic, non-GMO, synthetic fragrance free, cruelty free, gluten free, PCR and B Corporation. Their products DO NOT contain parabens, laureth sulfate, propylene glycol, polysorbstes, phthalates or artificial colors or dyes. They even provide a Green Glossary of ingredients they use. Transparency is important to them, which is why they put this comprehensive Green Glossary together to help you understand everything that makes up EO® and Everyone™ products.

You can shop right on their website or their products are sold in 2,424 stores in 60 different states/regions. You can search here to find a store near you. 

I love their story, I love their products, and I love this company. So "Love Life, Live Clean" and check out EO® today!

Environmental Working Group

I know I blogged about the Environmental Working Group, or EWG, last year but they made some changes so I wanted to share. For those of you that don't know about EWG, they are a non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to protecting human health and the environment. Their mission is to empower people to live healthier lives in a healthier environment. EWG is broken up into two separate websites, EWG for energy, farming, food and water, and EWG Skin Deep for cosmetics and personal care.

EWG Skin Deep is a cosmetics database that contains information and online hazard assessment for over 70,000 products. Launched in 2014, their staff scientists compare the ingredients on personal care product labels and websites to information in nearly 60 toxicity and regulatory databases. They rate products on a scale from 0-10, the lower the number the better the product is. Please check out the EWG Skin Deep website if you haven't already done so.

They had a Skin Deep app that you could download on your phone, scan products in the store, and instantly know what you should and shouldn't buy. The Skin Deep app has gone away, so sad, but what they replaced it with is even better. The new app, EWG Healthy Living, combined two of their most popular resources, EWG and EWG SkinDeep. Now the product health and safety ratings for 200,000 food AND cosmetic products are simply one click away.

Go to the App Store and download the app today, it's free!