beauty & body AWARDS S
Delicious Living’s 2013
orting through hundreds of beauty products may be fun—but choosing 40 winners from a record- breaking number of submissions isn’t easy. With
natural and organic personal care sales up an impressive 8 percent last year, our fourth annual awards were more competitive than ever. Beyond excelling in purity and
integrity—essential for any Delicious Living winner— these innovative natural beauty formulations deliver the highest performance yet. Among them, you’ll find upgraded time-tested ingredients and improved honest labeling—just two of many reasons these products top our natural beauty list.
BREAKTHROUGH COMPANY Veria ID
Personalized herbal products like Tighten Up Refining Toner (for oily-skinned kaphas) and Utterly Quenched Hand & Body Lotion (for dry-skinned vatas) give the age-old healing concept Ayurveda an accessible twist. Veria’s Ayurvedic supplements (Veria SO) further connect beauty and wellness. We also love: BRÖÖ Craft Beer Body & Hair Care for its creative branding and use of an underappre- ciated old-school hair care remedy.
BEST ECO-PACKAGING Weleda Body Lotions
New feel-good body lotions, including Pomegranate Regenerating and Citrus Hydrating, come in an airless bag-inside-bottle system to prevent spoiling—no synthetics required. Bottles are recyclable. We also love: Sororia Organics’ Lotka seeded paper labels that support Nepalese craftspeople.
BEST HAND OR NAIL CARE Mineral Fusion Nail Polish
Fiery Lava, Sunkissed orange-pink, Amethyst purple ... choosing from 30 nontoxic colors is the adult equivalent of staring into a new box of crayons. Vegan and free from formaldehyde, toluene, camphor, and dibutyl phthalate. We also love: Deep Steep Hand Scrub for using sea salt and shea butter to make you feel like you just left the salon.
BEST CLASSIC PRODUCT Desert Essence
Organic Jojoba Oil This luscious product debuted in ’78 but is equally relevant 35 years later with jojoba oil—a time-tested natural moisturizer. Plus, today it boasts the USDA Organic seal. We also love: Aura Cacia essential oils for leading the way in sustainable sourcing.
INDUSTRY INFLUENCER DO Naturals
Dolphin Organics’ innovative labeling clearly indicates which elements are natural, organic, and synthetic. The company’s new DO Naturals tween line strives to educate young girls by succinctly listing ingredients’ origins and function. Simple yet brilliant. We also love: W.S. Badger Company’s safe-cosmetics advocacy and mineral sunscreen advancements. ➻
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By Jessica Rubino | Photos by Erin Manning
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