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Look Beautiful with Bio-Degradeable Make-Up

Jenn Falik

Beauty and Style Expert

Biodegradable Beauty

From your makeup bag to your recycling bin...or even the garden? That's right.

Beauty brands are doing their part to save the earth by creating packaging that not only makes you beautiful, but ensures that the earth stays beautiful too.

Physicians Formula Organic Wear Bronzer and Blush

This new line breaks new ground with the launch of the FIRT EVER all paper compacts made from recycled paper and fully recyclable - when you're done with your makeup, simply toss into the recycling bin with your newspaper.

Interesting Stat: The paper compacts use 93% less plastic then traditional plastic compacts...if every woman purchased an Organic Wear compact vs. a standard plastic compact, 4,586 tons of plastic will be saved in just one year. $13

CARGO PlantLove Lipsticks - New Celeb Mom Designer for 2008

Introducing the first lipstick that fights global warming...The lipstick tube itself is not made of plastic - rather, it is made of corn! A corn polymer (PLA - the first and only greenhouse gas neutral polymer) that resembles plastic yet biodegrades in under 50 days vs. a traditional lipstick tube which takes millions of years. And the outer packaging is embedded with flower paper - just plant and it grows wildflowers! And, the shades were designed by celebrities who wanted to give back to the earth as well including Angie Harmon, Kim Raver and Mariska Hargitay. $20

Smashbox Green Room Collection

All Green Room packaging is biodegradable or recyclable and all products are made with environmentally-friendly formulas so it's beauty you can feel good about. Plus, with the purchase of every Green Room product, a Moringa tree will be planted in a developing country by Trees for the Future. More trees also mean less soil erosion and cleaner air and water for a greener future.

Pangea Bar Soaps

This organic soap is not only good for your skin, its good for the earth.

Consumers can grow medicinal herbs by soaking the box for one minute and planting it in about 1" deep of soil. The whole concept revolves around the idea of packaging having multiple uses and its life cycle continuing beyond its initial purpose. All of Pangea's bar soaps, as well as its entire skin care line is packaged in the seeded boxes. Bar soaps contain Amaranth seeds while facial care packages contain edible Genovese Sweet Basil seeds. $8