Green Options

Terri Bly presents the First Annual Emerald Awards. Bly assembled a panel of top green beauty experts who provided their picks for the best of truly natural cosmetics and beauty products. The Best Natural Mascara is the first in a series of installments, so stay tuned for more awards!

Terri Bly, president of The Nature of Beauty, presents tips from makeup artist Jessa Blades on how to get the most out of rms beauty, the newly launched organic cosmetics line from celebrity makeup artist Rose Marie Swift.

Founder of Blades Natural Beauty, Jessa Blades is a natural makeup artist who works on photo shoots and fashion shows, helps brides looks their best on their big day and provides natural beauty consultation to a variety of clientele in New York City.  Last month she worked with celebrity makeup artist, Rose-Marie Swift at Fashion Week and is featured this month in Glamour magazine’s 70^th anniversary issue along with 69 other female eco-achievers.  She also works with Teens Turning Green and Project Green Prom. 

She believes we don’t have to sacrifice health for beauty and is intimately in-the-know about products that perform, yet won’t pollute our bodies.  “People are outraged when it comes to animal testing for cosmetics and I’m against it, but what about human testing?  Companies have been testing their products on women for years!!”