When it comes to summer sun, you know you should stick on a hat and cover your delicate skin as much as possible. Outdoor activities, fun in the water and the longing for a killer tan tend to hinder your good beauty intentions somewhat. One area where you don’t skimp, though, is on sunscreen. Hopefully.

You walk outside one day and just like that, it’s summer. Doesn’t that warm air and sunshine make you feel all glowy inside? Get that same summery radiance on the outside by giving your hair fresh highlights. But, you certainly don’t need toxic salon chemicals to give your tresses a sun-kissed glow. These three homemade highlighting methods will get your mane looking beach-ready (even if you don’t live near one) the natural way.

Memorial Day is a hop, skip and a jump away. That's a sure fire indicator summer, as well as bikini, tankini and one piece season, is, too. While you love romping around on outdoor trails with your four-legged best bud and diving headfirst into your favorite watering hole, you don't want your skin to take a beating from the surf and turf. Lucky for you, many types of organic skincare products will keep your best asset (aka your skin) smooth and supple this summer.

With flyaways, static hair and good ol’ windy days, sometimes your tresses just won’t stay put. Time to spritz on some hairspray, right?

Turning to a can of conventional hairspray may tame your unruly mane, but you’ll let loose a slew of chemicals into the air for your lungs to breath in and for your skin to absorb. Many everyday hairspray brands, especially anything aerosol, contain dangerous chemicals including phthalates. Instead, turn that hair “don’t” into a hair “do” with these homemade hairspray solutions. They’ll have your mane styled and under control, naturally of course, in no time.

Though we often hear that you are what you eat, perhaps we don't realize just how true it is, like literally. One of the clearest ways to see how good food is for your body, is through your skin. When you go out drinking one weekend, your skin dries up. When you eat too much low-quality Easter candy, your forehead breaks out. But, what about foods that you can eat to improve the look of your skin, foods that boost the collagen production of your body and help your skin look healthier, younger? Those are plentiful, too.

Warmer weather means spending more time outdoors soaking in nature's majestic beauty and charm right along with its annoying reminders of who's really in charge via those inevitable cuts and scrapes, bug bites and sunburns that get you no matter how much you protect yourself. Sure, you could lather up with store-bought skincare products loaded with toxic preservatives and chemicals... or you could make your own all-natural easy-peasy cure-all in just 4 steps for a fraction of the cost and none of the risk.

When inspecting the ingredients on your beauty product labels, “baobab oil” likely stops you organic beauty queens (and kings!) in your label-reading tracks. What exactly is a baobab anyway? As organic-conscious consumers, you like knowing about the ingredients that make up the products you slather on your skin and hair, especially the unfamiliar ones. Baobab oil may be listed on your products alongside other more familiar oils like jojoba oil, but how exactly is this exotic-sounding oil created?

When you think of formaldehyde, it may conjure up images of frogs floating in jars from your high school biology classroom. The truth is, however, that many of your personal care products contain formaldehyde or formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, and you may not even know it. And believe me, that is creepy!

There are certain corners of the universe where, despite even the most valiant efforts, the dry skin epidemic cannot be eradicated. Though the official figures are unknown, it’s no mystery that dry skin plagues dozens - perhaps even hundreds - of innocent victims every winter. Making matters even worst, many sufferers are beset with sensitive skin issues, as well.

That is, until now. Meet John: John Masters and his organic pomegranate facial nourishing oil.

You're taking big steps, maybe even some huge strides: You're shopping at local, seasonal, taking care to buy organic... maybe you've even started using homemade household cleaners. But what about your skin? Unless you were a chemistry major, about half of the ingredients on your body wash container probably make no sense to you... luckily, that's an easy thing to change.