Organic Beauty View

For those of you in the Los Angeles area, you may want to hold off on your Christmas shopping for another week and a half.  The Los Angeles Times is hosting the Eco Gift Festival on December 12-14 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, where green companies gather together to provide a shopping experience that takes the guess work out of finding ethical, natural, and organic gifts.  This event was created to take the stress and hassle out of Christmas shopping for eco-minded customers, and it houses over 200 companies, such as Josie Maran cosmetics, that are committed to ethical practices and environmental sustainability. These companies offer an array of one of a kind, natural, and organic gifts, so that customers can satisfy their shopping needs while doing their conscience a favor.  Shoppers can also visit the food court for a delicious smorgasbord of organic food and goodies, or even watch one of the many musicians featured. Best of all, the Eco Gift Festival is dedicated to being a zero-waste function, and last year alone they were able to reposition 93% of all garbage into recycling and composting programs.   For  more information, go to www.ecogift.com.