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It's difficult enough finding the right product for your skin type. Try being picky about your ingredients and the task gets even more difficult. The following are products and Web sites to keep every body and face green and glowing:

Aveda:
This company, whose slogan is "The Art and Science of Pure Flower and Plant Essence," was founded in 1978 and is the first beauty company using 100 percent certified wind power to manufacture its products. Find its products in stores or on its Web site.

Pureology:
This company makes some of the best shampoo for colored hair on the market and it's all 100 percent vegan. Find its products at salons or on its Web site.

Origins:
Origins is the go-to destination for top lotions and skin care. The company commits itself to the environment and is dedicated to product purity. An entire line of Origins organics resides at all locations with the slogan "You are what your skin eats." Find its products online, in its stores or at select department stores.

The Body Shop:
The Body Shop operates on five core beliefs: Animal testing is wrong, support community trade, activate self-esteem, defend human rights and protect our planet. It has a commitment to natural ingredients and sustainable development. Find its products in stores or online.

Whole Foods:
This isn't just your average food market. Whole Foods has rigorous quality standards for every beauty product it sells in its market for the "Whole Body." While not all products are completely organic, all ingredients are marked so it's easy to tell what aligns with an eco-lifestyle. Find the products in Whole Foods Markets.

Sephora:
If high-end is your product realm, top retailer Sephora has an entire organic and natural part of its site and lines. It includes natural and organic brands plus mineral makeup. Find products on its Web site.

Burt's Bees:
Everyone's favorite lifeguard lip balm comes with a commitment to sustainability and Earth-friendly methods. The company has set a plan that by 2020, all of its formulas will be 100 percent natural and its packaging will be 100 percent PCR/biodegradable.

Stay green and glowing people!

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Green Salons and Services

Tucson
Elements in Balance Salon and Day Spa
614 N. Fourth Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85705
520.623.3804

Elements in Balance Salon and Day Spa is an Aveda concept salon that only uses Aveda products made from renewable, sustainable or organic, plant-based ingredients. Herbal body wraps, seaweed and clay body masques and tourmaline-charged facials are some of the services offered.

Touch of Tranquility Spa
6884 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 150
Tucson, AZ 85750
520.615.9608

Touch of Tranquiltiy offers herbal steam therapy, hand and foot therapy treatments, facials and body masks. Check out their Acti Sea mud mask as a hand therapy treatment or facial services which include an oxygenating facial or organic back facial using organic skincare from Eminence.

Miraval Resort and Spa
16500 N. Lago Del Oro Parkway
Tucson, AZ 85739
520.825.4000

Miraval Resort and Spa embraces a "life in balance" approach. Recognized as an eco-friendly spa, Miraval offers body and skin care treatments using organic ingredients. Some featured services include a botanical facial treatment or a mesquite honey scrub and chocolate melt body treatment made with crushed pods from Mesquite trees, organic spices and sea salts, and blended with honey. The spa is also designed with an eco-friendly approach using Saguaro cactus ribs to create partitions, and natural ocotillo fences for additional privacy.

Endless Possibilities
121 S. Olsen Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
520.624.6280

Endless Possibilities is an Aveda concept salon and spa offering treatments like their salt glow bodycare treatment using natural minerals and sea salts to smooth and polish skin or an organic microderm abrasion treatment. Clients can also look for the Aveda aromatherapy facial featuring a deep cleansing treatment using essential oils to restore the look and feel of healthy skin.

Scottsdale
Agave, The Arizona Spa - Kierland Resort
6902 E. Greenway Parkway
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
480.624.1500

Agave at the Kierland Resort has a handful of organic services available through Eminence, an organic skincare line from Hungary, made from all-natural organically grown herbs, fruits and vegetables. Organic facials from Eminence, as well as scrubs and seasonal body wraps are the most popular organic treatments at this spa.

Body and Soul Spa
15090 N. Northsight Boulevard, Suite 107
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
480.368.0022

At Body and Soul Spa, clients can come in for an organic passion fruit peel -- a blend of papaya, pineapple and passion fruit that's high in antioxidants and great for hydration and exfoliation. More organic treatments include a four layer facial that uses an algae, green tea and fruit-based mask to soothe and hydrate the skin, and a "Slammin' Sugar Scrub" that uses an organic sugar scrub to buff and smooth the skin.

Paradise Valley
Sanctuary on Camelback Mountain
5700 E. McDonald Drive
Paradise Valley, AZ 85253
480.948.2100

Sanctuary's spa at Camelback Mountain uses Naturopathica skin care products made from natural extracts and essential oils, in conjunction with their spa services. Facials and body wraps are among the most popular services using the eco-friendly Naturophathica product line which can also be purchased in the spa's boutique. Recently Sanctuary adopted a resort-wide recycling program for glass, aluminum, paper and cardboard, making it a more environmentally-conscious resort.

Phoenix
Salon Phoenix A Life Spa
101 E. Monroe St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602.253.1879

This salon features an organic restorative hair treatment using Ojon's signature product from the remote tropical rainforests of Central America. The Ojon conditioning ritual treatment is made from 100% pure Ojon oil using environmentally responsible harvesting methods.

Glendale
Sibonne Day Spa
18561 N. Fifty-Ninth Ave.
Glendale, AZ 85308
602.843.8185

Sibonne Day Spa uses 100 percent Organic Eminence, one of several product lines used for in-spa treatments and retail. Facials, body scrubs and masks are some of the services that use Eminence. A seasonal offering available through December is their organic facial and foot scrub using “triple A organic” products, considered to be the highest category in Organics.

Chandler
Healing Arts Day Spa
5055 W. Ray Road, Suite 12
Chandler, AZ 85226
480.893.2826

Healing Arts Day Spa offers a spa facial by Ilike, an organic skin care product line created from organically grown and handpicked herbs, fruits and vegetables. Their Jurlique organic spa facial is another service that can be customized to hydrate and smooth out wrinkles using an organic product.

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