You're environmentally conscious, you eat organic and you're religious about recycling — so of course, you want to treat your skin with the same care. And you know what? It's actually pretty easy to achieve. You can even create your own natural skin care concoctions at home using DIY recipes, which are just as effective as store-bought products. Keep reading for some of our favorite natural skin care DIYs.

Yes, it's important to take care of your face — but you know what else is important? The rest of your body. Body skin care is a growing category in the beauty market, whether that means upping your glow factor with a great chemical exfoliant, going for a luxuriously hydrating body butter or even stepping up your in-shower skin care routine.

On an ideal schedule, we'd rise at dawn after eight blissful hours of sleep and participate in some meditation and light yoga before leisurely preparing for the day. In reality, we're often plotting our getting-ready routine down to the second, putting a mobile Starbucks order in as we swipe on lipgloss in the rearview mirror.

We all love a Thanksgiving table full from end-to-end with favorite foods, from cranberry sauce to pumpkin pie. But traditional Thanksgiving and fall foods don't only taste and smell delicious, they also make pretty fantastic beauty product ingredients.

When I hear the word "highlights," the images that come to mind aren't pretty. I see a woman with enough foil in her hair to wrap a Thanksgiving turkey. A guy with strategically placed strands of bleach — streaks, if you will — in his spiky, gelled hair. But when I see a salon's list of coloring services, there's an entire vocabulary beyond "frosted tips" and professional versions of Sun In that are a total mystery to me. We're in a world of ombre, balayage, and partial-foil-lowlights that may or may not be both weaved and sliced, but what does it all mean?