From Farm-to-Face: Why I'm Obsessed with Tata Harper!

Those who know me know how much I love skin care products. People always ask me what I use on my skin and how come it looks so youthful. I'm about to let you all in on a little secret, I've been using Tata Harper skin careproducts for my face for a little over a year now and I'm in LOVE. I first came across Tata Harper's products through my gorgeous friend Denise Mari- owner of Organic Avenue. Talk about beautiful skin, Denise has been practicing raw veganism for years, before it was even popular. She's always on the cutting edge of what's hip and natural, and the real thing.

Tata Harper was an easy sell. We've all heard of Farm-to-Fork, well Tata is leading the Farm-to-Face movement! Her products are chemical free, made from plant essences that grow right on her lush farm in Vermont and the rest of her ingredients are wild harvested in a few special places in the world where the land is well tended with organic and sustainable farming practices.With anywhere from 6-29 active ingredients in each product this line is no joke. Tata is a trained chemist from Colombia who is living the dream. Since before I ever met the beauty maven in the flesh, I had a friend crush on Tata Harper. When we finally met at an Organic Avenue hosted event for her brand where I was a speaker on supplements and beauty we connected big time.

Most recently Tata served as a panelist for the Mama Glow Film Festival and she's a part of my forth coming bookMama Glow: A Hip Guide to your Fabulous & Abundant Pregnancy, which will be released in the fall of 2012. Don't let her teenage appearance fool you, the Columbian beauty is the mother of two and has carved out a space for herself in the fashion and beauty scene making organic, plant based, and natural skin care chic, not granola.

I can sing Tata's praises all day, so you can imagine how thrilled I was to come home to a beautiful care package from her yesterday. I opened the box that was packed with corrugated cardboard strips that looked like eco confetti. There was a personal handwritten note from Tata that I've already put up on my "feel good board" in my office and deep inside there was her signature green velvet pouch with gold string containing her Deluxe Beauty Set. I'm like a kid in the candy store now because I LOOOVE pampering my skin and Tata taught me a self care practice that I can do every day. Her 6 step AM/PM routine for incredible looking skin will change the way you look.

Here are the products I use and go to Tata's site for more details and to purchase:

1. Regenerating Cleanser

2. Hydrating Floral Essence (like a toner)

3. Rejuvenating Serum

4. Rebuilding Moisturizer

5. Restorative Eye Creme

6. Replenishing Nutrient Complex

Once a week I use the Resurfacing Mask for my face, usually on Sundays when I can lounge and take a hot soak and relax. After the bath I use the Revitalizing Body Oil. Follow Tata's specific instructions on the site and you will sing her praises as I do. She's truly on the vanguard of making holistic beauty a widely embraced experience while maintaining total integrity in her product and practices. To learn more about my friend Tata Harper check out her webiste- www.tataharperskincare.com

Latham Speaks at with Tata Harper at Organic Avenue

"Tata Harper & Organic Avenue "Natural Beauty Workshop" 11am - 2pm"
Date: Saturday,20 November, 2010
Time: 11am - 2pm
Cost: $120
Reservations required Register now
Location: Organic Avenue The Space of LOVE* 116 Suffolk Street, NY, NY 10002
Description:

Join us for the morning session with Natural Beauty Inventor Tata Harper, Organic Avenue and experts including Tracy Piper, co-founder, owner of M.A.R.C Holistic Center, Licensed Massage Therapist, Licensed Acupuncturist and Chinese Herbologist and Certified Colon Hydrotherapist and Latham Thomas, Certified Health Holistic Counselor, AADP, RYT and Co-Author of “No more Dirty Looks” Siobhan O’Connor, Spirit Demerson and Christian Henderson, for a natural beauty workshop teaching you the latest tips and research for in and out beauty.

Tata Harper is an innovative new-to-the-market, beauty and skin care line using the word’s finest, 100% natural and non-toxic ingredients,handmade in the Julius Kingdom Farm in Vermont.

This workshop will provide you with the most up to date information and teach you in a very interactive way everything you need to be "naturally" beautiful. You will learn all the tools integrating the latest research on nutrition, supplements, detoxification, skin care products, regimens and techniques.

INSIDE BEAUTY
* Which foods to eat to enhance beauty from the insides. And which foods to avoid.
* You will learn easy to prepare recipes including different ways ofjuicing, and what you can do when you need something fast and on the go.
* Which supplements to take daily to support skin health, energy andvitality.
* Ways to detoxify your body for optimum well-being.

OUTSIDE BEAUTY
* Latest Natural technologies for real skin care results. What skin care products to look for.
* Which harmful ingredients to avoid and ways to find them.
* Skin care regimens and what to for your skin daily, once a week and once a month.
* Different personal techniques you can do at home
* All Natural make up application

Let's uncover the myths and get rid of the product clutter currently on the market and find out what is good for us and what works.

For those who want the answers from the team on the forefront of results driven beauty you will not want to miss this, their stories and easy to apply techniques will be revealed.
We need to learn the basics, RESULTS required.

Come learn about the best and most effective way to beautify yourself from the inside and out!

*Receive a Tata Harper/Organic Avenue gift bag.

GIVEAways:
* One winner will receive Organic Avenue's One day of LOVE* easy, fast or deep cleanse + Organic Avenue nutritional consultation.
* One winner will receive a copy of "No More Dirty Looks"
* One winner will receive a Nutritional Consulation with Christian Henderson.

"No More Dirty Looks" book signing with Siobhan O’Connor. Her book will be available for purchase at the event.

Advanced Tickets Sales only.

Ticket purchase required by November 19th.

Haute Mama Organic Skin Care

There is a new haute mama in town and she is hip beyond words. Tatyanna Wright, maternity lifestyle expert and green diva extraordinaire is the founder of Haute Mama a green lifestyle destination for pregnant and new moms. She also recently launched a new product line of all natural skin care for moms and babies. The ingredients are certified organic and the products are unscented. Tatyanna believes in using what's closest to what nature provides and her beautifully crafted and packaged products are eco-conscious too. Packaged in aluminum which is easy to recycle and light to carry. Check out her line and purchase her products at Haute Mama Online
Tender Shoots Wellness pick- Haute Mama's Jojoba oil. Jojoba oil mimics the sebum naturally present on human skin which makes it a supreme moisturizer. It promotes healthy skin and scalp.

Check out Tatyanna's videos and tips on eco-living at Haute Mama Online and check out her blogs at Greenista