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10 Best Natural Beauty Buys at the Drugstore

Natural beauty products can be spendy. Here are the best ones you can buy on the cheap

by Sharon J. Yi

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Nail Polish: OPI Nail Color, $8 Spunt says it's actually very easy to find drugstore nail polishes that are free of "the big 3," which refers to three extremely harmful chemicals often found in nail polish: formaldehyde, toluene, and DBP. Here's the rub: An April 2012 study published by the California EPA Department of Toxic Substances Control found that 10 out of 12 nail polishes that claimed to be free of these chemicals were actually not. However, OPI was one of the 12 tested and was free of the toxic trio. While nail polish is one of the farthest things from "natural," OPI is one of the safer options.

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Very good, practical advice. I'm a huge fan of the Burt's Bees tinted lip balms -- I currently own 4 colors. They're good alone, or to wear under other less-than-moisturizing lip products. The Lavera self-tanner looks like a product I might be able to use without my usual itchy reaction.

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