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Clean Beauty Scene Podcast

Welcome to Clean Beauty Scene, the podcast for clean beauty, eco friendly living, and wellness!

Join me each week as I cover topics to help you green your beauty routine without giving up glamour. We’ll talk about all the latest clean beauty trends, tips, methods, and products to keep you looking gorgeous and at your ideal weight while treating the planet with little more kindness.

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I’m your host, Kelly Bonanno former network television manager turned Eco Friendly Lifestyle and Wellness Coach and mom of 2 teenage boys on a mission to make your cosmetic drawer and the planet a healthier, greener place. 

The green movement is growing. More and more women are realizing that toxins can harm their health but with all the misleading information out there it can be overwhelming and confusing, right? I get it, I’ve been there.

Is clean beauty avoiding toxins and using environmentally conscious products? Absolutely but it’s more than what you’re putting on your body. It’s a lifestyle; beauty from the inside out.

I am a firm believer that when you look better you feel better. On Clean Beauty Scene we delve into every aspect of wellness and holistic beauty.

If you want to live a healthier, more eco friendly lifestyle and avoid being greenwashed without overwhelm this podcast is for you. Listen in for practical tips and methods to reduce your toxic load without going eco freako as my son calls it. Clean beauty and wellness for the real world.

I bring you exclusive interviews with industry leaders, inspiring trendsetters and wellness experts sharing skincare secrets, wellness methods, realistic weight loss, intermittent fasting and nutrition advice as well as quality clean beauty recommendations for all skin types at every price point.

I take a very holistic approach. We’ll illuminate a variety of beauty and wellness topics helping you green your beauty routine, manage stress and anxiety, improve nutrition, lose weight, optimize your well-being and live your healthiest life while being environmentally conscious.

You’ll discover what works for those of us in our 40s, 50s and beyond. 

You have more control over your health and longevity than you can imagine. Let’s go clean, green, and healthy together. Be part of the global green beauty movement.

Subscribe and tune in every Tuesday. You can find Clean Beauty Scene on Spotify, Apple Podcast, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or any of your favorite podcast apps. You’ll glean helpful takeaways from each episode.  

Be sure to join my free Facebook group, Savvy Girls Organic World for more news, tips, and recommendations.

Have questions or ideas for episode topics? Comment or tag me on Instagram with  #cleanbeautyscenepodcast and… Talk clean to me baby 

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Aspen Apothecary Perfume Giveaway!

A good clean perfume is hard to find so I am thrilled to introduce you to Aspen Apothecary, a brand new niche scent apothecary creating clean, vegan CBD-infused perfume launching this week! Hear all about it on the latest Clean Beauty Scene podcast episode and enter our giveaway below!

Cofounders and BIPOC sisters Keta & Kaja Burke-Williams have set out to become the fresh, diverse face of fragrance and they are on a mission to amplify women of color. A mission I fully support.

These inspiring and impressive sisters had the idea to launch this line last Thanksgiving, barely a year ago! Keta is attending Harvard Business School as she and Kaja build the business.

The line is currently in the Venture Program at the Innovation Lab & the Rock Entrepreneurship Accelerator at Harvard.

Let’s face it, when we smell good we feel sexy and more beautiful. You may have your signature scent that you’ve been loyal to for years but it’s likely filled with hundreds of toxic chemicals.

Branch out and make the switch to clean perfume. Trust me, you can smell beautiful without dousing yourself with carcinogenic, endocrine disrupting substances.

Enter for your chance to win a beautiful bottle of Aspen Apothecary perfume to keep for yourself or gift to a loved one this holiday season, a tote bag and a private 1:1 virtual Wellness & Life Coaching Session with Kelly. This prize is valued at over $200! Use code CBS15 to receive 15% off any Aspen Apothecary item.

Aspen Apothecary is featured in Byrdie and has been selected as a finalist from 300 applicants for Tower 28’s Clean Beauty School. InStyle named them as one of the “Only Luxury CBD Beauty brands I’ll ever shop”!

I was incredibly impressed with Keta, I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with her. You will love my interview with her in this episode of Clean Beauty Scene. She explains the benefits of infusing CBD isolates into their vegan, Leaping Bunny Certified perfume and why they chose particular ingredients to create long lasting scents that are free of the harmful toxins found in conventional fragrance lines.

You’ll also discover what they hope to see more of in the beauty industry as ambitious, trendsetting, inspirational women of color.

Enter our giveaway for your chance to win:

Aspen Apothecary Moon Dust perfume is a Palo Santo forward perfume with notes of vetiver, bergamot, cedarwood and sandalwood, among other things! Keta describes it in detail in the podcast interview. 
You Smell Like Love Mini Tote bag $20 value
Canvas tote bag great for carrying books or Ipads and a wallet!
This prize is valued at over $200!
Use code CBS15 to receive 15% off any Aspen Apothecary item.

Follow Aspen Apothecary on Instagram                                             Follow Kelly on Instagram

Listen to the Clean Beauty Scene podcast episode with Keta on Apple Podcasts,  Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify or any of your favorite podcast apps and be sure to enter our giveaway below!

 

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Clean Beauty Scene Holiday Gift Guide

Hello savvy beauty! This blog post is the companion holiday gift guide to Episode 15 of Clean Beauty Scene Podcast. You can listen on any podcast app, click here to listen on Apple Podcast.

Please don’t head to the mall to get the toxic junk – you know the brands I’m talking about. Instead, give your sisters, daughters, nieces, girlfriends, moms and wives (and yourself!) healthy beauty with glamourous eco conscious products. This curated list gives you a wide variety of suggestions.

I love this time of year. I happen to enjoy Christmas shopping and searching for the perfect gifts!

Keep checking back, this list will be updated often.

I’m offering 20% off my coaching services and programs for the holidays.

Click here to enter the Aspen Apothecary giveaway!

Skincare

Niru Beauty Turmeric + CBD Mask Kit and Face Oil Gift Set for Normal/Oily Skin Brightening and toning Ayurveda face mask and nutrient-rich anti-aging face oil come pre-wrapped in a beautiful paper gift box. $65 Use code CleanBeauty for 20% off. I had the pleasure of interviewing CEO and creator Leena Roy on the podcast last month, episode 11. Listen to the interview on any podcast app and learn how her ingredients heal acne and give you glowing skin. Click here to listen on Apple Podcasts.

Indie Lee Discovery Kit Complete 3 step skincare routine includes travel sizes of 3 of their best sellers: Brightening Cleanser (the BEST cleanser!), CoQ-10 Toner and Squalane Facial Oil $29

AnnMarie Herbal Facial Oil  Handcrafted using organic and wildcrafted ingredients, balances, moisturizes and softens skin. $45 Use code GLOWING10 for 10% off

LoveGoodly Essential Subscription Box Recipients gets a box every other month curated with 4-5 full size products, focused on nontoxic, cruelty free and vegan beauty and skincare, as well as an occasional eco style accessory, wellness product or healthy snack. Pause or cancel anytime. Single Essential Box also available $34.95

Herbivore Botanicals Prism Exfoliating Glow Serum Gentle yet effective daily exfoliation with this new and improved formula of 12% natural fruit- and plant-based AHAs and 3% Willow Bark-based BHA $54

Blissoma Holiday Support Set Pure Sensitive Care Complex, Stress Relief Serum, and a Hand and Body Cream all in a gift box $75 (25% off). I’ll have founder Julie Longyear on the show soon!

Living Libations Frankincense Honey Mask Fortifying and skin nourishing $24.96

Skincando Miracle Cream Thick, luxurious hydrating night cream that has had a loyal following for over fifteen years! $12 – $70. I’ve invited CEO and founder, Sara DAmelio on the podcast so stay tuned!

Holiday Edition: 5-in-1 Cinnamon Cassia & Coconut Moisturizing Exfoliator Exfoliates and moisturizes dry cracked skin. Check out my Facebook live interview with founder Rene Bartosh here, learn about the line and how she created it after years of suffering from chronic, dry, cracked, often bleeding skin $20 & up.

Bella Vida Skincare Minis Gift Set Includes a variety of mask minis: Blueberry Coco Charcoal Mask, Pineapple Paradiso Glow Mask, Radiant Sunflower Serum, Coco Citrus Noir Purifying Cleanser, Pumpkin Pie Enzyme Mask $27 (nearly 50% off!) I’m excited to welcome founder and fellow SoCal resident, Erin Schmidt to the podcast after the new year!

Colorado Aromatics Razz Hyaluronic Acid Tightening Serum $16.85 You had me at tightening serum! This serum is wonderful and smells beautiful. Be on the lookout for an interview with CEO, Cindy Jones.

Makeup

Ilia Eye Love Clean Eye Makeup Set Includes eye tint, liner, my latest favorite mascara in a nice travel bag! $45***

Aether Beauty Amethyst Crystal Gemstone Palette 12 gorgeous eyeshadow shades $58***

PYT Beauty Day-to-Night Cool Eyeshadow Palette Love this, neutral but stunning shades $32***

Salty Girl Beauty 5 Minute Makeup Kit Includes foundation, concealer, multi stick, lip gloss, and mascara in your choice of shades with a cute makeup bag $120

 

Earth Based Body Multi Purpose Lip & Cheek Tint. Sheer tint that delivers shine and hydration $22. Founder Nancy Sundboom will be on the podcast in 2021. Check out the gorgeous watercolor artwork on the packaging created by Chicago artist, Christine Arcus.

Crunchi Solarise™ Bronzer Every savvy girl needs a good bronzer all year round!$36

Kosas Mini Wet Set Lip Oil Gloss Trio Set of 3 best-selling hydrating plumping mini Wet Lip Oils $25***

Want my top 10 beauty secrets delivered to your inbox instantly? Click Here ? This checklist gives you easy, actionable tips that you can start right away to look & feel your best!

Body Care

100% Pure Coconut Body Oasis Deeply moisturizing coconut shower gel, whipped body butter, hand buttercream $38 (40% off)

Sway Trademark Dry Body Oil A luxurious body oil formulated with over 10 precious botanical oils and extracts. Customize and choose your own skin boost, aroma and toppings. Use Code SWAY@& for 27% off $48

Pure Haven Complete Almond Biscotti or Candy Cane Pack Includes dream cream (a cult favorite), candle, body wash, moisturizing hand soap, and body butter. Smaller sets available and items may be purchased separately. Limited Edition. $24.95 – $112.95

Hair Care

Innersense Organic Beauty Box Clean, luxurious hair care set that includes shampoo, conditioner, leave in conditioner and lift volumizer $56 (50% off!)

Pura D’or Apple Cider Vinegar Thin To Thick Shampoo and Conditioner Set Encourages exfoliation to the hair and scalp and locks in hydration. This is my current favorite hair care! $25.99  $18.19 with code Bf2020. 30% off all products with that code!

Nail Care & Polish

Lauren B. Beauty Luxury Nail Care Collection Long-wearing, chip resistant, vegan, luxury eco nail polish and nail care.  Use kellyb20 and get 20% off.  Lauren Berkovitz, CEO and founder was the first person I interviewed on Clean Beauty Scene podcast! She is featured on episode 11, you can listen on any podcast app, click here to listen on Apple Podcasts.

PRITINYC All That Jazz Collection 3 bottles in beautiful, festive holiday colors $30 I’ve invited founder Kim D’Amato on the podcast.

Perfume

Aspen Apothecary CBD Infused Vegan Perfume Created by BIPOC sisters committed to amplifying women $79. Named by InStyle as one of the “Only Luxury CBD Beauty brands I’ll ever shop”. I had the extreme pleasure of interviewing CEO & co-founder Keta Burke-Williams on Clean Beauty Scene podcast, you can listen on any podcast app. Be sure to enter our big giveaway for your chance to win a bottle of their beautiful perfume, a tote bag, and a wellness coaching session with moi! Click here to enter the giveaway!

Abbott NYC Exploration Set  8 unisex fragrances inspired by nature $28***

Stocking Stuffers

I always looked forward to checking out my stocking on Christmas morning! My mom… er Santa put the best stuff in there. My favorite was a big tube of the giant Bonne Bell Lip Smackers in six different flavors. Oh do I wish those were toxin free. Fortunately, I found a few clean alternatives. Lip Smackers will always hold a special place in my heart.

LaVigne Liminal Resilience Face Oil Poppy-infused blend of active botanicals that hydrate, nourish, and encourage resilience. This is the first product in their Derm Immortelle line $5.00 – $9.00 for trial sizes.

Pure & Coco Pumpkin Spice Moisturizing Lip Balm $7

Pacifica Wake Up Beautiful Set $15

Pure Haven Refresh Moisturizer With Pre+Probiotics $29.95

Lhamour Hand Butter from Pink Moon $10

Vertly CBD Infused Bath Salts $29***

100% Pure $10 Beauty Deals Tons of items for just 10 bucks… foundation, mascara, lipstick, lotion, powder and much more!

For Little Girls & Tweens

Get them started on clean products, their systems are delicate and still developing. Fortunately, there are fun clean lines for especially for them.

Prim & Pure Sparkle & Glam Gift Set $29.99

Lip Smacker alternatives:

Fatco

BellaBar Macaron Lip Balm Set

Pacifica

Hurraw!

Ladybug Jane

Beauty Tools

MOTD Cosmetics Pretty Perfect Essential Face Makeup Brush Set From Safe & Chic $77

Rodan+Fields Micro needling anti-aging tool and Pour Cleansing MD System that exfoliates, minimizes pores and extracts blackheads. Starting at $204

Mount Lai Gua Sha Facial Lifting Tool A personal must-have! $28

Skin Gym Rose Quartz Facial Roller $28***

Gifts For Men

Erin’s Faces Lumberjack Skincare Set For Men Face wash and face lotion $75

Pure Haven Men’s 4-piece daily skin care set includes shave butter, aftershave and moisturizer, body wash, and face wash $67.95

Bow Chica Bow Wow

Into The Wylde Wylde One Herb & water-based lubricant $11.99

Java Skincare Sexy Serum Stimulating and sensual caffeine-infused massage and lubricant oil $19.50

Province Apothecary Sex Oil $28***

Click here to apply for a complimentary consultation to receive some guidance in reaching your health, clean beauty and weight loss goals ★

Wishing you & your family a very Happy Holiday Season! 

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5 Reasons The Optimum Human Podcast Should Be On Your Playlist

Podcasts are having a moment and for good reason. They are entertaining, informative and you can find one on just about any topic you like. Since you’re visiting my site, it’s safe to assume you might be a bit of a health and wellness junkie like me. If you’re looking for a podcast that will help you live a healthier, happier life, The Optimum Human Podcast with Holistic Health Coach Brian McKay and fitness professional Klaud Petrulis is for you.

  • Each episode features a knowledgeable expert such as Chloe Gower​, Dr. Joe Tatta​, JP Sears ​(yes, that JP Sears, you’ve seen his hilarious viral videos!) and Chef Lance Roll​ to name a few.
  • Klaud and Brian have years of experience in lifestyle, health, and fitness
  • You’ll find informative episodes on health, fitness, nutrition, and more
  • They are committed to helping you live your best life with practical, real world advice
  • The episodes are interesting and motivating; you are sure to learn something
  • Brian and Klaud are super sweet, fun & witty! (that’s my bonus reason you should check them out ?)

I recently had a blast chatting with them about detoxing your world. I was very excited to be featured on their show, I’m proud to share the episode with you. We covered several areas of organic and eco friendly living including some of my top recommendations for natural products. It was a great discussion! Check out the episode here:

#038 – Detoxing Your World with Kelly Bonanno

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I Was Featured On The PassionBlueprint Podcast!

Ever since discovering the beauty of the podcast, I have fallen in love. I’ve fallen so hard that I will be starting my own organic beauty and wellness podcast very soon! Driving, jogging, on the elliptical, folding laundry? Grab your phone or iPod, pop one on. You’ll be entertained, discover interesting new people and you’ll likely learn something too.

I was excited and honored to be interviewed by Derrick Kwa on his fantastic podcast, The PassionBlueprint. I am happy to have the opportunity to share my journey from network TV manager to mom and wellness coach. You can listen to the full interview here.

Episode 5: Kelly Bonanno

Each month on the Passion Blueprint podcast, Derrick interviews different entrepreneurs who share their tips, tricks and insight to inspire and help you pursue your passion. His interview technique was very natural, he asked questions that got to the heart of my ‘why’ as a wellness warrior.

Now that I have found my purpose and am following my dreams, it feels amazing; it just feels right. I’m in my wheelhouse. We all have dreams we want to see come to fruition.

Derrick is offering a 2-day interactive virtual workshop this weekend, January 21 – 22 to help you follow your dreams.

The Bucket List Bootcamp will help you get started on the path to following your dreams. He has a line up of amazing guest speakers including Ailene Xu, Rachel Pederson, Arne Giske and more to inspire and help you hone in on skills to make 2017 the year you fulfill your dreams. Check it out here.