10 ways to be a natural beauty: we've asked experts for simple ways to infuse your beauty routines with good-for-you, plant-based ingredients — while helping the Earth - Earth Month Special

Shape, April, 2003 by Valerie Latona

Lather Olive Oil Soaps ($1.50-$2.50 per ounce; latherup.com) are made with pure essential oils (and come in scents like rose-tangerine-lavender and lemongrass). Some varieties also contain cornmeal to exfoliate.

Uhma Nagri Organic Babassu Soaps ($24; uhmanagri.com) moisturize skin with organic Brazilian babassu oil. Each round bar comes in a hand-painted bowl from the Amazon with a natural sea sponge (single bars are $5 each).

Vermont Soapworks Swirl Bars ($3.69 each; vermontsoap .com) incorporate natural mineral pigments rather than synthetic dyes to produce their colors. Each botanical soap includes essential oils:

rose and geranium, woodspice, balsam or lavender. - Beth Janes simple ways to support earth month

Help stop global warming. With every liter bottle of shampoo/conditioner sold, Aveda (aveda.com) is donating $2 to its Earth Month partners (15 organizations worldwide dedicated to encouraging use of alternative forms of energy like solar power). Aveda will also contribute at least $1 for salon and spa services at some locations. Click on aveda.com to find a retail store, salon or spa near you.

Plant a tree. Trees Across America is a program that aims to get one tree planted for every American by 2007. To learn more, go to americanforests.org/campaigns/taa.

Help protect our rivers. Starting in April, when you buy a Tom's of Maine natural product (from $3; tomsofmaine.com), you'll get a coupon for 50 cents off your next purchase and they'll donate $1 to River Network (rivernetwork.org).

Support grassroots environmental movements. During April, 20 percent of the proceeds from each sale of Jane Iredale PureMoist LipColour in Toni (a dark rose shade, $17; 800-817-5665) will be donated to Earth Day Network, which helps 5,000 organizations (www.earthday.com).