BY JULIE GABRIEL, updated June 18, 2012

Suzan West Kurz is the President of Dr. Hauschka Beauty and a long-time advocate of organic and biodynamic farming and skincare.

What is Biodynamic Beauty?

Biodynamic is a shift in consciousness. It's a process of healing the skin or the soil as opposed to replacing the substance or relieving the symptom. Biodynamic agriculture practices a more holistic approach. Organic tends to replace synthetic substances with botanicals, but biodynamic asks, why is there a pest or a weed in the first place? There's nothing wrong with the weed, but this weed is telling you something. Biodynamic gardener asks, why is the weed there, where is the imbalance? If there are larvae on your broccoli, it tells you that there is something wrong with the health of the soil. So we would apply our biodynamic spray on the plant or on the soil to help it regain balance. Read more of this post