Organic gets Sexy at Number 6!

By Lorna

Wowser! Check out these new beauties from luscious eco lingerie brand Enamore.. and yes they are organic too! Now even the love in your life will have a reason to celebrate Organic Fortnight!!!

Enamore also do lots more eco lingerie...from a wide range of sustainable and materials such as natural silk, hemp, bamboo and organic cotton. Personally we're loving the eco- nipple tassles! : )

Check out the rest of the Pin-up inspired ranges here! 


Facts: Enamore organic lingerie: sexy as hell, organic and sustainable fabric. 

Number 7 is chocolate heaven

by Naomi

An ode to Green & Blacks.
 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love your velvety Ice Cream on a warm summer's eve,
devoured with friends, too moreish to leave,
I love to savour each piece of your Caramel bar,
eaten in hiding, too good to share,
I love your creamy Raisin & Hazelnut milk,
nothing compares to that texture like silk,
Your Butterscotch choc with just enough crunch,
is simply the perfect thing to munch,
I love that you care for your people and beans,
and I especially love what all this means:
chocolate delights that taste so sublime,
they instantly make me busrt out in rhyme!

Yes, at number 7 in our Top 10 Organic Finds is the wonderful Green & Blacks organic chocolate heaven. Organically grown cocoa, fairly farmed and wrapped in recycled packaging, available in stores nationwide.
Buy it. Devour it. Give it to your friends and family.

Facts: Green & Blacks chocolate: organic, fairly traded, recycled packaging, bl**dy yummy!

Soft and smooth... it's no 8!

by Lorna

Wandering London’s Broadway Market today I found an absolute gem! Number 8 in our Top 10 Organic Finds is Shea Alchemy- a small natural beauty products company who LOVE shea butter and make lots of luscious creams and potions from it. It comes from the nut of the Karite tree which grows wild in Africa. In its unrefined, pure form it is a brilliant skin moisturizer and healer- excellent for dry skin, wrinkles and eczema.

The butter is bought from a Fairtrade women’s co-operative in Ghana and mixed up with lots of gorgeous organic and natural ingredients: Acwellsyke spring water which they get direct from the founder Sally's cousin’s farm in Rockingham Forest, organic cocoa butter, aloe vera, calendula, blackseed oil, horse chestnut extract and apricot kernel oil, as well as vitamins E & A! It naturally contains no parabens, no sulphates, no petroleum products, and there is no animal testing. As they are a small company (and plan to stay that way), all the products are cooked up by experimenting in kitchens and this means there is no middle man and no store mark-ups! With products from £6.50- £25 we likee!

And with a glowing write up in Marie Claire this week, who are we to disagree?! "We’re a little bit smitten with Shea Alchemy’s dinky little pots, especially its organic geranium Intense Hand Cream. Family-run with lots of heart, every product in the small range gets our thumbs-up – and we reckon no handbag is complete without one of these hand creams hidden inside."

Buy online or at various farmers and green markets around the UK. Check out their website here.

Facts: Shea Alchemy: natural, organic, shea butter, beauty creams, no parabens, no sulphates, no petroleum products, no animal testing.

Nifty little number 9

by Naomi

Transeasonal is the new black.

With our ever-unpredictable climate, investment pieces that can be worn all year round are style saviours. So please bow down in awe of this heavenly creation by Annie Greenabelle, which is number 9 in our Top 10 Organic Finds. 

Powder grey, black and black-striped panels of soft organic cotton are cut into a chic, timeless and oh-so-wearable babydoll. It is light enough for warm weather (I'm thinking white plimsolls and a panama hat) and can then be layered with long-sleeve vests, chunky-knit tights, (perhaps even slim-leg trousers?) and a jacket for an autumn/winter look that will work for the office and the weekend. It could even be worn with heels and some statement jewellery for a casual evening look. Is there anything that this dress can't do?!

At £57 this is a serious cost-per-wear bargain that could well become a wardrobe staple! Grab it online at Ascension.

Facts: Annie Greenabelle, organic cotton babydoll dress, Ascension.

Go organic, with our Top 10!

by Naomi

With the Soil Association's Organic Fortnight coming up (September 3-17), I figured it's my duty to all aspiring eco goddesses (ourselves included) to discover some of the best organic products out there.

Obviously eating organic food is one of the biggest contributions we can make, particularly as research has suggested that pesticides are causing a decline in the bee population. But the eco goddess cannot live on bread alone, and buying organic in other areas is just as important.

Over the coming weeks I will be listing my Top 10 Organic Finds, so if you have any suggestions, I would love to hear them! Simply email me at ecogoddess@live.co.uk

At number 10 is:

Organic Surge Hand & Nail Cream.

After my post on Mavala nail polishes, I have been on an additional quest to find great eco hand and nail products. The guys at BigGreenSmile.com were kind enough to send me a sample of the Gentle Meadow fragrance and it's B-E-A-Uuutiful.

It is 91% organic and naturally derived ingredients, and moisturises wonderfully without being greasy. The lavender and geranium essential oils make you feel like you could be in a meadow somewhere (even if it is grey outside) and more importantly - the bees are kept happy! At £3.91 a pop it's a bargain, and Organic Surge does lots of other lovely looking beauty products, which make great little gifts.

PS. BigGreenSmile.com is a great website in itself, with hundreds of green products, so check it out!

Facts: Soil Association Organic Fortnight September 3-17; Organic Surge Hand & Nail Cream in Gentle Meadow: 91% organic and naturally derived ingredients; BigGreenSmile.com.

Toxin free talons!

by Naomi

I love trying old classic beauty products - some of them work better than the new ones (cold cream, rosewater toner, Elnett hairspray). Unfortunately many are based on formulations created before our impact on the environment was really understood and so aren't particularly eco-friendly. Imagine my joy when I found out that granny's-dresser classic, Mavala offers nail polishes that are free from toluene, formaldehyde and DBP!

 

Their small size means that you won't end up with half bottles of dried up polish and they are perfectly sized to pop in your handbag. They glide on really smoothly and dry quickly. At only £3.95, you can try as many different colours as you like - and there are a lot to choose from!

You can pick them up in branches of John Lewis and on Amazon.

Having beautifully polished nails was never so cheap, easy or eco-friendly!

Facts: Mavala nail polish: free from toluene, formaldehyde and DBP.