Comments on: Good green lotions

By: maria c mattioli

maria c mattioli — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 05:11:37 +0000

Try Dr. Bronners based out of S. Californina. A fair trade eco friendly family business uses only pure clean ingredients. I love the peppermint liquid soap and body lotion found at the Co-Op in Santa Monica. Less pricey than Pangea although Pangea is green and luxurious too. You can mix a little of the liquid soap and some vinegar with water in a recyled spray bottle and use it to clean up in the kitchen, wash produce, windows. mirrors. bathroom tiles, brush your teeth, laundry ect. it smells fresh and lovely and is a healthy green choice. I love this brand and have been using it since I was 10. There are many scents and uncented too. I love the lotions and have only found them at the Co-Op so far. The uncscented formula I use on my face it is gentle and non irritating. Heck I should work for this company ! But I don’t I just love their ideals.

By: Elo

Elo — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:50:41 +0000

World’s first Certified Organic Range of Skin/Hair/Oral Care and Cosmetics. This is the only company that I have found to be of “food grade” with no synthetic chemicals. They use a bio-active cold press formulation and the certified organic ingredients preserve the product! Product of Australia.

By: Siel

Siel — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:08:09 +0000

I’m slowly adding on the new suggestions. Thanks everyone!

Rafi — I wouldn’t go so far as to say that Avalon’s stuff is “crappy.” A lot of things require a shake or two before use; I’m just not used to it for lotions.

Anon — Thanks for the link. I checked it out, but it seems to me that IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE, with a rating of 1.7 by EWG, doesn’t seem so doom and gloom — mainly because compact-signing companies like EO have products up at the 1.7 level too. This makes me think that either 1. IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE isn’t all that bad, or 2. EWG needs to reassess the way it does its rankings, which is something I discussed on my perfume post. But as of now, EWG rankings are the best we’ve got.

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:18:08 +0000

Be careful with preservatives as some of the alternatives to parabens used are actually classified as having a higher health risk ie Benzyl Alcohol & Sodium Benzoate. You can check this at www/ewg.org. Some companies who are jumping on the bandwagon are using the above or trying natural preservatives such as grapefruit seed extract (which doesnt cover a sufficiently wide bactericidal spectrum) or essential oils which will work if the correct ones are used however at the required concentration expect skin irritations. I have started working for Its Elixir (UK) Ltd and we are currently finishing testing a combination of Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin for a new genuinely as natural as possible skin care range and have found the combination just as effective as paraben all be it at a slightly higher concentration.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:17:28 +0000

My new favorite lotion is Trader Joe’s Revive Spa, Sage Geranium Mint. It’s paraben free, smells great, and absorbs well into the skin.

I LOVE Aubrey Organic’s stuff too. I haven’t tried their body lotion yet but I’d bet it’s great. I used to have the same opinion about the pagkaging until I visited their website and read this:

“At AUBREY ORGANICSÂ® we don’t believe in throwing money away -and that’s what you do every time you toss an empty bottle or box into the trash. That’s why we keep our packaging simple -green and white bottles made of recyclable plastic and boxes made from recyclable cardboard. Plus all our product literature is printed on recycled paper.”

Makes sense doesn’t it??

By: Ineluctable Moe

Ineluctable Moe — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 05:17:06 +0000

You might check out the lotions made by Beautiful Soap & Co., although they can be hard to find. $10 for 12 ounces, paraben-free. I love their grapefruit lotion, which absorbs well, smells delicious, and doesn’t seem to have too many scary-sounding ingredients. Not organic, but petroleum-free, or so they claim.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 15:03:44 +0000

see what ewg says about the kiss products, or rather the preservative they use (IODOPROPYNYL BUTYLCARBAMATE)
http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep2/report.php?type=INGREDIENT&id=2150

By: Rafi

Rafi — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 00:19:28 +0000

Crappy products, high price? Sounds like Aubrey should move from a “maybe” to a “no”. Expensive low quality products give the green movement a bad rap.

By: elsa

elsa — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:27:16 +0000

I love Aubrey Organics’ stuff. But you’re right, they really do need a packaging makeover!
Avalon Organics and EO have great lotions too.

EO now has an organic lavender hand sanitizer, which I use from a bottle at work although I have mixed feelings about the disposable little nappies they sell–a better option than a bigger non-organic brand, but still maybe wasteful packaging.

By: Jasmin

Jasmin — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:34:14 +0000

I’m going to do a post on the Pangea Organics body lotion I have soon.